The 1st year Laughing Gull was still at Hillman Marsh until about 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, October 31st. The bird was originally 200 metres east of the barn and 5 metres off the edge of the trail. It drifted about 50 metres off the trail when another birder, Adam, approached, but he still got a good look through my scope. It then flew off to the north-east, so birders might want to try the Wheatley Harbour.
Todd Pepper Leamington, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 31 13:32:41 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx03.cybersurf.com (mx03.cybersurf.com [209.197.145.106]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A51348A4F for <[email protected]>; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:32:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.cyberus.ca ([209.197.145.21]) by mx03.cybersurf.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1COKep-0005l2-KW for [email protected]; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:42:27 -0500 Received: from 209-195-116-133.c1.ac1.otton1.isp.cyberus.ca ([209.195.116.133] heloÞll) by mail.cyberus.ca with smtp (Exim 4.20) id 1COKem-0001Kp-Ul for [email protected]; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:42:25 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Mike Jaques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OntBirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:41:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: [Ontbirds]Cattle Egret - Carleton Place X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:32:42 -0000 Hi, This morning a Cattle Egret was found on a local farm. It was first seen about 8.30 am by the farmer who didn't know what it was and phoned Georgina Doe who identified it at about 10.00 am. She called Joyce and me and we saw it at about 10.45 am. Unfortunately the bird flew off westward while we were there and we were unable to relocate it. Georgina was able to take one photo. The bird is a non-breeding adult but still has some orange on its head. We saw it on the ground among the cattle and also on the back of one of the cattle. We will post again if the bird returns. Directions: From Ottawa take Highway 417 and then Highway 7 west. A few kms west of Carleton Place turn left on the Scotch Corners road. The egret was seen between the barns at 371 McCann Road which is left off the Scotch Corners Road about 2 kms from Highway 7. The lane is very muddy after yesterday's rain so boots are needed. There are other cattle farms further along the Scotch Corners Road where the bird could be. Mike Jaques 18 Morris Street Carleton Place, ON, K7C 4M9 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
