Only 7 days to the Minden Christmas Bird Count and there are still plenty of birds and open water around. Although not in the circle, the following gulls are still lingering in Haliburton, mostly at the dump:
Iceland Gull - 2 first winter birds (dump) Glaucous Gull - 1 darker first winter individual (Grass Lake) Great Black-backed Gull - 1 first winter bird (dump) Ring-billed Gull - still 2 adults (Head Lake) Herring Gull - 200+ birds of various ages Good birding! Ed Poropat Haliburton, ON _______________________________________________ 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/

