Hi all, Posting for Andrea Kingsley who found and photographed an immature male King Eider at the Ranney Suspension Bridge on the south side of Campbellford at 1100h. It was swimming just upstream from the bridge. This site is about 5 km downstream from where the three females have been seen (Lock 13) over the past five days or so. Apparently only one female was at Lock 13 this morning. I drove up to look for Andrea’s male at 1330h and did not see it, but I did see 2 female King Eiders about 400m downstream from the bridge! I assume these are the missing females from Lock 13 but who knows. King Eiders are exceptionally rare inland from Lake Ontario so with at least 4 different birds in the Campbellford area alone, it makes one wonder how many are elsewhere on the Trent River or other inland waterbodies.
Cheers, Doug To find the Ranney bridge follow Hwy 30 south through Campbellford and turn east on Trent Drive (just north of the strip of auto dealers, home improvement places etc). You will come to a stop sign where you turn left over a one lane bridge then the very short road to the bridge is immediately on your right. Doug McRae P.O. Box 3010 Brighton, Ontario K0K 1H0 613-475-5014 H 613-243-4161 C _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
