[Ontbirds]Presqu'ile P.P.: Red-throated Loons,waterfowl & migrants

[Bruce Di Labio]

Hello Ont. Birders

Spent the weekend March 29 and 30 birding Presqu'ile Provincial Park. Still 
felt and looked like winter. Visibility over the water was excellent. There 
was a nice variety of waterfowl - 550 Canvasbacks, 1250 Redheads, and 
increasing numbers of Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, and 
Hooded Mergansers. Highlights Saturday included a Northern Shrike at the 
Calf Pasture; 2 Merlins at Lighthouse Lane and Paxton Road; 2 Ruddy Ducks 
off Salt Point; a very vocal Carolina Wren along Bayshore Drive; 1 very 
unhappy Tree Swallow at the Calf Pasture; and a Hoary Redpoll at #186 
Bayshore Drive.

The bay froze overnight so on Sunday morning the ducks were pushed close to 
the shore allowing for excellent views. On Popham Bay we found 3 
Red-throated Loons and 3 Double-crested Cormorants. Land bird migration was 
limited to small flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles and 
American Robins. We heard an Eastern Meadowlark off Huff Road.

Good Birding,

Bruce

To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton.
Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid
that is available at the Park gate.  Access to the offshore islands is
restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial
nesting birds there.


Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell

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