Hello Ontbirders,
On Wednesday, February 4, 2004 we birded Amherst Island for the
day. It was very windy and few raptors were seen in the open fields. We
had 12 Red-tailed and only 2 Rough-legged Hawks. At the east end KFN
property 2 Snowy Owls were perched on the Osprey platforms. The road
into the "Owl Woods" was closed due to snow drifting, so we walked in
from the south side. It was very quiet but we did manage to see 1
Northern Saw-whet, 1 Long-eared, 1 Great Horned and 1 Short-eared Owl.
The island was ice bound except for a few small open leads along
Southshore Road which had a couple of Common Goldeneyes and Common
Mergansers and 2 adult Bald Eagles..
On the way through Kingston did a quick stop at the Dupont Plant Lagoon
and saw about 500 Mallard, 60 American Black Duck, 1 Gadwall and there
were still 4 American Coot.
On Saturday, February 7, 2004 we birded the Ottawa River at Remic
Rapids, Ottawa and observered the 2 male Barrow's Goldeneyes that are
overwintering , there were about 350+ gulls resting on the ice: 320
Great Black-backed Gull, 17 Glaucous,1 Iceland and 11 Herring Gull.
all the best
Bruce
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
Directions: Amherst Island is located 16 km. west of Kingston. Exit
off the 401 at exit
593 and drive south on County Road 4 to the very end (Millhaven). Turn
right
on Hwy. 33 and drive 300 m. until you see the sign to the Amherst Island
ferry. The ferry leaves the
mainland on the half hour and leaves the island on the hour. Cost is
$5.00 round trip. There are no gas stations on the island. The K.F.N.
property is at the easternmost part of the island.
The Owl Woods is at the midway point of the seasonal road located 3.4
km.
east from the general store.
Remic Rapids can be reached by taking Parkdale Ave. north from Hwy. 417
in
Ottawa to the Western Parkway. Follow parkway west to Remic Rapids
lookout and park. The Barrow's can be viewed from the cement lookout.
If the lookout parking lot is closed you will have to park at the next
parking area just west of Remic and walk back.
Bruce Di Labio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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