I checked out the northeastern and northwestern corners of Niagara and Orleans Counties, respectively, today. Most surprising were the number of RED-NECKED GREBES - 12 at Olcott, 88 at Barker Bicentennial Park, and 25 at Shadigee. I see that David Pryor had a count of 32 in Toronto on March 8th so I suspect that a number of the birds I saw arrived around that time - a week ago. I saw my first CACKLING GEESE for this area this year - 3 at the north end of Hartland Rd, 1 off of Barker Bicentennial Park, and 6 on Niagara-Orleans Countyline Rd. The hawks weren't flying with the overcast and light wind, just a few Turkey Vultures. As always, it was nice to see the newly arrived ducks in the wet fields - NORTHERN SHOVELER, WOOD DUCKS, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAILS, and REDHEADS are what I had. Just 5 TUNDRA SWANS - Countyline Rd and Hartland Rd. I only had about 10,000 CANADA GEESE so many more should be arriving shortly. The biggest concentrations were along Countyline Rd and at a few spots on Lake Ontario.
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