The Kingston RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen at 8:25 a.m. Dec. 10. DIRECTIONS: from Hwy 401 @ km. 623 go south on Hwy 15 to the T-junction at Hwy 2 and then east on #2 Hwy to King Pitt Rd., then south on King Pitt Rd. to #24 at the end of the Road.
CONDITIONS: The owners are birder-friendly. They request that visiting birders not block the streets or driveways. Please visit in small groups, 5 or 6 persons at a time are welcome to watch the hummingbird feeder on the south side of the house from a distance of 20 ft. A good vantage point is the row of rocks at about that distance south of the feeder. Excelent photos of the RUHU by Phil Yendt of Kingston and Carol Horner of Toronto are on the Ontario Field Ornithologists web site: http://www.ofo.ca/photos/ The GREAT GRAY OWL was seen by Clare and Bernard Muller on Dec. 9. It was close to Hwy #15, about halfway between Portland and Smiths Falls. I went to look for it this morning Dec. 10 without finding it. The BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was found by Maggie Crothers on Dec. 8 or 9. I went to her home around 1:00 p.m. and was able to see it from the beach behind the house. Directions: WOLFE ISLAND MapArt OntarioRoad Atlas [Pge 36, Quad't E56, 57 & 58] Wolfe I. is across the St.. Lawrence River from Kingston and it is reached by a free car ferry which leaves from the Kingston terminal on Ontario St.. at the bottom of Barrack St.. and lands at Marysville on Wolfe I.. Conditions: The home of Maggie Crothers and Rob Stewart is on Hwy #96 about 2 km. west of Marysville. Their house cannot be seen from the Hwy but there is a sign #692. They are birder- friendly. Birders are welcome to look from their back yard or beach. The adult male BARROW'S was well off to the east in a small bay among Mergansers and Mallards when I saw it. Note: Ducks are now very skittish in the Hunting Season. Approach slowly with care. Bob Sachs, Kingston, Ont. "Bob Sachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
