Isaac, Mary and I covered from the south end of Nicola Lake to Stump Lake this morning.  More than half of Nicola Lake is ice free so lots of waterfowl are staged there waiting for ice to thaw further north and at higher elevations.  Most ice free areas had ducks on it.

Canada Goose – 700

Trumpeter Swan – 34

Tundra Swan – 27

Gadwall – 4

Eurasian Wigeon – 3

American Wigeon – 220

Mallard – 120

Northern Pintail – 200

Green-winged Teal – 80

Canvasback – 12

Redhead – 2

Ring-necked Duck – 25

Greater Scaup – 4

Lesser Scaup – 125

Bufflehead – 26

Common Goldeneye – 40

Barrow’s Goldeneye – 18

Hooded Merganser – 9

Common Merganser – 36

American Coot – 13

Killdeer – 4

Northern Harrier – 1

Bald Eagle – 24

Red-tailed Hawk – 1

Rough-legged Hawk – 1

Northern Flicker – 2

Peregrine Falcon – 1

Say’s Phoebe – 1

Northern Shrike – 1

Steller’s Jay – 6

Black-billed Magpie – 5

American Crow – 17

Common Raven – 6

Tree Swallow – 9

European Starling – 40

Mountain Bluebird – 10

Townsend’s Solitaire – 2

American Robin – 20

House Sparrow – 1

House Finch – 2

Snow Bunting  – 40

Dark-eyed Junco – 2

Song Sparrow – 2

Spotted Towhee – 1

Western Meadowlark – 3

Red-winged Blackbird – 53