Early Arrivals and Late Departures-April 18, 2009
Trip Leader: Dave Schaus
Participants: Jerry Asling, Wanda Szabo, Joy Albrecht, Kathleen Giesler, Dave and Jean Schaus
Conditions: Mostly sunny in the a.m, cloudy in the p.m. Temp. 6-16 C
Places Visited:Teeswater River, Ripley Sewage Lagoons, Lurgan Beach, Point Clarke, Kincardine
Highlights: 25+ Lapland Longspurs seen together outside the Ripley Sewage Lagoons.
A Ruby-crowned Kinglet displaying it’s red crown a few times.
Total Birds Seen: 56
– Double-crested Cormorant – Tree Swallow
– Canada Goose – American Crow
– Wood Duck – Eastern Phoebe
– Mallard – Blue Jay
– American Wigeon – Barn Swallow
– Lesser Scaup – Black-capped Chickadee
– Common Goldeneye – Red-breasted Nuthatch
– Bufflehead – White-breasted Nuthatch
– Eastern Bluebird – Brown Creeper
– Hooded Merganser – Golden-crowned Kinglet
– Common Merganser – Ruby-crowned Kinglet
– Red-breasted Merganser
– Turkey Vulture
– Red-tailed Hawk
– Killdeer
– Greater Yellowlegs
– Bonaparte’s Gull
– Ring-billed Gull
– Herring Gull
– Great Black-backed Gull
– Caspian Tern
– Mourning Dove
– Rock Pigeon
– Belted Kingfisher
– Northern Flicker
