Frozen Great Lakes means species of ducks & grebes that are rarely seen locally are fleeing to open water in the Kawarthas

White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) (2) CONFIRMED – Reported Feb 17, 2014 12:50 by Iain Rayner – Gannon’s Narrows, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4732274,-78.4563694&ll=44.4732274,-78.4563694 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17039524 – Comments: “Black ducks, white mark by eye, white wing patch” White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) (1) – Reported Feb 17, 2014 10:30 by Dan Read more…