Hi Ont Birders; Tuesday around 2:00 just as the higher winds and rain where whisking towards Kincardine I went down to Horton Point for a bit of a lake watch. I soon latched on to a short-eared owl way out over the water and working its way south. It put up with constant harassing gulls and when the owl eventually tried to land it was warded off by crows before it could even get settled. Next out of nowhere wheeled two falcons one flashed by but the other landed on the bare stone beach. Black facial markings and size showed it to be a peregrine. Moments later 5 swallows of the buffy rump type darted over the wave tops to disappear to quickly to be properly identify. The Harlequin and Cackling geese where near shore amongst hundreds of Canadas and mallards. The more you look the more you see.Cheers James Turland Directions; Kincardine is on lake Huron at the junction of highways 9 and 21 .Heading north on Queen st(main st Kincardine)Turn west on Kingsway st. Park at lake and use stair overpass as your viewing place. Cheers James Turland _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
