Randy and Odette Mooi visited Whitewater Lake on August 4th and 5th 2018. Randy sent us his trip list, and some photos, so we thought we would post the pics on this blog for your enjoyment, with the trip list of course.
If you have any birding lists, or individual sightings from any of Manitoba’s IBAs which you have not entered on eBird, we would love to enter them for you. Please email any records to us at iba@naturemanitoba.ca.
American Coots and foraging shorebirds at Whitewater Lake. Copyright Randy Mooi
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | X |
| Blue-winged Teal | 200 |
| Northern Shoveler | 25 |
| Gadwall | 7 |
| Mallard | 200 |
| Northern Pintail | 12 |
| Green-winged Teal | 12 |
| Redhead | 5 |
| Ruddy Duck | 12 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 4 |
| Red-necked Grebe | 4 |
| Eared Grebe | 15 |
Eared Grebe juvenile having a stretch. Copyright Randy Mooi
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 24 |
| American Coot | 1000 |
| American Avocet | 360 |
| Killdeer | 25 |
| Upland Sandpiper | 1 |
Upland Sandpiper, one of the most striking looking shorebirds. Copyright Randy Mooi
| Marbled Godwit | 20 |
| Ruddy Turnstone | 10 |
Some distant Ruddy Turnstones. Copyright Randy Mooi
| Stilt Sandpiper | 5 |
| Baird’s Sandpiper | 10 |
Baird’s Sandpipers. Copyright Randy Mooi
| Least Sandpiper | 1 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 10 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 500 |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | X |
| Wilson’s Phalarope | 5 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 100 |
| Willet | 5 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 50 |
| Franklin’s Gull | 1000 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 24 |
| Black Tern | 50 |
| Common Tern | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
| American White Pelican | 24 |
| American Bittern | 2 |
| Great Blue Heron | 3 |
| Great Egret | 20 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 3 |
| White-faced Ibis | 100 |
White-faced Ibis at sunset. Copyright Randy Mooi
| Turkey Vulture | 5 |
| Northern Harrier | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 4 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 2 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 10 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 1 |
| Northern Flicker | 1 |
| American Kestrel | 5 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
| Western Kingbird | 15 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 30 |
| American Crow | X |
| Common Raven | X |
| Horned Lark | 10 |
| Purple Martin | 100 |
| Tree Swallow | 200 |
| Bank Swallow | 1000 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | X |
| Sedge Wren | X |
| Marsh Wren | X |
| American Robin | X |
| European Starling | X |
| American Goldfinch | 20 |
| Chipping Sparrow | X |
| Vesper Sparrow | 5 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 24 |
| Song Sparrow | X |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | 20 |
| Bobolink | 5 |
| Western Meadowlark | X |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 1000 |
A swarm of blackbirds…Copyright Randy Mooi
| Common Grackle | 50 |
| House Sparrow | X |
Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program 