This afternoon David Hallette and I birded Rattray Marsh for 3 hours
and found three Red-throated Loons, all in full breeding plumage, riding some
massive waves about 150 m off the mouth of Sheridan Creek where it drains out
of the marsh into Lake Ontario. Also a Little Gull was seen flying south
fairly close to shore. The woods were fairly quite (and very windy) but did
manage to find seven species of woodpecker including Red-bellied (3), Pileated
(2) and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2). Warbler wise: 1 Yellow-rumped, 1
Nashville and 4 Pine.
Directions:
Access the center of the Conservation area at the south end of Bexhill
which runs south off Lakeshore Boulevard between Erin Mills Parkway and
Mississauga Road.
Wayne Renaud (289-828-0043)
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