Greetings birders Today at the west end of the Greenock Swamp I came across a group of 3 first-year Bald Eagles together at about 10:00am. Two were perched together at first, then one flew off as I stopped the vehicle, and I followed where this individual went, which was another field across the road with a 3rd eagle. For the time I was there (about 15 minutes), other than the one individual flying across the road, these birds did not move from their perches.
In addition to this, a couple weeks ago on the east end of the Greenock Swamp I came across three Bald Eagles, two adult and one first-year individual. These three were taking turns circling over Schmidt Lake, and landing in nearby white pines, for about an hour at that time. This places either 5 or 6 Bald Eagles in the same geographic area, 3 or 4 of which are first year birds. If they are indeed local (and not migratory stop-overs), this has been a very good year for this place. Certainly there are enough remote tall white pines here for nesting. The locations are within a half hour of Walkerton. Exact locations via Google Maps... Schmidt Lake: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Schmidt+Lake,+Brockton,+ON/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8829a5bbde2fcfeb:0x4d141a4f974258a?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYyO-8q9nQAhUM6oMKHeOpDocQ8gEIGjAA west side of Greenock Swamp (today's sighting): https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.1480723,-81.4064182,667m/data=!3m1!1e3 Good birding Rob -- Robert Gerald Porter Hamilton Naturalists' Club / Field Events Director Weever Apps / Chief Innovation Officer, Co-founder http://twitter.com/rgeraldporter _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
