It appears that Ethan was so eager to skip the country that he didn't have time
to post anything about the Tobermory Christmas Bird Count. 46 species were
located and the highlights were a Red-headed Woodpecker in Tobermory, a pair of
Canada Geese (rare bird for this count) eating apples at a feeder, and a
Northern Hawk-owl in Bruce National Park (on the main road into Cypress Lake
about 1 km from highway 6). Very few winter finches were located.
Several people have been unsuccessful trying to find the Dyer's Bay Hawk-owl
and to the best of my knowledge, it has not been located since Monday morning.
Most of the area lakes have frozen over but there are still lots of ducks on
Lake Huron. There was a third-hand report of a Snowy Owl in the Ferndale area
(highway 6) on Wednesday.
Wiarton, Hanover/Walkerton and Owen Sound are all holding their Christmas Bird
Counts this weekend.
Happy holidays,
Cindy Cartwright
Saugeen Shores
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Hello Birders,
46 species were found yesterday on the Bruce Peninsula National Park CBC
(this is about average). Thank you to all the participants who endured the
ferocious westerly winds!
Interesting birds/results include:
Northern Hawk Owl (1) - along Cyprus Lake Road in Bruce Peninsula National
Park
Red-headed Woodpecker (1) - at a feeder in Maple Golf Subdivision, Tobermory
Horned Lark (1)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Canada Goose (2)
Common Loon (6)
Horned Grebe (18)
Red-necked Grebe (22)
Long-tailed Duck (210)
White-winged Scoter (15)
Blue Jay (7) - very low
Northern Flicker (1)
Downy Woodpecker (1) - all time low
Am Tree Sparrow (3)
Northern Shrike (2)
Common Redpoll (4)
Pine Siskin (1)
Am Goldfinch (22)
[no other winter finches]
Have a great holiday season!
cheers,
Ethan Meleg (Tobermory)
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With the relatively mild conditions so far this season, I thought the
following might get counters excited as to the possibilities for upcoming
CBCs:
http://www.ohiobirds.org/news.php?News_ID9
and a direct link to the photos:
http://www.pbase.com/marca/chuck_wills_widow
Together with the recent Fork-tailed Flycatcher at Hillman Marsh, who
would ever image such species during the month of December at our
latitude?
Alan Wormington,
Leamington
