Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000
Start Time: 7:30 AM Duration: 11.5 hours
Participants: Terry Carr (compiler), Ray Cormier, Gisela Kados, Naomi Maggs

Weather: Cloudy with light showers, Winds Southeast 10 to 20 k/hr,
Temperature 10 to 12 degrees C.


Location: North Shore of Lake Huron from Echo Bay to Spanish
Distance: Elliot Lake to North Shore birding sites and return ......375 Km


Number of Species Seen......62 as follows:

Common Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Canada
Goose, Mallard, Black, Amer. Wood Duck, Northern Pintail, Gadwall, American
Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Blue-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Greater
Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser,
Turkey Vulture, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Northern Harrier,
Rough-legged Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Osprey, American Kestrel, Herring
Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Tern Mourning Dove, Rock Dove, Sandhill
Crane, Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Solitary
Sandpiper, Whimbrel Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee
Common Raven, American Crow, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern
Phoebe, Great-crested Flycatcher European Starling, House Sparrow Yellow
Warbler, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat American Robin, Hermit Thrush
Red-winged Blackbird, Baltimore Oriole, Common Grackle, Purple Finch
Savannah Sparrow, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow,

My thanks to all members who made their pledge to support this year's
Baillie Birdathon and to my partners today who took the 11.5 hours to make
this an enjoyable and worthwhile birding experience.

Terry Carr