Waterfowl Day 2007

20-25 people from all over Southwestern Ontario joined us for Waterfowl Day 2007. In all, 38 species of birds were seen, including 13 ducks. Highlighting the morning were a multitude of Tundra Swans, plus a Great Blue Heron, Northern Shoveler, Greater Yellowlegs, a singing male Eastern Towhee and a large flight of Northern Pintail.

The complete species list is as follows: Species = 38; Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Tundra Swans, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked duck, Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Greater Yellowlegs, Ring-billed Gull, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Slate-coloured Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, American Goldfinch.

Pictures are, Northern Shoveler, Canvasback, Northern Pintail, Ruddy Duck, Hooded Merganser, and American Wigeon. Click on each duck for their call.

The "Big 3" Waterfowl species at Hullett are the Mallard, Wood Duck and Blue-winged Teal, shown below. Click to hear them!

A big thank you to all those who came out and made this an enjoyable morning at the Marsh. We hope to see you again soon. A special thanks to the members of the Huron Fringe Field Naturalists and the McIlwraith Field Naturalists who came out to participate. Thank you very much for your continued support.