Hi Ontbirders, This morning, Cecile and Morris Yarrow and I watched the dispersal of Great Egrets from their roost site at the Hamilton Wetlands, just west of Demorestville in Prince Edward County. A total of 47 egrets left the roost during the period 0600 - 0625; sunrise was approximately 0616. Among the egrets leaving the roost was one which carried a green wing-tag and the number 87T. This bird was banded by us on 30 June 2015 at the nesting colony on Nottawasaga Island, near Collingwood in southern Georgian Bay; it was too young to fly when banded. This roost has been active since at least mid-July this year and reached a season's high number of egrets last week at 70 birds. We will be surveying it until last October this year.
I might remind Ontbirders that I will gladly receive counts of the number of egrets using the roosts at the Hespeler Mill Pond, Minesing Swamp (off the 2nd Concession, west of McKinnon Rd at Angus), Muddy Creek (Wheatley), Port Maitland and Hillman Marsh...to name a few that I have not heard from this year. Many thanks J Chip Directions: From the junction of County Highways 14 and 15 in Demorestville in Prince Edward County, go 2.5 km west on Hwy 14 and search to the left (south) through various openings among the cedar trees for a wetland....the egrets forage in the wetland and roost in the trees beyond the wetland, further to the south. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
