Plenty of waterfowl today at both locations. Rondeau Bay was filled with them, the numbers below are just the fraction I was able to identify. New birds for the season were Ring-necked Duck, American Wigeon, Bonaparte's Gull and Killdeer (finally!), but the highlight by far was an American Woodcock crossing the road in front of the car while "dancing". It had some kind of bobbing motion while walking which looked quite hilarious. :lol: I have never seen one out in the open like that before, I heard and saw them displaying at dusk at Rondeau during the milder spell we had, but this was a real treat.
Full lists:
Rondeau:
20 Canada Goose
1 Mute Swan
100 Gadwall
300 American Wigeon
20 Mallard
200 Canvasback
25 Ring-necked Duck
50 Greater Scaup
50 Lesser Scaup
100 Bufflehead
5 Common Goldeneye
3 Hooded Merganser
10 Common Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Wild Turkey
2 Turkey Vulture
3 American Coot
1 American Woodcock
4 Bonaparte's Gull
100 Ring-billed Gull
2 Herring Gull
1 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 American Crow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
5 American Robin
15 American Tree Sparrow
10 Song Sparrow
10 Dark-eyed Junco
3 Northern Cardinal
10 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Common Grackle
Bleinheim Sewage Lagoons:
30 Canada Goose
10 Gadwall
50 American Wigeon
10 Mallard
200 Redhead
30 Ring-necked Duck
20 Greater/Lesser Scaup
50 Bufflehead
1 Ruddy Duck
1 American Coot
50 Ring-billed Gull
Along the road:
10 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
5 Ring-necked Duck
10 Turkey Vulture
1 Northern Harrier
10 Killdeer
5 Ring-billed Gull
2 Mourning Dove
5 Horned Lark
30 American Robin
50 European Starling
10 Red-winged Blackbird
10 Common Grackle
5 House Sparrow
