Mar 15 2023

Hi Everyone, 

We had a good number of people who participated in our BBC hike yesterday. The bird of the day, for the eBird list, was the White-crowned Sparrow.  If you lived north of Kincardine the Tufted Titmouse provided for some group excitement. Another find that drew attention was a Barnacle- Cackling Goose hybrid spotted and identified by Kiah Jasper.  Hopefully, a few pictures of this bird will be shared in the near future.

Hike Leaders: James and Simon Turland

Participants: Becky Grieveson, James Turland, Simon Turland, Judith King, Fred Jazvac, Kiah Jasper, Alessandra Wilcox, Bill Hatten, Lynn Beaton, Cathy Bailey, Margaret Anderton, Norma Nanni, Carole Lupton, Jim Punnett, Judy Duncan, Susan Weaver, Bruce Edmunds, Tim Hammond, Jackie Hammond, Rob Wray, Stephen Cumming, Carrie Cumming (22) 

We had a very warm welcome from Becky Grieveson who happily shared her home with us,  Thank you, Becky!  We also got to share a wonderful soup prepared by James for lunch.  James, your soup as always was delicious. Thank you. 

We saw 40 species of birds under the guidance of James and Simon. (See eBird List below). For a wintery March, you would have to agree that is a very good number of birds to see. 

The weather provided a good birding day with sunny skies and temperatures of about 2 C.  

Please see, James’ eBird list below for locations visited and birds seen. 

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Hi Fred; Here is a list of birds seen today. Probably the rarest was the White-crowned sparrow seen at the last stop. Thanks so much for looking after Judy. cheers james

Locations:

1). Boat Launch, Southampton

2). Baie de Dore

3). Kincardine Lagoons

4)  Becky's

5). Pointe Clarke

6). En Route

Sightings

Cackling Goose  X.  3

Canada Goose  X  1 2  3.  5

Mute Swan  X. 2

Mallard  X. 1.  3

American Black Duck  X.  3

Long-tailed Duck  X.  5

Bufflehead  X. 2.  5

Common Goldeneye  X. 2

Hooded Merganser  X. 2

Common Merganser  X. 2.  5

Red-breasted Merganser  X.  5

Wild Turkey  X.  6

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X.  5

Mourning Dove  X.  5

Ring-billed Gull  X.  1.  3.  5

Herring Gull  X. 1. 2.  5

Turkey Vulture  X.  6

Bald Eagle  X. 2

Downy Woodpecker  X.  4.  5

Hairy Woodpecker  X.  5

Merlin  X.  5

Northern Shrike  X. 6

Blue Jay  X.  6

American Crow  X. 1. 2.  3.  4.  5

Common Raven  X.  6

Black-capped Chickadee  X. 2.  3.  4.  5

Tufted Titmouse  X.  4

Horned Lark  X.  6

Red-breasted Nuthatch  X.  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  X. 4   5

European Starling  X.  6

American Robin  X.  6

Cedar Waxwing  X.  4

House Finch  X.  4.  5

Pine Siskin  X.  5

American Goldfinch  X.  4

Dark-eyed Junco  X.  4.  5

White Crowned sparrow.  5

Red-winged Blackbird  X.  3

Northern Cardinal  X.  4