I did the Wapoous pennisula area (pennisula directly east of Picton)of the Prince Edward point Christmas bird count today with a cold east wind.
Highlights no snow to very little on the ground and all inland water was frozen.
Lots of waterfowl. I found several thousand in the open water near all the growing icesheets.
Tundra swans 200+
Osprey 1 really really late juvenile. I guess it never listened to its parents about migrating when the cold weather comes. It looked ok and there is alot of fish in the area it was foraging
9 Bald Eagles ( 4 adults and 5 immatures) at least 2 more birds were also seen on the count west of my area near picton
9 Pine siskins were the only finches i saw.
In the afternoon I birded my favorite sites in Prince edward county and Presqu'ile P.P. on my way home
Point Petre area
1 yellow-rumped warbler just north of army reserve rd on point petre road moving around with a flock of red-brested nuthatches
1 Common Grackle (feeder on simpson rd)
great blue Heron overhead
Northern Harrier 1- Cherry valley
Tundra swans at outlet beach(7) and wellington harbour(74)
white-winged Scoter rafts offshore of wellington
Wellington Harbour
1 male Northern Pintail
1 Ruddy Duck
5 cackling geese among the 1600+ canada's
1 hooded merganser
3 american coots
and 3 lesser scaup among the small raft of greaters
Presqu'ile P.P.
1 barred Owl at the bird sighting board hunting
the male Rose-breasted Grosbeak with it's gimpy wings is surrviving at the group camping parking lot
