D-Feb 15

Trip Leaders: Jim & Judy

Participants: Judy and Jim, Margaret, Doug, Dorothy, Carole, Norma, Doug & BJ, Becky, Caroline, Jim, Liz, Pat & Bruce

Thank you to Dave and Jean for scouting our route. We missed you both today and hope that Jean has had her ankle set and wish her a speedy recovery. Thank you to Carole and Norma for finding the leucistic Red-tailed Hawk on Bruce Twp. Road 1 across from Keyser's Fruit Farm. It was the highlight of the day for many of us. It turned out to be a good if not a record raptor day with 6 Snowy Owls, 8 Red-tailed Hawks, 5 Bald Eagles, 2 Rough-legged Hawks, 5 American Kestrels and a Merlin. We saw a total of 29 species.

Conditions: Cloudy with a low of 1C and a high of 2C.

We travelled east from Southampton to the B Line and then south for several kilometers at which time we began driving the east/west concession roads. Lunch was at Marty's in Paisley.

• Canada Goose

• Common Goldeneye

• Bufflehead

• Common Merganser

• Red-tailed Hawk

• Rough-legged Hawk

• Bald Eagle

• Merlin

• American Kestrel

• Wild Turkey

• Herring Gull

• Mourning Dove

• Rock Pigeon

• Snowy Owl

• Hairy Woodpecker

• Pileated Woodpecker

• Northern Shrike

• Blue Jay

• American Crow

• Horned Lark

• Black-capped Chickadee

• European Starling

• Cedar Waxwing

• Northern Cardinal

• American Tree Sparrow

• Dark-eyed Junco

• Snow Bunting

• American Goldfinch

• House Sparrow

Total Species: 29