Hi all, This afternoon of 27 October 2004 I birded the KFN property at the east end of Amherst Island for two hours. Highlights included: - 1 adult nonbreeding plumaged RED-NECKED PHALAROPE feeding in Lake Ontario less than 1 metre from shore near the largest KFN pond. - 9 species of waterfowl including 6 COMMON LOON, 1 BRANT and 100 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER - 5 species shorebirds total including 20 DUNLIN and 1 SANDERLING - 10 AMERICAN PIPITS and 4 SNOW BUNTINGS also of note was my first dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of the year. Good birding, Bradley Davis Kingston, Ontario to get to Amherst Island: Take exit 593 south from the 401 west of Kingston proceeding south on County Road 4 to Millhaven. The ferry leaves from Millhaven and costs $5 round trip - the ferry leaves Millhaven hourly on the half hour.
to get to the KFN property: head east at the intersection off the ferry on Front Road, following it as it turns south as Lower Front Road. Upon reaching the south shore of the island, park at the corrals and walk east along the shoreline until you arrive at the ponds. Waterfowl and shorebirds accumulate along the gravel bars beyond the ponds. --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Oct 28 13:54:18 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web88208.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88208.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.223]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 05FE347EEE for <[email protected]>; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:54:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [66.185.84.200] by web88208.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:03:31 EDT Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:03:31 -0400 (EDT) From: ROGER CLARK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Red-headed Woodpecker (Ottawa) X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:54:18 -0000 Hi Ontbirders, The Red-headed Woodpecker was still present this morning (28 October 2004) at the old burn site near Constance Bay. At Constance Bay itself there was a flock of 12 Black-bellied Plovers, 2 Dunlin, a few Bufflehead & Common Goldeneye, & 1 Common Loon. Good birding! Roger Clark Ottawa Directions (Bruce Di Labio): >From Ottawa travel westbound on Hwy 417 to the March Road/Eagleson Road & exit >right onto March Road. Follow to Dunrobin Road & turn right continuing >through Woodlawn. At the hill turn right onto Constance Bay Road following it >for approx. 1.5 km. Turn left on Allbirch Road & drive 1.3 km to the "T" >intersection. Turn left on Bishop Davis Drive & then right on Bayview Drive. >Follow Bayview Drive to Ritchie Street. Turn right & go a short distance to >Whistler Road. Turn left & drive 0.3 km & watch for a gate on the right. >Parking is limited. The trail through the burn area is opposite the gate.
