Five of us braved the fairly high winds and very cool temperatures today along the Durham Waterfront on t He OFO walk. In total we saw 73 species ibcluding several types of sparrows, two warblers, a pair of gnatcatchers but very little else of excitement. Over the lake at Thickson and Cranberry hundreds of shallows of 4 species were foraging. When we got to Darlington Provincial Park we found a pair of piping plovers. The male arrived a couple of days ago and it looks like the 2nd bird arrived overnight. We haven't confirmed the sex of the second bird but it did appear to be closely associated with the first one. Will submit the banding colours from the legs and try to get a positive ID on both birds. Thanks to those Hardy Souls who shared the day with me. _______________________________________________ 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
[Ontbirds] OFO I walk to Darlington Waterfront today
Geoff Carpentier via ONTBIRDS Sun, 30 Apr 2017 11:08:34 -0700
