OFO Walk: Niagara River - Part 4

After seeing the Lark Sparrow, Adam and I decided to go home but make a stop at the Burlington Skyway. The reason we stopped here is because we were recommended to go here because there were 3 Snowy Owls seen there earlier in the day. So we arrived at Tollgate Ponds (where they were reported) and I immediately saw a Snowy on the tip of the rocks. It didn't take us long to find another Snowy, and then another. We were all so happy to see 3 Snowy Owls. Another lifer!!!

The Snowies are circled in red.

We didn't stay for long because it was getting dark and we had one more place to stop at. Just a little ways down the road there was a bridge above a small river. We were slow and quiet to approach the edge of the bridge because in that river was so many ducks. There was Shoveler, Mallard, Green-Winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Cormorant, Black-Crowned Night Herons, and even a couple Northern Pintail. That Pintail was another lifer and a nemesis bird!!! I was so happy to see it.

After that we headed home. This trip brought my life list up to 196! Only 4 more for 200!