Yesterday afternoon Rory MacKay and I birded the east and south end of Wolfe and Simcoe islands hoping that there might be some fallout birds in the east end of Lake Ontario. However, as suspected the rarities seem to be all concentrated in the west end of the lake. However there 19 Black-bellied Plovers, 2 American Golden Plovers, 12 Greater Yellowlegs, a Killdeer, and a Dunlin on the north shore of Wolfe Island, a flock of 600 Brant off the east end of Simcoe Island, and a juvenile Little Gull seen from the ferry on the way to Wolfe Island.
I am off to Amherst Island this morning with the hopes that some of the birds seen yesterday fly east with the change in the wind. Good luck to all of you birding the western end of Lake Ontario. Perhaps the birders at Van Wagner¹s beach can send some of those amazing birds our way. The Wolfe Island ferry, which leaves from the east end of Kingston, is free while there is a $5 charge for the Simcoe ferry. Good birding! Michael Runtz _______________________________________________ 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/
