Bir-ding yesterday

Went birding with Ken Burrell for a bit yesterday. Although I think it was largely just to chat about the excitement that is slowly building for the "Pelee season" that is rapidly approaching.

Some birds:

Northern Goshawk --- over the 401 just a bit west of exit 295



Port Franks:

Canada Goose X
Ruffed Grouse 1
Turkey Vulture X
Red-tailed Hawk 5
American Kestrel 2
Killdeer 3
Bonaparte's Gull 120
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull 20
Iceland Gull 1
Glaucous Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Mourning Dove X
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Horned Lark 5
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
American Robin X
European Starling X
American Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 20
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X



Grand Bend Sewage Lagoons + nearby:

Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 2 near port franks
Wood Duck 15
Gadwall 40
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 30
Northern Shoveler 200
Green-winged Teal 20
Redhead 300
Ring-necked Duck 150
Lesser Scaup 50
Bufflehead 60
Common Goldeneye 1
Ruddy Duck 30
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Turkey Vulture X
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk X
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 1
Killdeer X
Wilson's Snipe 1
Northern Shrike 1 Young bird seen well, north east of the lagoons
American Crow X
Horned Lark X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X 

Mitchell Sewage Lagoons:

Canada Goose 20
Gadwall 1
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard 10
Northern Shoveler 6
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 6
Bufflehead X
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture X
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Horned Lark X
American Robin X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X

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Thanks to Ken for submitting the data to ebird!! (and sharing it with me) Are you ebirding yet?!?!



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