1 6 The Ottawa Naturalist. [April 



19th last Mr. Saunders and I arrived at Learning-ton about 7.30 

 p.m. and started on our tramp by g-oing- about 5 miles towards 

 the lake on the east side of the point and camping for the night near 

 the road in a little wood where our first bird the Great Horned 

 Owl was noted, as well as a small bird or two journeying over- 

 head. At daylight we were on the move tor the lake shore but 

 before reaching it we saw a number of Marsh Harriers and a small 

 flock of ducks, possibly Black Ducks. Feeding in a weedy patch 

 near the road were a number of Dickcissels. The lake was 

 soon reached and having a nice sandy beach we expected to find 

 waders and gulls. The first to be noted were the Herring, the 

 Ring-billed and Bonaparte gulls, Black-billed, Semipalmated, 

 Golden and Kill-deer plovers, Sanderlings and Baird's Sandpiper. 

 Skimming past the Common and Black Terns were seen. By noon 

 the tramp is beginning to tell and we halt to rest and get dinner. 

 The lake water has to be boiled, and the drifting sand plasters the 

 bread and butter but being hungry everything goes and we are soon 

 off again. In passing the open water of the Marsh we were able by 

 the aid of g^lasses to identify the Horned Grebe. Evening found us 

 at the point and having walked all day in the sliding sand and 

 thinking that enough was as good as a feast, we camped for 

 the night under a scrubby red cedar. Next morning, breakfast 

 over, a start was made back up the west shore, where owing to 

 the woods we expected to find very different birds ; the first 

 specimens noted were a pair of Cooper's Hawks and Sharp- 

 shinned Hawks were to be seen all day while the small birds which 

 they caught napping were many, as was evidenced by the bunches 

 of feathers found here and there through the woods. Warblers 

 were numerous, including Black and White, Black-throated Blue, 

 Black-throated Green, Bay-breasted and Chestnut-sided, also the 

 Black-poll with a few Golden and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. The 

 Gray-cheeked and Olive backed Thrushes seemed to be the 

 favourite food of the Hawks with once in a while a Cuckoo. On 

 Hearing Leamington we saw a number of Bald-headed Eagles 

 sailing aloft and on the shore found a number of dead Shad 

 which had been discarded by fishermen. These accounted for the 

 presence of the eagles. A walk of 3 miles back to the train at 

 Leamington finished a very pleasant two days outing- . 



