My parents and I briefly saw the American White Pelican soaring out over the lake off the southwest corner of Second Marsh from the viewing platform at 1020 today before contact was lost during an abortive attempt to trade off a scope amongst us while keeping a flying bird in it. It did not re-appear by the time we had to leave at 1035. We were told it had been in the marsh resting until about 1015. If you arrive and don't see it in front of you, more patience than we had allowed for in our schedule may be needed though scanning the horizon could still prove fruitful!
Directions:Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd (exit # 419) Go south on Farewell St. to Colonel Sam Drive. Go east on Colonel Sam Drive to the GM Canada Headquarters. Park in the lot on the west side of the building and walk west to the viewing platfrom. Good birding, Chris Kimber PhD Candidate Dept. of Biology Queen's University Kingston, ON [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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/
