Hi Everyone
After a 4 hour search today, we finally found the Boreal Owl in the
south-east corner of the Jack Pine Plantation. It was about 8 feet up and
well hidden, but some recent white wash helped in locating it. There was one
Great Gray Owl resting in a Jack Pine near the main entrance to the
plantation. No other owls were observed and we only saw one Rough-legged
Hawk, along the north shore and a Sharp-shinned Hawk in the "Owl Woods". A
few Snow Buntings were observed along the South Shore Road near the sheep
farm. There was no open water around the island except for the ferry channel
which had 2 Common Goldeneye, 7 Red-breasted and 18 Common Mergansers.
good birding
Bruce
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
Di Labio Birding Website
Courses and Field Trips
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
Located 18 km. west of Kingston. Exit off Hwy. 401 at exit 593 (County Road
4, Camden East) and drive south to the very end (Millhaven). Turn right on
Hwy. 33 and drive 100 metres until you see the sign for the Amherst Island
ferry. The
ferry (20 minute trip) leaves the mainland on the half hour and leaves the
island on the
hour. Cost is $5.00 Canadian round trip. There are no gas stations on the
island.
The East End K.F.N. property is at the easternmost part of the island.
Enter through the gate at the south end of the Lower Forty-Foot Road.
Snowies are often seen from the
road.
To reach the Owl Woods, turn left (east) at the four-way stop sign by
the general store and drive 3.4 kilometres along Front Road to the
(seasonal)
Marshall Forty-Foot Road. Marshall Forty-Foot Road is across the road from
house #2320. Drive along Marshall Road to the mid-way point, where there is
an "S" in the road
(1.2 kilometres , look for the K.F.N. kiosk). Park in the gravel lane or
off the road edge. If the road is closed due to snow drifting you have to
make the 1 km or so walk in. Today both entrances were open and you
could drive to the :Owl Woods"..
