Today Bob Tyler and I decided to bird Hanlan’s Point instead of Ward’s Island and despite the winds that kept the Passerines down and hidden in the bushes we didn’t do too bad.
Because of the winds we decided to try the Hanlan’s beach that was out of most of the wind. When we got to the beach we looked north up the beach (west of the airfield) and spotted a lone Canada Goose on the beach with an apparent flock of mallards also on the beach but as soon as we lifted our binoculars we realised that they were not Mallards but Brant and in fact 20 of them. There was also a lone Sanderling on the beach just past them. After this great find we continued on down to the Trout Pond and back and on the way we found 2 Great Egrets, 2 Great Blue Herons, a Green Heron, Wood Ducks, American Wigeons, 2 Peregrine Falcons, Kestrels, Sharp-shined Hawks a Turkey Vulture, Kingfisher, 20+ F;lickers, Sapsucker and E. Phoebes Norm Murr Richmond Hill Ontario, Canada You can't see birds if you don't go out but sit and wait for others to find them. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
