Yesterday morning I ran into Jerry Smith skulking in the bushes at Dunstan Landing in Scarborough. We spent the morning birding the Marsh and Pine Point during a notably high tide that made the marsh look more like a lake.
-- Best finds were in the Jones Creek marsh behind Pelreco. An immature and adult Peregrine Falcon were harrassing birds in the back of the marsh, causing many of the distant waders to flush over to our side. Part of a flock of 55 Glossy Ibises landed quite close and we were able to discern an apparent White-faced Ibis in the group. The bird had red eyes and pink facial skin and pinkish legs. It was decidedly NOT white-faced and had less white than many of the nearby Glossy Ibises... Not an easy ID. Two adult and immature Little Blue Herons were nearby. http://ebird.org/ebird/me/view/checklist?subID=S29443601
Over at Pine Point we enjoyed the large migratory flock of Long-tailed Ducks in the river. I counted 370 in a photo of part of the flock, so I'm estimating there were over 500. We saw the previously reported Purple Sandpiper flock out on the breakwater but missed any Piping Plover. A pair of Lesser Scaup seemed out of place here too. http://ebird.org/ebird/me/view/checklist?subID=S29443584
I've embedded a few photos in the lists.
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