Species Summary:
– Brant
– Surf Scoter
– Red-breasted Merganser
– Red-throated Loon
– Lesser Yellowlegs
– Eastern Screech-Owl
– Horned Lark
– American Pipit
– Lapland Longspur
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View this alert on the web at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN34560
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated
Surf Scoters (male and female) – Drew Monkman
Brant (Branta bernicla) (50) CONFIRMED
– Reported Oct 19, 2013 06:37 by Peterborough County Birds Database
– Pigeon Lake–West end of Kerry Line, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.43968,-78.48006&ll=44.43968,-78.48006
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15460334
– Comments: “estimated, difficult to count given lighting and constant shuffling of flock, but certainly between 40 and 50. In flight S over lake at 0713h. Small, dark geese with black necks and breasts.”
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) (7) CONFIRMED
– Reported Oct 20, 2013 14:10 by Chris Risley
– Pigeon Lake – Gannons Narrows/Big Island area, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.514861,-78.4939785&ll=44.514861,-78.4939785
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15462742
– Comments: “off northeast corner of Big Island; scared off water; large black diving ducks, no white on secondaries, at least 3 males as noticeable white patches on head”
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (7)
– Reported Oct 20, 2013 14:10 by Chris Risley
– Pigeon Lake – Gannons Narrows/Big Island area, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.514861,-78.4939785&ll=44.514861,-78.4939785
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15462742
– Comments: “females/immatures;”
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) (1) CONFIRMED
– Reported Oct 20, 2013 14:10 by Chris Risley
– Pigeon Lake – Gannons Narrows/Big Island area, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.514861,-78.4939785&ll=44.514861,-78.4939785
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15462742
– Comments: “immature; diving frequently off west side of Big Island; small, frail looking loon, with thin bill often pointed upward, head and neck whitish and overall colouration paler than COLO.”
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
– Reported Oct 20, 2013 09:30 by Luke Berg
– Lakefield–Sewage Lagoons, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4180879,-78.2587266&ll=44.4180879,-78.2587266
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15451440
– Comments: “flyover calling (two-note call).”
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) (2)
– Reported Oct 20, 2013 21:30 by Chris Risley
– Storell Rd, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2132383,-78.2833989&ll=44.2132383,-78.2833989
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15462737
– Comments: “maybe 3; calling periodically throughout the night;one observed at fairly close range”
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) (5)
– Reported Oct 20, 2013 06:45 by Peterborough County Birds Database
– Pigeon Lake–West end of Kerry Line, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.43968,-78.48006&ll=44.43968,-78.48006
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15460320
– Comments: “flyovers, 2 and 3 in flight S overhead, calling”
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) (2)
– Reported Oct 18, 2013 07:24 by Peterborough County Birds Database
– Peterborough–Trent Rotary Rail Trail, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.362531,-78.2885554&ll=44.362531,-78.2885554
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15460335
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) (1)
– Reported Oct 19, 2013 06:37 by Peterborough County Birds Database
– Pigeon Lake–West end of Kerry Line, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.43968,-78.48006&ll=44.43968,-78.48006
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15460334
– Comments: “flyover, calling, in flight S high overhead at around 0700h.”
