At 3:10 p.m. this afternoon my brother Robert relocated the Ivory Gull at
Wheatley Harbour. The bird was about 10 feet from the water's edge on the beach
just east of the channel, a scant 60 feet away from where I was standing,
scoping the gulls on the rocks. It must have just flown in and landed there a
few moments before he noticed it, as that stretch of beach was vacant 5 minutes
previously. Fortunately, the bird was very cooperative and at ease with our
proximity to it. We alerted another birder a short distance away and were able
to get the word out to most of those still trying in vain to find the bird at
Hillman Marsh. When we left at 4:15, the bird was still present, though further
east on the beach, being enjoyed and admired by many others. At no time did the
bird fly or show any inclination to depart the beach, even when the number of
birders there reached twenty.
I felt all day that this gull was gone from Hillman Marsh, and when we went
to Point Pelee and found extensive ice off the west beach, along with numerous
ice floes off the east side (loaded with thousands of gulls), it seemed likely
that if the bird were to remain in the area, it would frequent the waters of
the park. No one was more surprised than me to find it so easily and
fortuitously at Wheatley Harbour, where the waters are completely open. So who
knows where it will turn up tomorrow, since there is no reason to think it will
leave the area. Hopefully the many others who have yet to be treated by the
sight of this bird will be rewarded as we were today.
Good luck to all. Keep optimistic.
Randy Horvath, Windsor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wheatley Harbour can be reached by taking Kent Road 1 south from the four
corners of Wheatley.
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Hi All,
Today we headed out Today to Metz area where we had found Snowy Owls =
before.
We came up with four adult Owls Today. The first two was found on Luther =
Side Road 7 off of HW 109.
We set up the scope just passed the house # 8529 on Side Road 7.
The bird was easily seen on the flat field behind the house about 400 m =
in the field.=20
To my amazement Marienna discovered yet an other one with her bare eyes =
on the other side of the road.
She turned the scope around and there it was, bird # 2. Only the head =
was sticking out behind the snow.
Both Owls looked pure white from this distance.
(This was at 2:00 PM. We went back at 3:25. By then one was sitting in =
the top of a tree further in the field,=20
the other moved towards a fence and was sitting in the snow along the =
fence.)
>From this road we drove back to HW 109 turned left and from Hw 109 we =
turned right to Side Road 3.
It was my turn to spot the third Owl, very close to the road, sitting in =
the snow.
Please look at the pictures I took.
http://kegressy.com/index_Jan06.html
It looks almost pure white with very little markings.
>From here we drove towards Metz. At Metz we turned into Side Road 25 to =
the right.
This is where I found the fourth one just outside of the little Hamlet =
on the right-hand side,
sitting in the field.
All four looked pure white through the glasses.
Sorry for the lengthy description and good luck.
Karl and Marienna Egressy
Direction: The area can be found on MapArt Publishing Ontario Road =
Atlas, Page 22, J-23.
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