Greetings Ontbirders,
A large group of birders visited Gull Island at Presqu'ile Provincial
Park this morning and were rewarded with four individual shorebirds
representing four species - they were Purple, White-rumped, Dunlin and
Sanderling. The Sanderling was seen only on the shoal at the SE
corner of the island while the other three were in a group and
literally circled the island over a two hour period. Not a bad start
to winter birding.
Also on the island were 3 Snowy Owls, remains of a Barred Owl
(possibly the one seen several days ago by Andrea Kingsley and Bill
Gilmour), 1 Northern Harrier, 12 Bonaparte's Gull, hundreds of Long-
tailed Ducks, a Horned Grebe, 100+ Snow Buntings and 2 Lapland Longspur.
Cheers,
Doug McRae
Directions: Presqu'ile is south of Brighton, Ontario on the north
shore of Lake Ontario. It is well signed from either Hwy 401 or Hwy 2.
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