Oct. 18 2023

BBC HIKE OCT. 18TH 2023

Leaders: James and Simon Turland

Participants; Barbara Palmer,Bill Hatten,BJ Martin, Doug Martin,Bruce Edmunds,Carole Lupton,Cathy Bailey,Connie Plante,Fred Jazvac,Judy Duncan,Liz Addison,Lynn Beaton,Margaret Anderton,Marilyn Ohler,Norah Toth,Norma Nanni,Susan Weaver,Simon Turland,James Turland,Barbara Martin,Pat Martin,Eric Sickle,Jenny Halpin,Mrs Sickle,Bob Droine,Linda Droine

  Twenty plus participants joined a hike today focused on ducks but started with a parliament of vultures. The TVs were roosting near the boat launch and were warming their wings post dawn. At the Independent Pond, if you include the flyover Pintails, we saw nine species of ducks.  Canada Geese filed off from the pond to the fields making it easier to find the ducks. Water was low at Mirimichi and many Greenwing Teal were taking advantage. Some late Greater Yellowlegs probed the shores. A Common Loon was seen at the Saugeen River Mouth but the flocks of ducks going by were too far out to I.D. At Barbara and Pat's we saw waxwings, blackbirds and hawks. Baie du Dore treated us to tame Snow Buntings, distant Black Bellied Plovers, a juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker all the while Eagles were sparring in the sky. We lunched inside at the Bruce Power Visitors Center. No birding day is complete without a visit to a sewage lagoon. We went to the backside of Inverhuron Lagoons and found one lone Horned-Grebe. First of the year Rough-legged Hawks were moving south. A Black Scoter dove in the surf at Inverhuron. Lastly a Greater-white fronted Goose was spotted by Simon amongst the hundreds of Canadas with their sunny backs to us at Browns Pond. A great day of birding was enjoyed by all. Following is a complete list of the 55 species seen. If you want a more complete list of how many and where the birds were seen follow the link to Marilyn’s ebird trip report.

https://ebird.org/tripreport/165887

Greater-white fronted Goose

Bunting on the Beach

Complete list of the 55 species seen.

Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, CA 

 Oct 18, 2023 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Checklist Comments:     BBC Outing Simon and James Turland Leading

55 species (+1 other taxa)

1. Snow Goose X

2. Ring-billed Gull X

3. Cackling Goose X

4. Herring Gull X

5. Canada Goose X

6. Common Loon X

7. Mute Swan X

8. Double-crested Cormorant X

9. Northern Shoveler X

10. Great Blue Heron X

11. Gadwall X

12. Turkey Vulture X

13. American Wigeon X

14. Northern Harrier X

15. Mallard X

16. Bald Eagle X

17. American Black Duck X

18. Red-tailed Hawk X

19. Northern Pintail X

20. Rough-legged Hawk X

21. Green-winged Teal X

22. Downy Woodpecker X

23. Redhead X

24. Hairy Woodpecker X

25. Ring-necked Duck X

26. Blue Jay X

27. Greater/Lesser Scaup X

28. American Crow X

29. Surf Scoter X

30. Black-capped Chickadee X

31. White-winged Scoter X

32. Ruby-crowned Kinglet X

33. Black Scoter X

34. European Starling X

35. Hooded Merganser X

36. American Robin X

37. Common Merganser X

38. Cedar Waxwing X

39. Red-breasted Merganser X

40. American Pipit X

41. Ruddy Duck X

42. American Goldfinch X

43. Horned Grebe X

44. Snow Bunting X

45. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X

46. Dark-eyed Junco X

47. Mourning Dove X

48. Savannah Sparrow X

49. Black-bellied Plover X

50. Song Sparrow X

51. Killdeer X

52. Red-winged Blackbird X

53. Greater Yellowlegs X

54. Brown-headed Cowbird X

55. Lesser Yellowlegs X

56. Yellow-rumped Warbler X