Hey there, I do not have the full count by any means, as we have 35 parties who all don't come to the gathering after the count.
With about 20 reporting so far, we did have some very good birds. Two new birds for our count, both really good. A Townshend' s Solitaire was located behind King's University College in London. I believe access to the area where the bird was seen is off of a short street called Mayfair which comes off Richmond (highway 4) in North London. The area is large, following the Thames River, north branch. At least one other person went out today and did not re-find the bird. More details and directions will come out if it is re-found. Should you try for it, look for berry bushes in the area. The other amazing find was an Osprey. It was located on the south branch of the Thames to the east of Hamilton Rd and Highbury, in south London. Access to the river area where it was found is down the road to the Pollution Plant. That entrance is almost at the intersection of Gore Road and Hamilton Rd. This is a Km or so east of the intersection of Hamilton and Highbury. Highbury being one of the easterly exits off the 401, coming into London. We will endeavor to re-find this bird also and hopefully will post more details tomorrow. Other great finds were no less than 5 Long-tailed Ducks which represents more than the number of times we have had that species on our inland count. (and one is in a rehab place as well) We also recorded N. Mockingbird, Northern Pintail, Merlin, Wood Duck, a couple of Redhead Duck, Peregrine, a few Common Redpolls, Glaucous Gull, Lapland Longspur, a few horned larks, and snow buntings, and many other more common winter species. For details on those birds email me privately. And I hope we have more details for you on those two mega birds tomorrow. Pete Read Compiler London CBC. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
