October Birding

OCTOBER BIRDING 2016

On October 29 and 30, 2016 Kaarlo’s “group” travelled  through:  the Golf Course Road; Maatta’s Road; the municipality of the Township of Nipigon; Nipigon Marina; the Saw Mill Point Trail; Lake Helen; Polly Lake; Hurkett Dock; the community of Hurkett; Hurkett Cove; and Ouimet Canyon Road.

707 birds divided among 32 species

LIST OF SIGHTINGS

11 Canada Geese

7 Herring Gulls

99 Snow buntings

19 Ravens

80 Rock Doves (Pigeons)

6 European Starlings

36 Hooded Merganzers

6 Crows

53 Black capped Chickadees

6 Ruffed Grouse

16 Common Merganzers

14 Gull species unknown

10 Red breasted Nuthatches

2 Mallards

2 Longtail Ducks

4 Ringbill Gulls

11 Goldeneyes

9 Canada Jays

2 Common Loons

4 Bald Eagles

11 Blue Jays

1 Hairy Woodpecker

2 Juncos

3 Tree Sparrows

7 Trumpeter Swans (Hurkett Dock)

200 Black AND White wing Scoters

1 Pileated Woodpecker

9 Pine Grosbeaks

1 Rough-legged Hawk

65 Terns unknown species

1 Downy Woodpecker

9 Ring neck Ducks