Christmas birding! #113

Matt and I quickly took a bit of time to scan the lakeshore along Bath before Christmas festivities began...and saw one new one! We also saw 15-20 more tundra swans. Since the water is almost all open here there are still lots of waterbirds around!

#113: Gadwall; December 24, 2010; Millhaven/Bath

Immature Goldeneye

Buffleheads...not how I've normally seen them! immature or female?

Looking forward to heading to the Island in a few days to hopefully see some owls!

ducks (64-66)

I had been holding off on posting these ducks since I was hoping for better pics, but I haven't seen these types around lately so I'm just going to go ahead and post now.

#64: Common merganser; April 2, 2010; Westport Road
Someone once described the female merganser to me as "the one with the bad haircut."
#65: Bufflehead; April 5, 2010; AI

#66: Red-breasted mergansers; April 4, 2010, Lake Ontario off Bath

I shot this, thinking they were common mergansers. Once I got it on the computer, I realized they were different. Sweet!