Went for a quick walk the afternoon of the 25th on Gull Island in Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
Saw a number of waterfowl, but they were (rightly) very skittish, so it was tough to identify anything but oldsquaw, canada goose and a pair of swan (will identify later from photos).
Found what looks like a recent white winged scooter carcass. Tracks that likely belong to a coyote.
50+ snow buntings.
2 lapland longspurs.
2 what I think were fox sparrow - still identifying.
While driving out of the park, saw a great horned owl sitting in the tree just west of the bird sightings board.
For more information and directions on how to get to Presqu'ile, see the Friends of Presquile (
http://www.friendsofpresquile.on.ca/park.htm) website. Presquile is in Brighton Ontario.
Photo of Gull Island on December 25th -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qmnonic/3145629893/
