The Slaty-backed Gull was seen today and Thursday at Mohawk Lake. Today it was seen by several observers there between after 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Please post to OntBirds, other than just to eBird to let others know it is still present if it is seen on Saturday.
The dump is closed on Sunday and it could be difficult to find aggregations of gulls in the area when the dump is closed. Directions are below. Bill ________________________________ From: Bill Lamond <[email protected]> Sent: December 4, 2019 4:22 PM To: hamilton birds <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: Ontbirds <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] Slaty-Backed Gull Mohawk Lake YES The adult Slaty-backed Gull was sitting on Mohawk Lake from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m today (directions below). It was there when I left. It flew off at 2:40 but was noted back on the lake at 2:50. There were 1500 gulls there today (counted by 10s), mostly Herring Gulls, but 40 Great-blacked Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls, six Ring-billed Gulls, three Lesser Black-backed Gulls, three Kumlien's Iceland Gulls, and one Thayer's Iceland Gull. There were about 15 people over this time who arrived and were able to see the bird. I have never seen gulls sit on this frozen lake undisturbed for that length of time. Of course there were no Bald Eagles that flew over either. Bill ________________________________ From: ONTBIRDS <[email protected]> on behalf of Rob Dobos via ONTBIRDS <[email protected]> Sent: December 4, 2019 11:01 AM To: Michael Hallett <[email protected]> Cc: Ontbirds <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] Slaty-Backed Gull Mohawk Lake YES The Slaty-backed Gull is currently at Mohawk Lake in Brantford. See previous message for directions. Rob Dobos On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 12:45 PM Michael Hallett via ONTBIRDS, < [email protected]> wrote: > Currently looking at the long staying Slaty-Backed Gull. > > To reach Mohawk Lake take the 403 to Brantford and exit onto the Wayne > Gretzky Pkwy and head south 2.6 km to Colborne St. Turn left onto Colborne > St and turn right onto Locks Rd after about 800m. Continue on Locks Rd > (turns into Mohawk St) for 1.5 km where you turn right onto Greenwich St. > Mohawk Lake will be on your right after a few hundred metres. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
