End of March Birding

Birded the Sarnia Area today, starting out at Wawanosh. Nothing really of much note there, waterfowl numbers have decreased in the past week(s), but there were quite a few Song Sparrows singing throughout the walk! We headed to the Modeland Rd flooded fields, after seeing what Eric had reported there a couple weeks ago I couldn't resist! We did not quite get the same species as he did, however one new for year at least! 5 Blue-winged Teal made species #104 for my Lambton County Big Year.

Poor qual, distant Blue-winged Teal

After there, we headed to Point Edward Lighthouse, and after that Sarnia Bay. The lighthouse had nothing but distant Long-tailed Ducks and a few Mergs.Could not find the Horned Grebe we had seen there last weekend(#101). The Bay was also fairly un-active. Though I did notice something weird with a couple of Gulls. There were two "Herring Gull"'s side-by-side, but one was noticeably larger? I'm guessing it must have been a small male and large female? Also two nice Bald Eagles made an appearance, one actually wasn't camera shy!

What you think of the Gulls?

Other recent additions include: Northern Shoveler(#102), and Carolina Wren[finally(#103)].
Other notables include: 14 Cackling Geese, and 2 Greater White-fronted Geese on Bear Creek near Petrolia on the 23rd.

Good Birding!