[Ontbirds]Baie du Dore-Little gull Short-eared Owl

[James Turland]

Enjoyed a very birdy morning.The LITTLE GULL was on the shore when I arrived 
and   actually got curios and flew right over head.The SHORT-EARED OWLS and 
GREAT EGRETS where across the creek towards the nuclear station.The ducks 
where mostly in one big raft in the middle of the bay.Following is a list of 
all the birds I saw at the baie this morning  .James Turland  Kincardine
Location:     Baie du Dore
Observation date:     07/04/08
Number of species:     43

Canada Goose     X
Tundra Swan     X
American Wigeon     X
Mallard     X
Northern Shoveler     1
Green-winged Teal     X
Canvasback     X
Redhead     X
Ring-necked Duck     X
Greater/Lesser Scaup     X
Bufflehead     X
Common Goldeneye     X
Common Merganser     X
Red-breasted Merganser     X
Ruffed Grouse     X
Pied-billed Grebe     X
Double-crested Cormorant     X
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     2
Turkey Vulture     X
Northern Harrier     X
Red-tailed Hawk     X
Rough-legged Hawk     1
American Kestrel     2
Killdeer     X
Greater Yellowlegs     5
Little Gull     1
Ring-billed Gull     X
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     X
Short-eared Owl     2
Belted Kingfisher     1
Northern Flicker     X
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Tree Swallow     X
European Starling     X
American Tree Sparrow     X
Song Sparrow     X
Dark-eyed Junco     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
House Finch     X

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directions;Baie du Dore is found on the shore of  Lake Huron beside the 
Bruce Nuclear Station. Most easily accessed from highway 21  ; 8kms north of 
Tiverton turn west on the 6th consession follow till it dead ends in the 
lake.