The two Ross's Geese reported by Kayo Roy were still in the area today at noon. They were on the eastern shore of the Welland River near the parking lot for Merritt Island, at the end of Cross St. N. which runs off East Main St. in downtown Welland.
Rick Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Full directions as per Kayo Roy: Directions: From the Queen Elizabeth, take Highway 406 south at St. Catharines to the very end of the highway where it T's on to East Main Street. Turn right and proceed 3 or 4 lights to Hellems Ave (bus terminal on corner). Turn right here and go 100 yards or so to the river. Start looking for the two birds here among the several hundred Canada's and other varied waterfowl that are present. If not observed, go right onto Dorothy Street and then a quick left onto River Road. Continue north on River Road checking for the birds every so often. There are several good pull-offs along the way. Reaching this area from the south or west is a fair bit tricky because East Main Street is a one-way street running west. I would suggest any Buffalo/Fort Erie birders take the QEW north to Netherby Road, go west (left) on Netherby to Highway 140, and take 140 north (right) to the lights at East Main Street. Turn left here, go under the Welland Canal tunnel, then follow as above. From Port Colborne, take Highway 140 north and follow as above. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 5 13:21:26 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABACC63EFB for <[email protected]>; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:21:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from valerie ([69.157.119.201]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:20:59 -0500 From: "Valerie Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:23:28 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:26:39 -0500 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ross' geese - Welland X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:21:26 -0000 The Ross' geese were still at the spot, at the base of Hellems St. described by Kayo, at 12:30 pm. They are in an interestingly mixed flock of Canada Geese subspp. They were quite easy to see, if you are interested in photographing them you might try from Merritt Island. Valerie Brown Fonthill, Ont. As per Kayo Roy: Directions: From the Queen Elizabeth, take Highway 406 south at St. Catharines to the very end of the highway where it T's on to East Main Street. Turn right and proceed 3 or 4 lights to Hellems Ave (bus terminal on corner). Turn right here and go 100 yards or so to the river. Start looking for the two birds here among the several hundred Canada's and other varied waterfowl that are present. If not observed, go right onto Dorothy Street and then a quick left onto River Road. Continue north on River Road checking for the birds every so often. There are several good pull-offs along the way. Reaching this area from the south or west is a fair bit tricky because East Main Street is a one-way street running west. I would suggest any Buffalo/Fort Erie birders take the QEW north to Netherby Road, go west (left) on Netherby to Highway 140, and take 140 north (right) to the lights at East Main Street. Turn left here, go under the Welland Canal tunnel, then follow as above. From Port Colborne, take Highway 140 north and follow as above.
