Oct. 2 2024

Leader; Doug Pedwell

Participants; Barbara Palmer, Becky Grieveson, Bill Hatten, BJ Martin, Cathy Bailey, Dan Bieman, Doug Martin, Doug Pedwell, Ellowyn Stovel, Fred Jazvac, James Turland, John Dickson, Judy Duncan, Joanne Does, Linda Nielsen-jones, Marilyn Ohler, Norah Toth, Rob Wray, Susan Weaver, Yvonne Bieman

Doug Pedwell led this outing starting on the groomed trails at the Sauble Beach Community Center. A boardwalk to Carson Lake revealed a lake slowly filling with plant debris. it is a bog in the making. Bogs are incredibly slow to develop, taking hundreds of years to form. As the lake accumulates more debris, sphagnum moss and other specialty plants begin to grow, eventually covering the entire surface.  One unique bog plant  the Winterberry was in its full glory today. Winterberry is a native holly with showy red berries that birds will eat. White-crowned and White-throated sparrows were both spotted at this stop. At the mouth of the Sauble River we saw several Bald Eagles perched in the treetops. We puzzled over some distant swans until we heard them trumpet. Next we drove the Huron Lake shoreline north to Oliphant. The only shorebirds we saw were Greater Yellowlegs. A red fox at Lonely Island causeway grabbed our attention as it trotted up the road and hunted in the marsh grasses. We had lunch at Berford Lake and then moved on to Isaac Lake where we had close up views of Trumpeter Swans. We finished the day at the Wiarton Lagoons with a couple of Coots and a nice selection of ducks. 

Thanks so much to Doug for leading today and Marilyn Ohler for keeping the eBird list. Following is a complete list of the birds seen. For a better breakdown of the checklists click on Marilyn's ebird Trip Report. https://ebird.org/tripreport-invite/279527/editor/zEnI8y2utiQAcWcXcxr2_H5LEAU  Thanks to all the members who came out to enjoy the camaraderie on this day. Cheers James

Bruce, Sauble to Wiarton, Ontario, CA

Oct 2, 2024 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

100.0 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:     BBC HIke led by Doug Pedwell

49 species

Canada Goose  X

Mute Swan  X

Trumpeter Swan  X

Wood Duck  X

Mallard  X

Green-winged Teal  X

Redhead  X

Ring-necked Duck  X

Hooded Merganser  X

Common Merganser  X

Red-breasted Merganser  X

Mourning Dove  X

American Coot  X

Sandhill Crane  X

Greater Yellowlegs  X

Ring-billed Gull  X

Herring Gull  X

Common Loon  X

Double-crested Cormorant  X

Great Egret  X

Turkey Vulture  X

Bald Eagle  X

Belted Kingfisher  X

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  X

Hairy Woodpecker  X

Pileated Woodpecker  X

American Kestrel  X

Blue Jay  X

American Crow  X

Black-capped Chickadee  X

Horned Lark  X

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  X

Golden-crowned Kinglet  X

Red-breasted Nuthatch  X

Brown Creeper  X

European Starling  X

American Robin  X

American Pipit  X

American Goldfinch  X

American Tree Sparrow  X     Pics

Dark-eyed Junco  X

White-crowned Sparrow  X

White-throated Sparrow  X

Song Sparrow  X

Swamp Sparrow  X

Red-winged Blackbird  X

Palm Warbler  X

Yellow-rumped Warbler  X

Northern Cardinal  X