Sorry for another email, but this is a pretty serious rarity in Ontario and a
bunch of birders did not get to see it this afternoon. Since my last email the
Mew Gull has flown out of sight with most of the Ring-billed Gulls it was with.
It is also now pretty dark out so they likely went to roost on the open lake. I
am pretty confident that it will be back at the landfill tomorrow.
The Mew Gull stood out well (adult non-breeding plumage) among the hundreds of
Ring-billed Gulls for its darker mantle, very thick white tertial crescent, and
streaked head vs the clean white heads of virtually all the Ring-billed Gulls
it was with, both at the fields across the road from the Essex County Regional
Landfill and at Cedar Beach Conservation Area.
These will be locations worth checking tomorrow if searching for the Mew Gull,
especially at the fields across the road from the landfill (County Rd 18
between Coulter Rd and McCormick Rd) during business hours, and at Cedar Beach
CA (Heritage Rd, aka County Rd 50, west of Kingsville at the mouth of Cedar
Creek) in the early morning and evening.
Please be careful if searching along County Rd 18 (consider searching from
McCormick Rd where we saw it closest for a brief time), and if stopping for
long on its shoulder try to pull over as far as possible without going into the
ditch, as this can be a very busy road. Also, please try to position all cars
and tripods/birders on the same side of the road. The last thing we want is a
crash, injury, or police intervention over poor maneuvering while birding.
Birding inside this landfill is not an option.
Great find, Jeremy Hatt!! I mean this in the best way possible when I say that
you’re on fire at the dump this year!
Good birding,
Jeremy Bensette
Leamington
> On Mar 14, 2019, at 7:30 PM, Jeremy Bensette via ONTBIRDS
> wrote:
>
> I just refound the Mew Gull at Cedar Beach, Kingsville, Essex County. I’m
> keeping this brief so that those searching can hopefully see it before dark.
> My current gps coordinates are (42.0104451, -82.7796576) and it is sitting on
> the ice on Lake Erie at the back edge of the open water at the mouth of this
> marina.
>
> Jeremy Bensette
>
>
>
>> On Mar 14, 2019, at 4:48 PM, Jeremy Hatt via ONTBIRDS
>> wrote:
>>
>> There is currently a Mew Gull at the Essex-Windsor Regional Landfill.
>>
>> It is in the fields south of the landfill and easiest seen from McCormick
>> side road about 200m south of County rd 18.
>>
>> The Essex Landfill is south of the town of Essex on County Road 18 between
>> McCormick Road and Coulter Side Road. This is west of Arner Townline. The
>> landfill is on the north side of the road but gulls loaf in the fields on
>> the south side. If you search Essex Regional Landfill in Google Maps it does
>> come up.
>>
>> Jeremy Hatt
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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