Birds about town...

There hasn't been much change in recent weeks. The are still good numbers of Common and Hoary Redpolls around town. Dozens of pairs of Herring Gulls are staking out territory on Skin Island, in Peninsula Harbour.


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Bohemian Waxwings

"Hornemann's" Hoary Redpoll

Here are today's sightings as processed by eBird:

Location:     Marathon, Ontario
Observation date:     3/10/11
Number of species:     16

Bald Eagle     1
Herring Gull     275
Glaucous Gull     4
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Common Raven     65
Black-capped Chickadee     3
European Starling     2
Bohemian Waxwing     20
Northern Cardinal     3
Pine Grosbeak     16
Common Redpoll (flammea)     92
Common Redpoll (rostrata)     9
Hoary Redpoll (exilipes)     13
Hoary Redpoll (hornemanni)     3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/canada)