Trip Leader: James Turland
Participants: Fred, Margaret, James, Stewart, Norah, Judith, Doug, Liz, Bruce, Jim, Beryl, Mike, Judy, Kerry, Melitta, Lionel,
Hi Everyone,
I would like to thank, James for organizing a great day for us. He provided us with some great highlights. The ones that stick out in my mind were the two Common Ravens by their nest site, the 107 Tundra Swans (thank you Beryl for counting), the eight flying overhead Sandhill Cranes we saw at Point Clarke and finally some evidence that migrating waterfowl have finally started to come through our area. Their is much snow and ice still impeding their journey. James led us to 48 species of birds in birding that were in winter conditions.
The temperature varied from - 2 To + 2 C, winds were brisk and the clouding morning turned into a sunny afternoon.
Thank you Margaret for keeping the day’s bird list for us,
Places visited:
1) En Route
2) The “mountain” view in the Kincardine former dump.
3) Boiler Beach
4) the bridge by Hwy 21
5) Geddes Park
6) The side roads between Kincardine and Point Clarke.
• Canada Goose (CANG)
• Tundra Swan (TUSW) - 6
• Wood Duck (WODU) -2
• American Wigeon (AMWI) - 2
• Mallard (MALL) - 2 ,3
• Northern Shoveler (NOSH) -2
• Redhead (REDH) -2
Ring-necked Duck (RNDU)-2
• Lesser Scaup (LESC) - 2
• Long-tailed Duck (LTDU) -3
• Bufflehead (BUFF) -2,3
• Common Goldeneye (COGO) -3
• Hooded Merganser (HOME) -2
• Common Merganser (COME) -3
• Red-breasted Merganser (RBME) -.3
• Wild Turkey (WITU) -1
• Turkey Vulture (TUVU)
• Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA) -6
• Sandhill Crane (SACR) -6
• Killdeer (KILL) 2.6
• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU) -2
• Herring Gull (HEGU) -2
• Rock Pigeon (ROPI)
• Mourning Dove (MODO)
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (YBSA) -6
• Downy Woodpecker (DOWO) -3
• American Kestrel (AMKE) -6
• Eastern Phoebe (EAPH) -6
• Blue Jay (BLJA) -4
• American Crow (AMCR)
• Common Raven (CORA) -4
• Horned Lark (HOLA) -6
• Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH) -5
• White-breasted Nuthatch (WBNU) -5
• Golden-crowned Kinglet (GCKI) -5
• Eastern Bluebird (EABL) -6
• American Robin (AMRO)
• European Starling (EUST)
• Snow Bunting (SNBU) -6
• American Tree Sparrow (ATSP) -6
• Song Sparrow (SOSP)
• Dark-eyed Junco (DEJU)
Northern Cardinal (NOCA)-4.6
• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL)
• Eastern Meadowlark (EAME) -6
• Common Grackle (COGR) -6
• Brown-headed Cowbird (BHCO) -6
• American Goldfinch (AMGO) -6.7
• House Sparrow (HOSP) -6
Number of species seen - 48
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