Mark Breaks and I birded Amhurst Island this afternoon to look for the Snowy Owls, we spent five hours touring all the roads and we found a grand total of 21 Snowy Owls scattered throughout the Island, they were all were seen from the car. After doing all the roads once and heading to the 8pm ferry, we found between the KFN property and the ferry several new Snowy Owls and a Short eared Owl sitting on fence posts in some fields we had already checked earlier in the afternoon, there may be more to be found on the island if this evening showing of the owls is also to be found on the rest of the island. We gave up counting the Rough-legs but over 80 were seen. We also saw the white Red-tailed Hawk that Paul O'Toole saw on Saturday.
David Okines Directions: Located 18 km. west of Kingston. Exit off Hwy. 401 at exit 593 (County Rd. 4, Camden East) and drive south to the very end (Millhaven). Turn right on Hwy. 33 and drive 100 metres until you see the sign for the Amherst Island ferry. The ferry (20 minute trip) leaves the mainland on the half hour and leaves the island on the hour. Cost is $8.00 Canadian round trip. There are no gas stations on the island. There are restrooms on the ferry and at the island ferry dock. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
