Hi all My first posting. Was travelling Northbound on old Highway 50 between Hwy 9 and 89 on Saturday afternoon(Oct 30) about 2.30 PM.Weather overcast and light rain falling. Wife was driving so I had a chance to take in some scenery and birding. Observed several rough legged hawks and a few red tails, but what caught my attention was three small flocks of Turkey Vultures between Hwy 9 and the village of Athlone. (13, 7 and 9 respectively). All were on the West side of the Hwy and appeared to be "grazing" the pastureland. There were cattle nearby flocks 2 and 3. As we were heading for an appointment didn't have a chance to stop but didn't observe any roadkill etc in the area. A short while later while travelling through CFB Borden in the vicinity of the Military Museum we observed a flock of 8 TVs, again "grazing " on the ground about 20 meters from the West edge of the road. They didn't seem at all bothered by the traffic passing by. All appeared to be adult birds and were predominently male.
Good birding to all. Jim Duckworth([EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 1 13:47:17 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.kingston.net (mail.kingston.net [205.189.48.5]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4347D48E24 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:47:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from ripley (ik-dynamic-66-102-76-154.kingston.net [66.102.76.154]) by mail.kingston.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id iA1Iux5G022184 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:57:00 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Ripley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:53:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: [Ontbirds]Shorebirds & Owls - Kingston X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:47:17 -0000 On a very windy Oct. 31/04, my nephew Justin Ripley and I birded Amherst Island. On the KFN property, good sightings include 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER, 1 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE and 10 SNOW BUNTINGS. In the Owl Woods we found 3 LONG-EARED OWLS and 1 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL. We noticed quite a few voles scurrying about and more hawks than the previous week with 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 3 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS. We were hard pressed to find 45 species for the day. On Wolfe Island on Nov. 1/04, Owen Weir and I located 30 TUNDRA SWANS, 21 WILD TURKEYS and 6 species of shorebirds including 6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 300 DUNLIN, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. Also, 4 Clouded Sulphurs and 1 Orange Sulphur were seen. Good Birding Bruce Ripley 613-544-2872 Directions To Amherst Island - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt Publishing [Pg. 36, E54 & E55] Located 18 km. west of Kingston. Exit off Hwy. 401 at exit 593 (County Road 4, Camden East) and drive south to the very end (Millhaven). Turn right on Hwy. 33 and drive 100 metres until you see the sign for the Amherst Island ferry. The ferry (20 minute trip) leaves the mainland on the half hour and leaves the island on the hour. Cost is $5.00 Canadian round trip. There are no gas stations on the island. The East End K.F.N. property is at the easternmost part of the island. Enter through the corral which is at the south end of the Lower Forty-Foot Road. To reach the Owl Woods, turn left (east) at the four-way stop sign by the general store and drive 3.4 kilometres along Front Road to the (seasonal) Marshall Forty-Foot Road. Marshall Forty-Foot Road is across the road from house #2320. Drive along Marshall Road to the mid-way point, where there is an "S" in the road (1.2 kilometres , look for the K.F.N. kiosk). Park in the gravel lane or off the road edge. Wolfe Island - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt Publishing [pge 36, E 56 & 57] Ferry leaves from the foot of Barrack St.
