I found a first-winter male King Eider at the mouth of the Sauble River last night while searching for a previously reported hybrid duck.
The hybrid duck was also present. Both birds are still here this afternoon though they sometimes fly out closer to the lake. The hybrid is a male Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser, a known hybrid in Ontario, scarce, but not unprecedented (there has been one in the Hamilton area for two winters in a row now). The hybrid duck was originally reported by Jarmo Jalava on the Wiarton CBC / eBird. These are excellent birds for this neck of the woods of course. Directions: park at end of Sauble Falls road which is at mouth of Sauble River, north of town of a Sauble Beach, west of the Provincial Park. Lower Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County. Andrew Keaveney 647-383-8894 Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ 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
