My Dad and I went to Fifty Point in Grimsby this morning for some good old lake-watching. There was a steady movement of birds, but no real highlights, until we had an adult male King Eider fly west with a White-winged Scoter. A rare plumage for southern Ontario!
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The time has come to end off the Netitishi daily postings.
Location: Netitishi Point
Observation date: 11/19/10
Notes: Huge deep freeze. -19 at dawn. Light and variable S winds, turning to SE and increasing ESE at dusk. Blows E or NE all night before switching to poor W winds at dawn the next day! Boo!
Number of species: 16
Long-tailed Duck 1
Common Merganser 11
Red-breasted Merganser 34
Spruce Grouse 3
Rough-legged Hawk 4
Herring Gull 9
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Gray Jay 3
Common Raven 2
Horned Lark 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Boreal Chickadee 3
Snow Bunting 4
Pine Grosbeak 14
White-winged Crossbill 30
Hoary Redpoll 7
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Location: Netitishi Point
Observation date: 11/20/10
Notes: Wind strong N at dawn, then heavy snowsquals after 90mins, wind switches to strong WNW or W (80+kmh). Temps drop and shimmer returns to water. Fully sunny by the evening. Ice on shore holding, despite big waves.
Number of species: 21
King Eider 26
White-winged Scoter 12
Black Scoter 23
Long-tailed Duck 1200
Common Merganser 3
Red-breasted Merganser 55
Purple Sandpiper 1 - flying over the ice!
Black-legged Kittiwake 2
Herring Gull 90
Iceland Gull 1
Glaucous Gull 18
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Pomarine Jaeger 2
Gray Jay 1
Common Raven 1
Horned Lark 1
Boreal Chickadee 2
Snow Bunting 2
Pine Grosbeak 2
White-winged Crossbill 30
Hoary Redpoll 6
and that's all I wrote!
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