Saturday, December 4, 2010

Actually went birding today!

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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