Hi All, To add to Iain's note of yesterday's birding (attached below), I started in NOTL around 1pm today (Sunday Jan 14) and spent about 2 hours searching for the Razorbill (to try and add to my '07 list :-)), at times in heavy snow, to no avail. I did have 5 Red-throated Loons (3 in one “flock”) in checking several spots from NOTL among other regulars.
At Adam Beck, I had the immature Black-legged Kittiwake (with a great comparison - side by side - to an imm. Bonaparte's Gull), 1 Adult Thayer's Gull and 4 Iceland Gulls (3 adult, 1 first year), probably 500 Bonies, a few Great Black-backed and 150 Herring. I was only there for about 15 minutes or so. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Niagara-on-the-Lake - exit the QEW just east of St. Catharine's At Niagara Stone Rd., follow to N-O-T-L and at it's terminus turn right, take the next left where “The Charles Inn” is on the corner and you can check the river mouth & lake from a parkette along Front St. I also checked the spot at Ft Mississauga (take the trail through the golf course, which starts at Simcoe & Front streets). Adam Beck overlook is found along the Niagara Parkway (look for a whole bunch of wires overhead) and park at the pull-off across from the American hydro plant (Robert Moses??). ----------------------------- Sent from My BlackBerry Wireless ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Sun Jan 14 13:58:15 2007 Subject: [Ontbirds]NOTL ( iain wilkes) Jan 13, three of us spent all day looking for the Razorbill to no avail! Hell of a drive from Ottawa to NOTL and back with no Razorbill. Didn`t meet anyone who had seen it. Did see 3 Iceland Gulls and one Kittiwake at the Hydro dam on the parkway betweem NOTL and the Falls. Remember all birding days are good days iain,susan and rick _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
