Quick update. The area at Westney Point east of Lancaster along South Service Rd is still the best area. Birds are on the river from just west of Grenville Park (5 minute walk in from the road) to just east of the marina. Quite a few are now on the ice edge over a distance of about 1.5 km. You are closest at Westney Point. Few in the fields north of the river. Only the first two concessions north had any today but there was some goose hunting going on which sent about 15,000 birds back to the river. Difficult to give a good estimate of total numbers on the river but it is well over 50,000. The flock is split into three parts so they don't all go up at once.
Brian Morin Directions: Exit Hwy 401 at Lancaster. At the stop light at the end of the exit ramp go straight, onto South Service Rd. Proceed 5 km to Westney Point, where you can clearly see the river. The birds were on ice floes today but may come onto the main ice edge as the floes continue downriver. _______________________________________________ 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/
