Hi there, Sorry for the delay in posting this, but apparently I originally sent it in "rich" text...or something. Some 14 people came out to our Hawk Cliff/Port Stanley OFO outing. We braved the early morning damp conditions and southerly flow of winds(not necessarily good for hawks). Not only did the weather become increasingly tolerable, but also we were rewarded with some 63 species of birds, some at the Cliff, some in Port Stanley, and some at the Port Stanley Sewage Lagoons. Of note, besides the lack of hawks, was the sighting of a late migrant Cape May Warbler, and Tufted Titmouse, both at the Cliff. We had 15 species of waterfowl and 3 shorebirds at the Port Stanley Sewage Lagoons, including a Least Sandpiper. A few of the species below I have included numbers. Since the birds we saw are not particularly uncommon species, I will not include directions to these locations, but contact me at my email for specific directions, if needed.
Here are the birds that our group reported.... Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Northern Shoveller Green-winged Teal Wood Duck N. Pintail Redhead Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup American Wigeon Gadwall A. Black Duck Mallard Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Sharp-shinned Hawk-2 or 3 Coopers Hawk 1 or 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 or 3 Bald Eagle- 2 adults, one immature Virginia Rail (found dead) American Coot Dunlin-3 Killdeer-5 Least Sandpiper Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Bonapartes Gull-30+ at lagoons Mourning Dove Rock Pigeon(new name?) Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush American Robin European Starling American Pipit(10 +) Cedar Waxwing (many) Yellow-rumped Warbler (many) Cape May Warbler Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting (11 at harbour) Common Grackle Red-winged Blackbird Purple Finch House Finch American Goldfinch Some parties reported a few other species in transit, on the way to or from the outing...including American Kestrel, 2 Eastern Meadowlarks, and Ring-necked Duck.(not in group total) Thanks to all who participated, and special thanks to Ian Platt, my co-leader in the outing. Pete Read "Peter Read" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
