Jim ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: James Coey <[email protected]>To: James Coey <[email protected]>Sent: Saturday, December 7, 2019, 04:09:41 p.m. ESTSubject: Barrie lake Shore outing Dec 7th 2019 !8 very hardy souls met at Dock Road in Barrie on a cold minus 8 degrees but sunny December morning with at least 10 centimetres of fresh snow. The lake is still ice free. Barrie waterfront has incredible accumulations of wildfowl at this time of year and today did not disappoint. Among the many hundreds of Canada Geese we had 7 Cackling Geese at Dock Road. A late Belted Kingfisher posed for pictures in a tree at Minet's Point and earlier in the morning at Dock Road..Common mergansers were all over the bay with one spectacular raft of many hundreds off Centennial Park. A Northern Pintail was present with many Bufflehead and Common Goldeneye. Mallards were abundant at each of our stops. We had a total of 21 Black Ducks and 5 Hooded Mergansers. Two Tundra Swans with no tags flew past at Minets and there 4 unidentified Swans at Johnson's beach There were 18 Greater Black -backed gulls , with many Herring, Ring-billed and a 1 first winter Glaucous Gull at Barrie Docks. There was a Double-crested Cormorant at the marina. There was a Raven, an American Robin and a Cooper's hawk at Minet's Point and 2 American Goldfinch and two White-breasted Nuthatches at Dock Road. Previously seen during the week a Snow Goose and Red-throated Loon regrettably did not show. Many thanks to all participants for making this a great outing and thanks to my compiler and assistant Chris Evans . List are posted to Ebird. Jim Coey _______________________________________________ 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
