[Ontbirds] White Pelicans at Ingleside

2019-05-10 Thread Brian Morin via ONTBIRDS
The six are still present on the river off Farren Park campground but a Mute Swan continues to make periodic passes to drive them out. So far they are resisting the attacks. They have not returned to the water closer to the county road. Brian Morin Directions : Ingleside is east of Morrisburg

[Ontbirds] White Pelicans at Ingleside

2019-05-10 Thread Brian Morin via ONTBIRDS
The birds were reported this morning from the same location they flew to last evening, on the river off the west end of the Farren Park campground, almost over to the far shore. They were still being harassed by a Mute Swawn which had driven them away from the water near the road. it is anyone's

[Ontbirds] White Pelicans at Ingleside

2019-05-09 Thread Brian Morin via ONTBIRDS
By the time news got out yesterday, the six birds had departed the area near the Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary after being harassed by Mute Swans. Surprisingly the birds returned this afternoon. Where they went in the meantime is unknown but they had flown east at an extreme elevation but

[Ontbirds] White Pelicans at Ingleside

2019-05-08 Thread Brian Morin via ONTBIRDS
This morning at around 10:20, six White Pelicans landed on the St. Lawrence at Ingleside (15 minutes west of Cornwall). The birds were present swimming and feeding actively until around 11:40 when a final push by a flotilla of Mute Swans forced the birds out. One swan had flown a good distance at