Hi all, Just in case there is some interest, up to 11 ROSS’S GEESE have been around Shrewsbury in south Chatham-Kent. A pure flock of ten was found on Thursday by Steve Charbonneau just north of Erieau, but lately they have been alternating from an open area on the Bay off Shrewsbury to corn fields north of the village along Communications Road. Another single Ross’s Goose (first seen 12 Feb.) seems to hang out with about a dozen Snow Geese + one blue morph. When I first arrived about 08:30 this morning, the geese were coming in off the Bay to the fields. They later went back out to the open puddle on the Bay.
The open water on the Bay contains a wide variety of ducks including several spring migrants such as Gadwall, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal (single male) and others. To boot, a male EURASIAN WIGEON was there early this morning as well! Directions to Shrewsbury: Exit 401 at #90 and head down Communications Rd. through Blenheim. Head straight towards the village of Shrewsbury. The fields are to your right south of Bisnett Line. At the stop sign at New Scotland Line, turn right and go about three blocks to Brock Street. Head straight down to the dock (where the N. Wheatear was in 2007!) and look towards the southwest for the open water puddle. Cheers, Blake A. Mann Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent Ontario boatmannATkentDOTnet Blog: www.burgbirder.blogspot.ca _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
