Hey, Visited a few Oxford sites today to see what was lingering - a few notables locally for December but nothing too exciting. At the Tavistock lagoons, a single white morph Snow Goose was feeding in adjacent cornfields with 800 Canadas and two Cacklers. Late waterfowl included a female Ring-necked Duck and female Greater Scaup.
At Wildwood Lake, 3 Killdeer huddled on the mudflats near the 29th line bridge. A Merlin made a pass over the flats while I chatted with the Stratford birding brigade. I commented how rare it was to actually bump into other birders in Oxford but Steve Thorpe indicated the group had actually accidently strayed from their Perth County objectives....lol. East of the 29th [on the 31st line, 1st bridge] a 1st basic Lesser Black-backed Gull was found in the small gull roost there. Cheers, James Holdsworth, Biological Consulting Services 226-228-1428, [email protected] 'If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.'' - Ferdinand Porsche _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
