Just a quick update that the Thick-billed Murre is currently being seen close to shore at the same directions as below (in the Marina area at the end of Johnson St).
Jeremy Sent from my iPhone On 2013-12-04, at 8:32 AM, "Mark D. Read" <markdr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm heading back out to stay on top of the bird until about 11am (when I > have a meeting). Unfortunately, I don't have data so can't email etc. If you > wish to call me, feel free (till 11am) on 613-217-1246. > > > > In the mayhem yesterday, I didn't actually name the local birder, Janis > Grant, who found this cracking bird just off her waterfront garden. Thanks > Janis! > > > > Mark. > > > > From: Mark D. Read [mailto:markdr...@gmail.com] > Sent: 04 December 2013 08:20 > To: 'ONTBIRDS' > Subject: RE: Thick-billed Murre - YES > > > > OK, I've just been shown the bird, refound by a Napanee birder (name?) in > the marina beside the Delta Kingston Waterfront Hotel. This is at the end of > Johnson Street in downtown Kingston. Co-ordinates are 44.227442,-76.480638. > > > > Directions as per Paul mackenzie yesterday: > > > > Exit highway 401 at exit 615, Sir John A MacDonald Blvd, and go south until > it ends. Then left on King Street past the big smoke stack at Kingston > General Hospital. At the traffic light at Barrie Street continue on King > Street East to next traffic light at West Street. Turn right and follow this > round the bend at the Pumphouse Museum. It is now called Ontario Street. > Continue to next lights and turn right to reach marina. > > > > However, there is no parking at this exact location. Park nearby and walk. > > > > From: Mark D. Read [mailto:markdr...@gmail.com] > Sent: 04 December 2013 08:11 > To: ONTBIRDS > Subject: Thick-billed Murre - YES > > > > Will provide directions in 5 minutes but the Murre was seen at 8am this > morning > > > > Mark. > > > > Mark D. Read > > 47 Ellerbeck Street, Unit 1, > > Kingston, Ontario > > K7L 4H7 > > Canada > > > > Mobile: +1 613 2171246 > > Email: markdr...@gmail.com > > Blog: "Confessions of a Global Birder" http://markdread.blogspot.com > <http://markdread.blogspot.com/> > > Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/markdread/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
