After completing our section of the Hamilton Fall Count, Brian Ahara, Scott Watson and I raced to Fort Erie to look for the juvenile Sabine's Gull. We had little trouble finding it.
We started by looking for birders on the U.S. side of the river. Once we got past the fishermen, we observed 4 or 5 birders all intently looking at a close-by gull. It was the juvenile Sabine's and we were extremely envious that the bird was no more than 20 feet from them, and across the river from our position. One of them had a camera and no doubt was getting amazing photos. After viewing the bird by scope for some 15 minutes, it took off and flew upriver a short distance then flew directly across to the Canadian side landing in a group of perhaps 40 Bony's very close to where we were standing (opposite house # 451 Niagara Parkway). Moving closer we had excellent views of the preening and bathing bird, now only 50 feet away. Once in Fort Erie start looking for the bird along the river between the Peace Bridge and the Railway Bridge to the north. Kayo Kayo Roy 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON L0S 1E3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
