I find it hard to believe that the Smew has not been seen since I viewed
it from the harbour parking lot at 11:30 am this morning. I had to
attend a CBC on Tuesday (it was not easy) so Wednesday was my first
opportunity. I viewed the bird inside the breakwalls at distances from
10 - 100 meters. It spent some time diving, resurfacing at distance but
was easy to pick-up. It reminds me of a small merganser and is slightly
larger than a Long-tailed Duck. If within 100 meters you can spot it
without bins.
Directions exit highway 401 south at Brock St. in Whitby (exit 410) and
travel south the lake. I saw birders before the parking lot.
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Mark Cranford
Mississauga, Ont.
mark.cranford at rogers dot com
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