On Sunday, the Alfred sewage lagoons, 70 kms east of Ottawa on Highway 174, turned up three pectoral sandpipers, one dunlin, a Baird's sandpiper, an American pipit and two rusty blackbirds, all in the north-east corner of the pond closest to Peat Moss Road. There were also ruddy ducks, green-wing teal, mallards, coot, and a pair of harriers.
Peat Moss Road is the first major intersection east of Alfred, at the bottom of a hill. Turn right, lagoons are on your left after about a kilometre. You can get a permit to enter the lagoons from the town office, south side of the main street, just before the big church. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Oct 10 20:45:05 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep4.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3685463B5D for <[email protected]>; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:45:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gregg (d226-52-51.home.cgocable.net [24.226.52.51]) by fep4.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 6105D3727 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:48:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Gregg Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:48:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:52:40 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Eared Grebe, Kingston, Ontario X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:45:05 -0000 Observed an Eared Grebe at the Amherstview Lagoons near Kingston, = Ontario. It was pointed out to me by two experienced birders who said = it had been there for a couple of weeks. I accidentaly took a picture = of it earlier but didn't know what I had. In fact I took over a hundred = pictures and he only showed up in one. I have posted the picture on my = blog: www.nightofthekingfisher.blogspot.com It isn't a real close shot = but it is clear enough for identification. It was middle of the afternoon today, cloudy with occassional drizel. I = did not see the Mew Gull that was reported earlier and of the 100 = Bonaparte's Gulls reported I only saw about 20. Amherstview Lagoons can be reached from 401 to County Road 6 south to = Taylor Kidd Blvd, then left on Taylor Kidd, over the railroad bridge, = then first right. There isn't a sign but you can see the buildings up a = short driveway. Gregg Miller, Kingston
