20 OFOers joined me today on the Durham waterfront walk. We focussed our attention on Cranberry Marsh, Thickson Woods and Second Marsh locales and were not disappointed. The cool weather kept us bundled up but the birding was very good and the company great.
Highlights included in our total of 64 species were: 4 Horned Grebes 16 species of waterfowl 5 Great Egrets 6 raptors including a Bald (immature) and Golden Eagle (adult) Killdeer and Lesser Yellowlegs several American Pipits a late Swainson’s Thrush and many Hermit Thrushes Nashville Warbler Blue-headed Vireo and Eastern Phoebe Fox & Savannah Sparrows and Eastern Towhees several Rusty Blackbirds Common Raven thx to all who attended Geoff Carpentier AVOCET NATURE SERVICES Contact me at: 905-852-2011 or avocetnatureservi...@gmail.com Visit my website: www.avocetnatureservices.com Specializing in Environmental & Natural History Surveys and Expedition & Personalized Guiding Services _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
