It appears that the Smew has moved on for now. I had a half dozen responses to
my request for information on recent searches, all negative. The coves and
inner bays that it was hanging out with Hooded Mergansers in have frozen over
this last week with this arrival of winter. The bird did seem to be spending a
lot of time on the St. Lawrence side of Ault Island though, which I presume is
still open water. So the bird could have moved either way along the river or
across to the American side. Your guess is as good as mine.
Please report any future sightings to Ontbirds and not just eBird. So glad that
so many got to see this bird since some of us missed out on the action in
2011/12!
Sorry Lenny...
Cheers,
Andrew Keaveney
Cell: 647-383-8894
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