17 young birders, aged 9 to 17 and their parents ventured to Presqu'ile PP today. Led by Peter Burke, Doug McRae and Bill Gilmour we had good views by scope of a good variety of ducks in the bay with the highlight being the Barrows x Common Goldeneye and 4 wood ducks. Early spring migrants were active including singing song sparrows and a meadowlark.
The afternoon was spend learning about eBird and sources of information on the Internet. Peter led a drawing workshop and Doug treated us to a demonstration of skinning and preparing bird skins for scientific study. A good time was had by all. Many thanks to Peter, Doug and Bill for sharing their knowledge with us. Lynne _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
