Common Eider

[Brown-headed Birder]

After finding the Common Eider last week with mc coburn, it remained at Humber Bay West through Saturday.  Sunday it was nowhere to be seen but reappeared at HBW on Monday.  Yesterday, Wednesday the 14th, I was at Colonel Sam with mc and we met Monika Croydon.

After searching in vain for the Boreal Chickadee the three of us walked toward the west side in search of the Boreal Chickadee and Common Redpolls.  We ran into a birder who asked me to review his photo which he believed was a female Common Eider.  It was.  I did not get his name but believe it was Thomas Ouchterlony.  We three split up.  I walked toward Whimbrel Point to try to relocate the eider (and redpolls).  Monika and mc walked the west shore.  They relocated the Common Eider and got close photos before it flew farther west.  I captured it only from a distance in a photo.  I believe Thomas may have been the first to see the Common Eider at Colonel Sam. I was thrilled to see it again at a second location. Those searching for the eider should consider it is now travelling between Humber Bay and Sams, and likely other nearby spots.

Theresa

[thouc]

Yep, it was me seeing it.

/Thomas

[mc]

hi Thomas, my name is mc, i was with brown-headed birder at Colonel Sams on November 14th when you asked her for id confirmation of the picture you took of the Common Eider......i wish i had introduced myself to you....i have seen you sharing your experience on this board....i also spoke to you at LaSalle Park/Marina on Monday November 12th....next time, i will definitely introduce myself!

good birding....mc²

[Brown-headed Birder]

Hi Thomas, glad I got it right, just wanted to make sure you got some credit for relocating the eider at Sams.  It was there Thursday as well.  If you are interested you might want to fill out the online Ontario Bird Records Committee report for this rarity. Just go to www.ofo.ca and find the section for OBRC reports and fill it in and add your photos (if you want) by email. The OBRC then releases next summer a booklet on all the rare birds for Ontario for 2018, who located, who saw later, and they try to document eaxh day it was seen and each location. If you already knew about this my apologies.  Nice find and it was nice to see her again, although mine was a distant view.  Monika and mc got some nice photos as well.

[Shortsighted]

The Common Eider at CSS is a juvenile bird ... I presume.
Anyone have any photographs to post of that special visitor?
Love to see them.
I wonder if I'm ever going to get out to CSS.

[Dinusaur]

I dropped by Colonel Sam on Friday after work - no luck finding it in the choppy water of the lake.