Missed the Charlotte Town Beach Pomarine Jaeger by a few minutes :-( but that's birding.
Highlights from 70 species were:
A good mix of water fowl:
Snow Goose (6) amongst a small flock of Canada Geese
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Pintail (1 female)
Green-winged Teal
Common Goldeneye (m and f)
Common Merganser x 6
Osprey x1
Bald eagle x2
Northern Harrier x5
Sharp-shinned Hawk x2
Red-tailed Hawk x5
American Kestrel x2
Peregrine Falcon x1 adult male
Shorebirds at Brillyea included:
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper x1
Pectoral Sandpiper x5
Stilt Sandpiper x2 (seen briefly)
Short-billed Dowitcher (x1 seen by others)
Bluebird x1
Brown Thrasher x1
American Pipit x2
Blue-headed Vireo x1
Magnolia Warbler x2
Yellow-rumped Warbler x1
Black-throated Green Warbler x1
30 + Blue Jays heading south.
Good sized mixed flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles and Cowbirds.
John Sutton
Corinth
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