The female Varied Thrush was seen briefly this afternoon, Sunday, about 12:15 p.m., The Pine Siskin and Fox Sparrows (2) could still be seen as well as a female Ruffed Grouse.
On the way back we stopped at Ben Machree Park at the end of Maple Street in Port Credit, just west of Mississauga Road off the QEW. The pair of Harlequin Ducks could still be seen diving straight out on the south side of the park. Good Birding, Judith Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Directions for the Varied Thrush as per Terry Osborne: DIRECTIONS: Take the QEW west to the 403. Continue westerly to Hwy 6 which goes to Guelph. Go northerly past the road that will take you to the Lion Safari to the next concession road which will be Conc. 8 West. Turn left or to the west and proceed approximately 4 or 5 miles or so or until the blacktop becomes gravel. That will be at Westover Road. Turn right, or to the north, and go to house number 1605. The house will be on the left side of the road. The bird is coming to a rock outcrop to the south side of the house where the owner has cast bird seed. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 11 21:09:20 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D370A48A45 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:09:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sympatico.ca ([67.69.161.28]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:18:25 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:18:30 -0400 From: Bruce Di Labio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en]C-SYMPA (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontario birds <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds] Eastern Ontario: Amherst Island: Little Gull, Snowy Owl & migrants X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 01:09:20 -0000 Hello Ontbirders Today, April 11, 2004 birded Amherst Island for the day. Despite the cold wind off Lake Ontario it was a good day. In the "Owl Woods" we observed 8 Long-eared Owls roosting in both Jack Pines and White Cedars. On the KFN property at the east end there was still one Snowy Owl and a lone Dunlin was observed feeding in the pond. Along the Southshore Rd one adult Little Gull was observed in a flock of 120+ Bonaparte's Gulls. At the ferry dock at Stella, a Northern Rough-winged Swallow was seen in a flock of Tree Swallows. good birding 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. If you require additional info. please email me privately.
