Oshawa Second Marsh and Thickson's Woods

[Tyler]

Oshawa Second Marsh

The Little Gulls have arrived early this year . On March 27 instead of the usual April 7th. This morning there were 4 Little Gulls and 7 Bonaparte's Gulls in the Marsh.

other species seen include Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Wood Duck, Ring-necked Duck, both species of Scaup,


At Thickson's Woods there were alot of Golden-crowned Kinglets and a Cooper's Hawk

[Tyler]

This mornings tally

Location:     Oshawa--Second Marsh/McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve
Observation date:     01/04/10
Number of species:     48

Canada Goose     15
Mute Swan     22
Trumpeter Swan     2
Wood Duck     5
Gadwall     36
American Black Duck     26
Mallard     12
Northern Shoveler     3
Northern Pintail     25
Green-winged Teal     6
Ring-necked Duck     9
Greater Scaup     13
Lesser Scaup     5
Long-tailed Duck     13
Bufflehead     32
Common Goldeneye     2
Hooded Merganser     3
Common Merganser     5
Red-breasted Merganser     61
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Red-necked Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Cooper's Hawk     1
Killdeer     4
Bonaparte's Gull     2
Little Gull     1
Ring-billed Gull     25
Herring Gull     51
Iceland Gull     1
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     2
American Crow     6
Tree Swallow     6
Black-capped Chickadee     6
Brown Creeper     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
American Robin     11
European Starling     10
Fox Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     25
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     52
Common Grackle     54
Brown-headed Cowbird     15
American Goldfinch     10

[Brian Bailey]

Wow!  That's quite a list for April 1st.

BB

[Niloc]

Wow thanks for taking the time to give such a detailed report!

[skyviewer]

Hey Tyler you don't happen to be the conservation officer who handles the bird report book at Darlington Provincial Park?  I met an officer last year after seeing some nesting Indigo Buntings who was really into birding and i thought with such an informative post you might be him.  Anyways thanks for the info.  And you may want to add 2 Great Horned Owls to that.  I was hiking through there this past week and i heard a pair calling to eachother and the crows were going crazy but i could not find either of them to make an exact ID in a dense part of the bush by the lake.

Daxton

[Bluffs Birder]

Yesterday afternoon, Leslie Kinrys, her hubby Mike, BIGFRANK, and I checked out Second Marsh after reading Tyler's report (above) and we were not disappointed.  The haze made it a little difficult to see the waterfowl with binoculars but 2 gentlemen (sorry, didn't get your names) allowed me to see the birds through their scopes.  The following is what we saw there:

Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Trumpeter Swan, Gadwall, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Northern Shrike, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Golden-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, American Goldfinch.

Walter

[GStuart]

I guess that the two of us stayed a little later than you did.

At a quarter to four, about twenty Bonaparte's Gulls flew in off the lake.  As they wheeled around over the sandbar/island it was soon apparent that some of the Boneys had rounded wings and black underneath.  We had five Little Gulls by 4:00.

Thanks again for the shrike.

[raypye]

Little Gull- 9, Blue-winged Teal- 4, Green-winged Teal- 56, Northern Shoverler- 27, Ring-necked Duck- 4, Northern Pintail- 4,
Rayfield Pye