Today Rick joined Tony and me. Tony wanted to see where I had found the Peregrine Falcon, and, indeed, the evidence was still there in the form of the remains of the gull.
We saw two Blue-morph Snow Geese swimming aound with the Canadas.
Then Rick saw the Cackling Geese. Indeed, there were seven of them swimming together.
We hiked over to the main ponds of Andrew Haydon Park, and saw three White-winged Scoters and a Surf Scoter out on the river along with lots of Common Goldeneye. We even saw one of the Blue-morhp Snow Geese swimming over our way. There were a couple of Red-breasted Mergansers over by the docks at Dick Bell Park.I saw a couple of Greater Scaup quite far out, and there were several Lesser Scaup in the ponds.
We moved to Shirley’s Bay and met Wilson Hum. There was an adult Bald Eagle perched in a tree along the dyke, and a Common Loon in winter plumage on the river.
We made a stop at Hilda Road feeder and met the guy who fills them. There were several Red-winged Blackbirds in the tree beside the feeder, and a few Blue Jays and a Hairy Woodpecker came and went.
We drove down Eagleson Road and spotted a Dark-morph Rough Legged Hawk perched by the road. We turned down Brownlee and scoped a Red-tailed Hawk. We made the loop back to Eagleson and spotted a light-morph Rough-legged Hawk. 
We moved on to Burnside Pit on Moodie Drive. We had one Common Merganser and many Hooded Mergansers. We were able to see two Glaucous Gulls and lots of Greater Black-backed, Herrin and Ring-billed Gulls. We went over to the dump and found another Glaucous Gull and a Thayers Gull. Tony was really pleased about the latter!
There was also a tree full of American Tree Sparrows.
On Conc. 20, we had a light morph Rough-legged Hawk and a flock of about 50 Snow Buntings.
We drove south on Milton Road and stopped to look at and digiscope a light morph Rough-legged Hawk. 
We drove down to the 417 and headed east to Casselman. Just at the exit, Janet drew our attention to the white cloud over the highway. There had to be 12,000 Greater Snow Geese rising off the fields at the Casselman exit. We pulled off and tried to photograph the spectacle – the most Snow Geese most of us had ever seen. 
The majority seemed to be heading further east, so we drove to Conc. 20. They had not reached that far, but there was one surprise Snowy Owl on a utility pole. 
After much photography of the unconcerned owl, we headed back, stopping at Giroux ponds. There were many Canada Geese and a few Common Mergansers. Heather spotted another Red-tailed Hawk.
We were hoping for a rare woodpecker or something else, but we were not rewarded. We hiked all the way to the pond and trailer, seeing only Black-capped Chickadees, a couple of White-breasted Nuthatches, a few Blue Jays, and an American Crow. We heard a Raven.
After coffee, we returned to the city to Andrew Haydon Park. At first we didn’t see the photographers, but they were on the far side of the pond. After trading insults, we learned from Joe that the Blackpoll Warbler was still around and posing for great photos. So with nothing new in the ponds, we decided to head over to Dick Bell to check it out. Same result as Sunday when Barbara & I went. Zip. We got a fair chance to photograph some Red-breasted Mergansers, and saw big rafts of Common Goldeneye and a few Bufflehead on the river.
With the excellent light and no other prospects, we decided to return to Andrew Haydon Park to photograph the scaup and other ducks. From the car, Tony spotted something white on the river, which turned out to be a single Greater Snow Goose.
We located the single Ring-necked Duck and got some good images. 
There were a few adult male Lesser Scaup, some juvenile males, and quite a few females. The Ring-billed Gulls posed for reflection shots too.
Returning to the car, we saw two Muskrats playing around.
I went down to the rapids by the Tennis Club and met Bruce & Ben Di Labio, who were looking for the hybrid (not found). There were a lot more ducks here, including scaup and Hooded Mergansers, both in the rapids and below. But I could not relocate the Barrow’s. 
With the fog now burned off, we headed in to Andrew Haydon Park. On the ponds were a couple of male Green-winged Teal, perhaps 20 Lesser Scaup, and a female Ring-necked Duck (which was hard to distinguish from the scaup). 
On the river, we saw a few Buffleheads, a nice group of Red-breasted Mergansers, which swam in fairly close, single White-winged and Black Scoters, and rafts of Common Goldeneye. An adult Bald Eagle flew past towards Mud Lake. 
We stopped at Tim Horton’s briefly, then headed over to look for the eagle, but could not locate it. Heather tried feeding the chickadees bagel bits, and they came in along with a White-breasted Nuthatch. This was the first time in a long time that I had seen one feed from the hand. We also saw a Northern Cardinal on the ridge.
We decided to try Mud Lake, not having been there for quite a while. There was a Great Blue Heron right by the car, but it moved away as we got out. There were several Mallards and American Black Ducks a short way in on the trail at the first viewing spot. There were also Hooded Mergansers in the distance. 
We moved up to the ridge and saw several Common Mergansers flying by in the distance. We could hear both Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers and saw an American Goldfinch. We photographed the ever-friendly Black-capped Chickadees. 
We stopped at Andrew Haydon Park. It was the same gang – Lesser Scaup, a few Green-winged Teal, Mallards, Canada Geese and lots of gulls. Tony tried to photograph a Black-backed Gull in flight. 
We drove to Burnside Pit and found many Hooded Mergansers, some Ruddy Ducks and a couple of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. There was one young Pied-billed Grebe and three Snow Geese among the thousands of Canadas. A Red-tailed Hawk was on a distant pole.
