March 16 2022

Hi Everyone,

We took a long trip to Grand Bend today to look for 3 species of birds, one of which we did not find - Redheaded Woodpecker. We did manage to see the other two sightings we were looking for. We seemed to pick the right day to find the "Spectacle of Tundra Swans”, possibly 10.000 of them. The third species we were seeking was Tufted Titmouse seeing at least 10.

We saw a total of 36 species of birds today. We lacked seeing many, migrant waterfowl because we didn’t visit habitat where they could be found. Today’s list of birds seen is below.

Birds Seen En route

Red-tailed Hawk

Turkey Vulture

Wild Turkey

American Robin

Redwing Blackbird

European Starling

Bald Eagle

House Sparrow

mcohler

eBird Checklist Summary for: Mar 16, 2022

Number of Checklists: 7

Number of Taxa: 34

Checklists included in this summary:

(1): Grand Bend--Old AuSauble Channel

Date: Mar 16, 2022 at 10:31 AM

(2): 69754–69876 Mollard Line, Parkhill CA-ON 43.26087, -81.75193

Date: Mar 16, 2022 at 10:41 AM

(3): Grand Bend--Lake Smith (Greenway Road flooded fields)

Date: Mar 16, 2022 at 11:03 AM

(4): Pinery Provincial Park, Lambton Shores CA-ON (43.2485,-81.8234)

Date: Mar 16, 2022 at 11:55 AM

(5): Pinery PP--Visitor Centre

Date: Mar 16, 2022 at 12:53 PM

(6): Pinery Provincial Park (general location)

Date: Mar 16, 2022 at 1:28 PM

(7): Pinery PP--Heritage Trail

Date: Mar 16, 2022 at 1:43 PM

8 Canada Goose -- (1),(2),(3)

10059 Tundra Swan -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5)

6 American Wigeon -- (3)

20 Mallard -- (3)

40 Northern Pintail -- (3)

7 Ring-necked Duck -- (2)

6 Hooded Merganser -- (1)

4 Wild Turkey -- (5)

3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) -- (2)

2 Mourning Dove -- (1)

5 Killdeer -- (1),(3)

100 Ring-billed Gull -- (3)

2 Herring Gull -- (1)

1 Turkey Vulture -- (5)

1 Northern Harrier -- (5)

1 Cooper's Hawk -- (7)

4 Bald Eagle -- (5),(7)

1 Red-bellied Woodpecker -- (7)

1 Downy Woodpecker -- (7)

1 Merlin -- (5)

1 Blue Jay -- (1)

10 American Crow -- (3),(4),(5),(6)

25 Black-capped Chickadee -- (4),(5),(7)

10 Tufted Titmouse -- (4),(6),(7)

2 Horned Lark -- (3)

5 White-breasted Nuthatch -- (4),(5),(7)

5 European Starling -- (2)

1 Eastern Bluebird -- (6)

1 American Robin -- (4)

2 Dark-eyed Junco -- (5),(7)

1 Song Sparrow -- (5)

1 sparrow sp. -- (2)

5 Red-winged Blackbird -- (2)

1 Northern Cardinal -- (4)

This trip summary was created using the eBird app for iPhone and iPad.

See eBird for more information.

Thank you, Marilyn for keeping the list for us.

“Cultivating an attitude of gratitude “