This morning, thanks to Stan Long's reports, we fond a dozen Cackling Geese at Reesor Pond. They seem, according to a nice couple who were there also, to be found most often in the center of the pond between the two spits of mud. A scope is necessary for good enough identification.
Reesor Pond is on Reesor Road between Highway 7 and Highway 407, and this road is .5 km west of the hamlet of Locustville (which is several km east of highway 48, so if you get to Locustville on hwy 7, you went too far east). Good birding, Ken Angie and Ken Williams 83 Edinburgh Ave. Hamilton, Ontario, L8H 2C6 905 547 8580 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 6 12:43:26 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp2.cogeco.ca [216.221.81.29]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ADBC6346E for <[email protected]>; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 12:43:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from mycomputer (d57-207-6.home.cgocable.net [24.57.207.6]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9290574D for <[email protected]>; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 12:43:03 -0500 (EST) From: "Rob Dobos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 12:43:03 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C73190.34D5FFC0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Importance: Normal X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: 00000000B9D679A25DC3CE47880381E6E7C70F8BE49E2000 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Razorbill at Niagara-on-the-Lake X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:43:26 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C73190.34D5FFC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Razorbill was seen this morning (Jan. 6) at Niagara-on-the-Lake. Our group had it at 9:20 am seen from below old Fort Mississauga at the golf course. Others had seen it here from just after 8:00 am. We had the bird in view about 200 m out at the edge of a band of bluer water with a group of Bonaparte's Gulls. This was a bit west of the green marker buoy and a safe distance from the duck hunter activity. The bird did not dive during the 15 minutes we viewed it but was slowly swimming west. The previous group also indiacted it was consistently in view for about 40 minutes. Before going here we spent an hour at the park overlook without seeing the bird. Directions: To reach this viewing spot, enter NOTL by Hwy.55 as usual. Turn right at the golfcourse where Hwy.55 ends, then turn at the first left onto Simcoe and park at the corner of Simcoe and Front Streets where there are several good designated parking spots. Cross the golfcourse to the clifftop then walk left (west) to a gravel path that goes down to the water's edge. This area also gives good views all the way back to Fort Niagara. Rob Dobos [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C73190.34D5FFC0--
