The Pipits: Sunday November 21 2021, various lakeside locations, with David Brewer

[Colleen Reilly]

Attending: Angelique, Leslie, Elspeth, Dianne, Catherine, Dina, Kathryn, Cindy, Dave, Sonya, Mara, Janet, Marie, George, Amardeep, Colleen, David

Last Sunday we joined up with the Guelph Nature Club led by David Brewer, looking for ducks. We visited a number of locations along the North shore of Lake Ontario. We started at LaSalle Marina, then some of us stopped at the nearby Bayshore Park. I did not. We then met up at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters. From there we went to Windermere Basin. And finally Gray's Road in Hamilton.

It was a really fun outing, with quite a large group, and different from our norm - with this outing we went to locations along the lake, and stood and looked. No walking. Still quite lovely, thanks everyone for coming out and making it a great day!

Photos can be seen at the link below, thanks to Dave Archbell for contributing his work. You will see that his photos largely have the bird names indicated on the photo itself, nice learning tool Dave! As always, to see the ID on the photos I included, please click on the photo, then click on the small "i" in the upper right of the photo, and look for the file name in the information to the right of the photo. 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gHTW3yfSUqHNmUZu5

Thanks to everyone for such a fun outing!

Colleen

One of the members of the Guelph Nature Club shared her ebird lists with me, so wonderful and much appreciated!

Here's what we saw:

Burlington--LaSalle Park/Marina, Halton, Ontario, CA
Nov 21, 2021 8:57 AM - 9:59 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.129 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:     First stop on Nature Guelph Bird Wing trip to Hamilton for Waterfowl.
31 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  10
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  5
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)  2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  70
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  1
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)  1
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)  4
Redhead (Aythya americana)  2
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)  6
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)  40
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)  6
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)  50
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  56
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)  14
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)  1
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)  9
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  42
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)  2
American Coot (Fulica americana)  3
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  40
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  3
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)  2
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)  1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  10
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  4
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97906170

Hamilton--Canada Centre for Inland Waters & North Shore Islands, Halton, Ontario, CA
Nov 21, 2021 10:33 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:     Second stop for waterfowl trip to Hamilton with Nature Guelph Bird Wing.
19 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  20
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  12
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)  14
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)  3
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  27
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  1
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) (Anas platyrhynchos x rubripes)  1
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)  20
Greater/Lesser Scaup (Aythya marila/affinis)  25
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)  2
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  2
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)  25
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)  9
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  22
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  12
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  3
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)  8
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)  1
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  8
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  4
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97906169

 

Hamilton--Windermere Basin, Hamilton, Ontario, CA
Nov 21, 2021 11:14 AM - 11:39 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.177 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:     Third stop in the Nature Guelph Bird Wing Group.
26 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  2
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  2
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)  6
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)  3
American Wigeon (Mareca americana)  1
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  75
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  1
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)  6
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)  30
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)  1
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)  50
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  35
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)  25
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)  3
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  30
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  75
American Coot (Fulica americana)  1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  17
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)  12
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  2
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  25
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  6
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97906168

Stoney Creek--Grays Road at Lake Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario, CA
Nov 21, 2021 11:58 AM - 12:34 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:     Second last stop on trip to waterfowl trip to Hamilton with Nature Guelph Bird Wing.
9 species

Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)  2
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)  10
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)  2
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)  400
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)  200
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  3
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  1
Merlin (Falco columbarius)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97906167