At our Pede Road hawk watch site just east of Port Bruce we counted 1182
raptors of 9 species including 13 Golden Eagles and 5 Bald Eagles, not to
mention 997 Red-tailed Hawks. The hawks were flying when we arrived at
10:30 a.m. and still flying when we departed at 2:30 p.m. As well, many
hawks were flying too far inland to be identified. It was likely a
2000+ hawk day for someone who wanted to stand out in the wind chill
of -7 C all day. Flocks of 1000s of crows passed by at intervals
throughout the day.
On their way to Pede Road, Ross Snider and Terry Ricker checked out the
beach at Port Burwell and found several Dunlin and a Black-bellied
Plover. A FRANKLIN'S GULL flew in off the lake but turned around at the
shoreline and flew back out.
NO Cave Swallows have showed up at Port Burwell or Port Bruce yet.
Port Burwell and Port Bruce are on Lake Erie at the east end of Elgin County.
Dave Martin, Linda Wladaraski, Ross Snider, Terry Ricker
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Harrietsville, ON
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