29 hardy soles wouldn’t let the weather dampen their enthusiasm as we birded Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa today, where we visited Second Marsh, Thickson’s Woods and Cranberry Marsh between the rain showers. A total of 74 species included: 9 Little Gulls with hundreds of Bonies, Virginia Rail, Common and Caspian Terns, Red-necked Grebe, R.B. Grosbeak and 2 Baltimore Orioles at Second Marsh, a Raven, House Wren, Chestnut-sided and Black-thr. Green Warblers, several Rusty Blackbirds and a White-crowned Sparrow at Thickson’s, 4 Common Loons, a pipit and a Wood Duck flying over the Go Station in Ajax and lots of ducks and swallows + 3 miserable looking Turkey Vultures at Cranberry.
Thx to all who attended and tolerated my bad jokes! Geoffrey Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
