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A stalwart group of 17 people turned out to enjoy a "Snowy" day in Bruce County.
Leaders; Bob taylor Anne-Marie Benedict
Participants: Judith King, Margaret Anderton, Carole Lupton, Judith Buxton, Kiah Jasper, Jim Punnett, Alica Kane, James Turland, Becky Grievson, Connie Plante, Bonnie Collins-Patterson, Norah Toth, Judy Duncan, Jean Godden, Christine McMasters, Abby Collins, Anne-Marie Benedict and Bob Taylor.
Thanks to Doug Pedwell, Tania Gilchrist and Pam and Bill Binnendyk for allowing us to view their feeders birds and get a good start on our bird list for the day . The Red-bellied woodpecker at Dougs, the Pine siskin at Tanias, and the Oregon junco at Pam and Bills were a great start to the day. We covered several kilometers (maybe MANY) in our quest for birds and for those in need of seeing a Snowy owl or two ......I doubt that they need to see another . Almost every road we traveled had a Snowy owl peering at us and a few even giving photographers some good opportunities. A social lunch hour at our place gave us all a chance to chat and enjoy some warm time out of the winter weather. A stop at Baie du Dore was special in that the wind had cleared out part of the bay and we managed to several species of ducks, gulls and also the odd Bald eagle . One of the highlights of the afternoon was the chance to compare two white second year gulls at the Kincardine landfill. A Glaucous and an Iceland gull sat nicely beside each other so we could compare each species and come to our final ID conclusion.
Speaking of Snowy owls.......did I say anything about them???? They were the most reliable bird of the day and in case any of you forget what they look like I got this quick snap of one near the 10th of Huron.
In total we managed to search out and view 42 species in the variety of places we visited.
Places visited
Doug Pedwells feeder
Tanis Gilchrists feeder
Pam Binnendyks feeder
The roads connecting these feeders
10th, 8th and 6th of Elderslie
12th of Bruce
Baie du Dore
6th of Bruce
Kincardine landfill on sideroad 15
10th of Huron
Species seen
Canada goose
Mute swan
Mallard
Greater scaup
White-winged scoter
Long-tailed duck
Bufflehead
Common goldeneye
Hooded merganser
Common merganser
Red-breasted merganser
Wild turkey
Bald eagle
Red-tailed hawk
Rough-legged hawk
Herring gull
Glaucous gull
Iceland gull
Great Black-backed gull
Rock pigeon
Mourning dove
Snowy owl
Red-bellied woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Pileated woodpecker
Northern shrike
Blue jay
American crow
Common raven
Horned lark
Black-capped chickadee
Red-breasted nuthatch
White-breasted nuthatch
European starling
Snow bunting
American tree sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
Northern cardinal
Pine siskin
American goldfinch
House sparrow
Thanks to all who attended and made it a very special way to start out the BBC's new year
Bob and Anne-Marie
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