Trip Leader: Beryl
Participants: Fred, Judy, Dave and Jean, Margaret, James, Ralph and Mary Anne, Carole, Norma, Arlene , Norah, Judith, Judith, Liz, Bruce, Mike and Helen, Jim, Joy, John and Kay, Bill , Beryl, Judy, Tony and Carol, Marilyn, Lilonel, Cory, Rob and Donna, Christ,
HI Everyone,
Thank you to Beryl for providing us with a wonderful birding day. This was the first time the BBC had visited this area and Beryl navigated all 33 of us and took us to some great spots. The Orchid was a great place for lunch.
We had a great birding day with some interesting sightings, We found in excess of 200 Bohemian Waxwings in different locations. Be on the look out locally because they are migrating through in large flocks. The other great bird was a lone male Harlequin Duck. In the harbour, there were many Horned Grebes seen in uncommonly large numbers and we also witnessed a Peregrine Flacon hunting Rock Pigeons.
Thank you Margaret for keeping track of the birds seen.
The weather was mostly sunny with a high of 6 C. Winds were moderate.
Areas visited:
1 - En route
2 - Staynor Sewage Lagoons
3 - Beryl's house
4 - Collingwood Harbour
5 - The dam on the Beaver River
• Common Loon (COLO) - 4
• Horned Grebe (HOGR) -4
• Red-necked Grebe (RNGR) -4
• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO) -4
• Great Blue Heron (GBHE) -3,5
• American Coot (AMCO) -4
• Wild Turkey (WITU) -1
• Sandhill Crane (SACR) -1
• Mute Swan (MUSW) -4
• Canada Goose -(CANG)
• Mallard (MALL)
• American Black Duck (ABDU) - 2
• American Wigeon (AMWI) -2
• Green-winged Teal (GWTE) -5
• Redhead (REDH) -2
• Greater Scaup (GRSC) -2
• Lesser Scaup (LESC) -2
• Ring-necked Duck (RNDU) -2
. Harlequin Duck (HADU) -4
• Black Scoter (BLSC) -4
• White-winged Scoter (WWSC) -4
• Long-tailed Duck (LTDU) - 2
• Bufflehead (BUFF) 2,3 4,
• Common Goldeneye (COGO) 2,3,4
• Hooded Merganser (HOME) -4,5
• Common Merganser (COME) -4
• Red-breasted Merganser (RBME) -2,3,4
• Ruddy Duck (RUDU) - 2
• Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA) - 2
• Peregrine Falcon (PEFA) -4
• Mourning Dove (MODO)
• Rock Pigeon (ROPI)
• Bonaparte's Gull (BOGU) -2.4
• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)
• Herring Gull (HEGU) -5
• Belted Kingfisher (BEKI) -5
• Downy Woodpecker (DOWO) -3
• Pileated Woodpecker (PIWO) -1
• Blue Jay (BLJA)
• Common Raven (CORA) at the apple store
• American Crow (AMCR)
• Bohemian Waxwing (BOWA) 1,3, 5,
• Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH)
• Snow Bunting (SNBU) -1
• American Tree Sparrow (ATSP) -1
• House Sparrow (HOSP) Tim Horton's Collingwood
• House Finch (HOFI) - 3
• American Goldfinch (AMGO) -1
• Northern Cardinal (NOCA)
• European Starling (EUST)
50 Species seen