Hello again Ontbirders, On the way home tonight, Dad and I stopped to check out a field full of Canada Geese and we saw a Canada Goose x Snow Goose hybrid. There were about 4000 Canada Geese and at least 1 Cackling Goose in the field - an alfalfa field along Galetta Side Road south of Carp Road. At dusk the birds all flew to Buckham's Bay to roost. There have been modest numbers of Cackling Geese in the Constance Bay/Buckham's Bay area over the last week to 10 days (up to 5 at a time). Bald Eagle numbers are also building now if you come over for a look around. There are usually up to about a dozen in this area just before freeze up.
Lake Dore was also still very good today. We stopped in at about 2:00 pm after looking at the Rufous Hummingbird (Lake Dore is only about 10 minutes from Eganville). There were 15 Horned Grebes, 3 Red-necked Grebes, Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gulls, Bonaparte's Gulls, a first winter Thayer's Gull, a first winter Lesser Black-backed Gull and a Surf Scoter amongst the more regular birds. We observed the lake from Point Church Drive north of Mink Lake Road. Both Buckhams and Constance Bay are best viewed from within Constance Bay. Constance Bay is off Dunrobin Road (W of Kanata). Follow Constance Bay drive. Turn left onto Allbirch and then left onto Bayview to get to Buckham's Bay. There are several public access points. Continue following Bayview and you circle around past Constance Bay ultimately ending up back where you started. Good birding. Jeff -- Jeff Skevington E-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
