Hi Folks: At around 12:15 pm today October 12th, Paul Pratt got a phone call from Bob Wickett to let him know that he had just seen a FRIGATEBIRD circling over fishing boats about 1 km South of the town of Colchester on the north shore of Lake Erie in Essex County. Paul and myself drove from Holiday Beach CA to look for the bird, and incredibly as we arrived in Colchester it was soaring right over County Rd 50 just west of the town of Colchester. We watched it soar right over our heads for about three or four minutes and managed to secure lots of photos. I last saw the FRIGATEBIRD lazily soaring over a plouged farm field about 1 km northwest of the center of Colchester at around 12:55 pm. Paul and I had separated so I am not sure if he continued to follow the bird afterwards.
Also of note, this morning while conducting a Big Sit from the Holiday Beach Hawk Tower in Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Essex County, I heard a BARN OWL call three times as if flew west over Big Creek Marsh around 6 am. I suspect this bird was a migrant. Good Birding. Tom G Tom Hince Wild Rose Guest House RR 1, 21298 Harbour Road Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0 Canada home: (519) 825-9070 mobile: (519) 981-5994 E mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.netcore.ca/~peleetom/webdoc11.htm _______________________________________________ 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
