Hello Ontbirders, An advanced 1st winter Thayer's Gull was seen today (March 27) above Remic Rapids on the Ottawa River, loafing on the ice with approx. 100 Ring-billed & Herring Gulls, with Iceland, Glaucous (various ages) and Great Black-backed Gulls also present. The bird was well-seen, preening, walking and flapping between 15:00 - 15:30, when it settled down with the other gulls. We saw the bird from the Quebec side, behind the water filtration plant (Usine de Filtration D'eau) west of Parc Moussette along Lucerne Blvd.
DIRECTIONS: >From Ottawa, take the Champlain Bridge (north end of Island Park Dr.) and then the 1st right onto Lucerne Blvd. (a.k.a. the Lower Aylmer Rd.) The filtration plant is opposite the Depanneur. Park behind the plant and walk to the river. Bob Bracken & Chris Lewis Ottawa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
