Hi All,
This morning at 7:20, my wife and I saw 3 American White Pelicans fly by the east shore of Lake George and landed on the beach at Ojibway Park. They stayed for 5 minutes and then flew south across Lake George. We spent the next 2 hours searching all of Lake George and could not re-locate them. They are probably still around somewhere, Lake George is a very large lake along the north channel. We checked for the Tufted Duck at 10:00am and could not find it. There are still 4 Lesser Scaup in the east cove, but the yacht club is lifting all the sailboats out to the water and driving a smaller boat to moor the sailboats. This could have disturbed the other scaup and the tufted duck. The Marbled Godwit is still on the mudflats to the east. To get to Echo Bay, driving from the east along Hwy 17, turn off the highway at Hwy 638 south. Travel south through the village of Echo Bay and turn right (west) onto old Hwy 17. Drive one km west to the bridge where you can view the north end of Lake George and the beach at Ojibway Park. To get to Bellevue Park take Hwy 17B from the east and continue onto Trunk Rd. Turn left (south) onto Lake St. Drive to the south end of Lake St. and you are at Bellevue Park. The Tufted Duck has moved to the cove on the east side of Topsail Island. Bob & Joanne Knudsen Sault Ste. Marie, ON _______________________________________________ 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/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
