A nice day at Rondeau, where I finally was able to positively identify Rusty Blackbirds for the first time. Some dabbling ducks have arrived to Rondeau Bay but no large numbers yet. On the way home there was an American Woodcock flying beside the car in the dark.
Complete list for Rondeau:
20 American Wigeon
1 American Black Duck
40 Mallard
20 Northern Pintail
10 Pied-billed Grebe
10 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Peregrine Falcon
2 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Dunlin
50 Ring-billed Gull
2 Mourning Dove
1 Blue Jay
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5 American Robin
1 European Starling
5 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
5 White-crowned Sparrow
100 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Rusty Blackbird
200 Common Grackle
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 American Goldfinch
