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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Luv2Bird on February 14, 2011, 09:15:56 PM

Title: White-winged Scoter
Post by: Luv2Bird on February 14, 2011, 09:15:56 PM

By Burlington Lift bridge canal .. Feb. 5th  - Both a male and female swam close to us.  The male dove and brought up some sort of shell fish that looked bigger than a golf ball and swallowed it.
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Post by: Reuven_M on February 14, 2011, 10:20:16 PM

Great shot! The shellfish were probably a clump of zebra mussels (unless you actually saw that it was one animal?)

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Post by: Luv2Bird on February 14, 2011, 10:45:37 PM

Thanks Reuven ... I have a shot of it with something in its mouth but couldnt tell if it was one thing or not.

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Post by: JW Mills on February 14, 2011, 10:51:16 PM

Very nice!

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Post by: denis on February 15, 2011, 08:51:39 AM

nice shot sue.
will be down there this week-end.hope it thaws out a bit.

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Post by: Luv2Bird on February 15, 2011, 09:38:26 AM

Thanks Zed n Denis... the canal wasn't frozen when we were there  ... so s.b. great this weekend.

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Post by: Vince on February 15, 2011, 01:02:42 PM

An FYI if you go. Due to the construction, you have to park on the SW side of the bridge then walk across the bridge and go to the east side. Don't get run over by a car. It limits the number of shots you can take :roll:

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Post by: denis on February 15, 2011, 05:37:40 PM

thanks vince.
that would ruin my day

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Post by: Greg Schneider on February 15, 2011, 06:42:03 PM

I don't believe the east side is accessible due to the construction. I have been parking at the lot just west of there on Lakeshore, by the bus stop, and then walking down the path to the west side pier. Probably a hundred WW scoters there today, but the bulk of the ducks were on the Hamilton side of the lift bridge.

Title: Burlington Lift Bridge
Post by: cabz on February 15, 2011, 07:17:23 PM

We were there on Sunday.  We parked in a parking lot up the street, forget the name, but if you come over the bridge going towards Toronto, just after the bridge, turn right, the road takes a curve left and on the left is a parking lot.

We saw all the usual ones plus WWScoter, 2 Surf Scoters, Ruddy Duck etc etc etc.  As you come onto the edge of the canal, keep an eye out in the first tree on the left, think it was a Hawthorne, my husband found a mocker in there.  Did not see the Peregrines, but were at Lasalle earlier and think we saw an eagle sitting waaaaaaaaaay out on the ice.

Good birding

Cabz