Hey Birders, Well today was quite simply an exceptional day. Brandon Holden, Ross Wood, Mike Burrell and myself stationed ourselves at Waverly Beach in Fort Erie. We arrived at 8am, staying until 3:30pm, and were joined by several others throughout the day. Activity was pretty consistent lasting until 2pm, with jaegers and kittiwakes being seen throughout the day. Highlights: Ross's Gull - 1 adult at 11:09. First spotted by myself, our entire group and Dave Beadle's were also able to get on this bird. We first picked it up towards the Niagara River, and it flew west past us ~400m offshore. The bird was flying loosely with a few other Bonapartes. All diagnostic features were seen and we were needless to say thrilled!!! Black-headed Gull - 1 adult at 11:35, first picked up by Mike. The bird was moving with a flock of Bonies about 150m offshore. Brandon was able to get some decent photo's, which he'll be posting later tonight (http://www.blog.peregrineprints.com/) Pomarine Jaeger - a minimum of 14 and a max of 24 birds. All appeared to be dark juvs. Parasitic Jaeger - 1 subadult and 1 light adult Jaeger spp. - 2 birds. 1 appeared to be a Long-tailed, but was very distant Black-legged Kittiwake - a total of 24 juvenals seen in total throughout the day Sabine's Gull - 2 juveniles, seen separately Brant - a flock of 30 flew by first thing Red-throated Loon - 2 birds seen To see a checklist of the days sightings, click the attached link: http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S11920339 Directions: Waverly Beach is best accessed from the QEW off Thompson St. Exit on Thompson St. and head straight down to the lake. Good Birding, Ken Burrell, Waterloo ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
