I had delicious close-up views of a Red Phalarope in basic plumage as it flew within 10m of shore into the strong southwesterly breeze at Point Petre this morning (ca. 10:30 a.m.). In the five hours I spent there, Lake Ontario was alive with water birds -- large numbers of Long-tailed Duck, White-winged Scoter, Bufflehead, Bonaparte's and other common gulls, mergansers, several Common Loons, a few Surf Scoters and Horned Grebes, a Red-necked Grebe, a Glaucous Gull, and other expected species. Good birding! Jarmo Point Petre is at the south end of Road 24, south off Road 10 south from Picton in Prince Edward County. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
