This afternoon we walked out to the gravel bar on the KFN property at the east end of Amherst Island. We saw the following shorebirds: 3 American Golden-Plovers 50+ Black-bellied Plovers 2 Semipalmated Plovers 20+ Dunlin 20+ Sanderlings
Most of the shorebirds took flight when 70+ Bonaparte's Gulls landed, but they soon returned. Directions: Amherst Island is accessed by ferry from Millhaven, leaving every hour on the half hour. The charge is now $9 per vehicle. The Kingston Field Naturalists' property on the east end of Amherst Island is only open to KFN members and their guests due to liability concerns. Mike & Joyce Jaques Carleton Place _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
