I meant to write a post about my excursion in South Bruce last week, but I didn't have manh photos/forgot. Anyway for some lazy content here's the email I sent to the Bruce Birding Club about my day.
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Yesterday morning it was warm (5 degrees) and sunny in my area, so I thought I would take a drive down to south Bruce and look for migrants. Long story short, the only “spring migrants” I found were Horned Lark and American Crow, plus two American Robins that might have overwintered. Anyway I thought I’d share some sightings birding excursion with the club.
I began in the Kincardine area and worked my way north along the shoreline to Sauble Beach.
Here were my observations by location.
- Kincardine Lagoons and Kincardine HarbourBoth frozen. the lagoons had a few Buffleheads in a piece of open water, but were otherwise birdless. The harbour had nothing besides some Herring Gulls.
- fields between Kincardine and Tiverton Lots of Horned Larks and American Crows beside the road, so somewhat “springy”. The fields are all snow covered and frozen though, so there wasn’t much around. Snow Buntings and Common Ravens were highlights.
- Baie Du Dore was the best location of my drive. I first checked the south access point across from the plant. The ice was all out while I was there, so the ducks were easy to see out on the inlet. Here I saw; Hooded Mergansers, American Black Ducks, Tundra Swans, Great Black-backed Gulls and a lone American Coot (plus the normal 50+ Bald Eagles).
Next I checked the north access point (Scott’s Point boatlauch). Bob and Anne-Marie had just found a female King Eider here, which was luckily still around when I got there. Also present were; Ruddy Duck, Greater Scaup and Redhead.
- Port Elgin had nothing to note really. All frozen..
- Sauble River Mouth was ostly frozen, though some Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser and Bufflehead were present.
Some Ruddy Duck and King Eider pics..
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