Just in from watching the my first Snowy Owl of the winter. It was perched on the southernmost tern log island ( to the ne of the GM platform) and admiring the 1000+ waterfowl, 100 + gulls it can dine on.
Also present.: With the acres and acres of mud in the marsh currently, there were Dunlin 5, Black-bellied Plover and a Semi-palmated Sandpiper foraging with a Little Gull, 69 Bonaparte's Gulls, and 100+ Green-winged Teals. 1000+ waterfowl present dominated by Mallards, Canada Geese and Green-winged Teal. 7 Species of gulls including one Thayer's 500+ Red-winged Blackbirds and 8000+ Starlings coming into roost at 4pm. Directions Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit(419) in Oshawa. Go south on Farewell St. Colonel Sam Drive. Turn East onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot close to the marsh. The east (GM) platform is visible from the NW corner of the lot. For a trail map of the Oshawa Second marsh/Mclaughlin Bay Nature Reserve area visit http://secondmarsh.outdoorontario.ca/Recreation.htmland check the link for a trail map of the area. Tyler Hoar Oshawa _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
