Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bluffs Birder on April 13, 2013, 08:44:38 PM
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Although the reported target bird, an American Avocet, was not located, the following list of birds was seen from the platform.
Second Marsh, Oshawa
Saturday April 13th
10:00AM-11:00AM
37 species
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Least Sandpiper
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
American Kestrel
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
Walter :)
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:D :D :D
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I was there today and so was the American Avocet, who showed nicely, albeit distant.
Complete list:
Oshawa--Second Marsh/McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve, Durham, CA-ON
Apr 14, 2013 3:10 PM - 4:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
39 species
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 1
Gadwall 10
American Wigeon 2
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 4
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 20
Green-winged Teal 10
Lesser Scaup 5
White-winged Scoter 1
Long-tailed Duck 10
Bufflehead 10
Hooded Merganser 3
Common Merganser 20
Red-breasted Merganser 20
Ruddy Duck 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 1
American Avocet 1 Known location. Large shorebird, mainly white body, striking black and white wings, orange-brown head, long thin upturned bill.
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 20
Herring Gull 100
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Tree Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 3
American Robin 20
European Starling 2
American Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 5