Hello Everyone, The Eurasian Wigeon is still at the below location although is approximately 100m south of the pull off that Langis described below. It was there this evening at 6pm.
Rob Sent from my iPhone On 2012-03-23, at 6:43 AM, Langis Sirois <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all A Eurasian Widgeon, found yesterday afternoon East of Bourget by > Jacques Bouvier, could not be found at the end of the day, but it might still > be in the area. Jacques saw the bird on the south side of Russell Road (road > No 2) about half a kilometre pass Johnson Rd, East of Bourget, before the > bridge ovet the creek. There is a small area at that spot where a couple of > cars can stop, but there is no place for many. The bird was about 30-40 > metres from the road when he saw it. If you try, you might be tempted to > walk down the bank for a closer look; it is better to stay up the bank fo a > better view - if you go down, not only you wont have a better look but the > ducks will fly away. When I visited, before darkness sat in, there where > large numbers of ducks in that area, mainly pintails, but also American > Widgeons, Shovelers, and 2 Gadwalls. An adult Lesser Blck-backed Gull and an > immature Thayer's where foraging with Ring-billed Gulls. In the background > thousands of Snow Gueese and Canada Gueese and 2 Tundra Swans. Good luck if > you try. Langis Sirois PS Johnson Rd was closed yesterday. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
