A quick loop through Cape Vincent and Point Peninsula in Jefferson County on the 22nd produced a few sightings, including:
Canada Goose - 250+ Mute Swan - 10+ Tundra Swan - 10+ Gadwall - 10+ American Black Duck - 50+ Mallard - 25+ Redhead - 250+ Greater Scaup - 10+ Bufflehead - 8 Common Goldeneye - 25+ Common Merganser - 2 Red-breasted Merganser - 1 Wild Turkey - 50+ Red-tailed Hawk - 7 Rough-legged Hawk - 1 dark morph American Kestrel - 3 Northern Shrike - 2 Common Raven - 1 Eastern Bluebird - 1 Bohemian Waxwing - 40 Snow Bunting - 25+ Common Redpoll - 3 This was the tail end of one of several Taste of the North Country tours, which included birding Amherst Island, Wolfe Island, and the Ottawa area in Ontario. Highlights included: Barrow's Goldeneye - 1 male Gray Partridge - 9 Snowy Owl - 9 Northern Hawk Owl - 1 Barred Owl - 3 Great Gray Owl - 2 Short-eared Owl - 2 Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1 Northern Shrike - 6 Bohemian Waxwing - 150+ Pine Grosbeak - 18 Common Redpoll - 100+ Hoary Redpoll - 1 female Brett Lakeshore Nature Tours 716-628-8226 bmew...@lakeshorenaturetours.com www.LakeshoreNatureTours.com Like us on Facebook -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
