I would estimate If you added today's numbers it would make 24, and I do feel like I saw 24 individuals today. The Common Loon continues at St. Mary's. I feel like there are more, but because I don't have a scope, it makes it difficult to see anything far offshore. The Gadwall continues at St. Mary's pond.

A count or even an estimate of the number of birds at this point was impossible since there were so many birds in constant and variable motion and speeds. The excitement of the birds was evident as they gathered and only with the passing of a gull through their airspace was their organization briefly interrupted.

Huge flocks of ducks, usually justifiably wary, can be seen on non-hunting days (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays) at Gull Island, in Popham Bay, along the south shore of the peninsula, and in the outer part of Presqu'ile Bay, where a conservative estimate is that ten thousand birds are present.

I estimate that approximately 75-80% of the roads were driven. A small portion of the area was covered on Saturday, Jan. 8th due to the unavailability of the participant on Sunday. The weather conditions were excellent for surveying GGOW's as it was overcast all day, resulting in the owls actively foraging all day long.

There were an estimated 2000 Tundra Swans in two areas: first, north of Concession A, North of Lee Brown's at Port Royal and second, the field at the south -west corner of Highway 59 and County Road 42. Also at the south end and about the centre of field S-W of 59 and Cty Rd. 42 were 12 Sandhill Cranes.

The calm conditions of October 14 allowed two birders to estimate 500 White-winged Scoters in the lake, birds that normally are too far out to be easily seen. A few Black Scoters were with them on October 20. Three Hooded Mergansers appeared in the marsh on that date. A Bald Eagle sat in a tree on Salt Point on October 14.

As I stood watching the lake I estimated that besides the hundreds of Red-breasted Mergansers and Long-tailed Ducks in the water around the point at least 12,000 Red-breasted Mergansers migrated past over the tip and lake as well as about 5,000 Long-tailed Ducks, quite a spectacle.

Canada Goose: An aerial survey found an estimated 110,000 birds in the southern James Bay population, which is slightly above the long-term average. Peak hatching has been the past few days. Broods are feeding with Brant in the greening salt marshes. Crews are now web tagging goslings.

January 9, an estimated 10,000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo, and on the 10th, flocks of BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Lewiston were described as huge. Despite the numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the 10th, only 3 LITTLE GULLS counted at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, during the evening fly out to Lake Ontario.

Among the estimated 90 RUDDY TURNSTONES at Owen Point, Gull Island, and the beach on June 1 was a lone unbanded RED KNOT, a species which also may still arrive in larger numbers. An AMERICAN WOODCOCK was flushed on the Owen Point trail. BARRED OWLS have been vocal all week.