Durham Region advised me that they have the lagoon access permits ready to purchase. Same deal as last year - $5.00 for the permit - available only at the Waste Transfer Station near Port Perry. Please be advised that everyone who enters must have their own permit - no sharing allowed as they are designed to address individual liability and safety. Durham Region remains sensitive about this issue and will be policing the site periodically. Our entry to the site is based on their good graces only.
To obtain a permit, you must go in person [no proxies] to the Port Perry Waste Transfer Station, located at 1623 Reach Road, Port Perry. Go north of town on Hwy 12, to Regional Rd 8 [= Reach Road] and turn right [east] to the Transfer Station [on your left]. Stop at the gatehouse and you can buy your permit from Tuesday to Saturday between 8:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. only. 905-985-7973. To reach the lagoons from here, back track to Hwy 12 and go north to the next street Concession 8 [don't be confused by the similarity in the names - it is a different road than Regional Road 8] and go east and follow it over a bridge and past a chain link fence to the second gate on your right. The lock box to enter the lagoons is located at this gate. Good luck and enjoy the lagoons! Geoff Carpentier Ajax, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Apr 20 09:47:51 2005 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 DAD1F6498C for <[email protected]>; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:47:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from brucedb4u2q8ov ([70.48.171.126]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:59:27 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Di Labio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:59:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; 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]Presqu'ile P.P.: Red-thr.Loons & Red-necked Grebes X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:47:51 -0000 Hi Everyone Yesterday, April 19th, birded Presqu'ile P.P. The viewing conditions on Lake Ontario and both Popham and Presqu'ile Bay were excellent. Highlights included 21 Red-throated Loon (still in winter plumage), mainly in Popham Bay, 63 Common Loon mostly off Lighthouse Lane, 109 Red-necked Grebe, scattered around between the Lighthouse and Beach #1. Also, 3 Surf Scoter & 1 White-winged Scoter off the Lighthouse area and 2500+ Bonaparte's Gull, 3000+ Long-tailed Duck and 1500+ Red-breasted Merganser. Most of these waterbirds were surface feeding on small insects (millions!) that were on the water. Along the Marsh Boardwalk at dusk on April 18th, 6 American Bittern and 6 Virginia Rails were both seen and heard. At least 3 of the bitterns were in full view. At the parking lot, 2 American Woodcock were displaying. On the drive down on April 18th saw a Great Gray Owl hunting at 4:30pm along Hwy.7 near Arden. 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 Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/ Directions: To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, take exit #509 off Hwy.401 and go south to Brighton and follow the signs to the park Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid that is normally available at the Park gate. Access to the offshore islands is restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial nesting birds there.
