Hello Birders: I saw the male eurasian wigeon at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, today, Friday, April 1st at 12:10p.m. It was off Bayshore Ave. house # 26, swimming quite close to shore and moving West. It was in with all the other ducks. A beautiful bird in full sunlight and a lifer! Directions: 401 to Hwy#30 Exit at Brighton. Go south on #30 into the town of Brighton and follow the signs to Presqu'ile Provincial Park. Regards Lloyd Paul From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 1 14:17:32 2005 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 983DF64837 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:17:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from ripley (ik-dynamic-66-102-76-214.kingston.net [66.102.76.214]) by mail.kingston.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id j31JQ3pI032011 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:26:05 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Ripley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:23:49 -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]Amherst Island & Amherstview Sewage Lagoons - Kingston X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 19:17:33 -0000
This morning in the Owl Woods on Amherst Island a small group of us found many new spring arrivals including 1 FOX SPARROW, 4 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 2 WINTER WRENS, 1 EASTERN BLUEBIRD, 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 4 WILSON'S SNIPES and 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. Also seen were 2 BOREAL OWLS and 5 LONG-EARED OWLS. Along the south shore road we found 1 BARN SWALLOW, 6 TREE SWALLOWS, 6 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, 1 COMMON LOON, 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 15 species of waterfowl including MUTE SWAN, REDHEAD, LONG-TAILED DUCK and both species of SCAUP. The road into the Owl Woods is very muddy and getting stuck is a real possibility. Also many of the trails in the woods have deep puddles so waterproof boots are needed. At the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons there were large numbers of RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 OSPREY, 5 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 2 TURKEY VULTURES. The northwest cell is now completely open and there are smalL pockets of open water in the other cells. Good Birding Bruce Ripley 613-384-6392 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. There are restrooms on the ferry, and at the island ferry dock. 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. The chickadees can be hand fed. Directions to Amherstview Sewage Lagoon - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt Publishing [Pg. 36, D55] >From Hwy. 401 take exit 593 (County Road 4, Camden East) south ( 8.5 km) on County Road 4 to Taylor-Kidd Blvd. Turn left (east) and follow Taylor-Kidd Blvd. (6.5 km) to County Road 6. Continue east on Taylor-Kidd (.8 km), and watch for a lane on your right after crossing railway overpass. This is the entrance to the lagoon. If you're coming from Amherst Island, turn right onto highway 33 and then left on county Road 4. Continue north (1.5 km) and turn right (east) onto Taylor-Kidd Blvd.
