Amherst Island this morning, 66 species including an adult male Summer Tanager, Upland Sandpiper, Philadelphia Vireo. Many Warbler species including Blackburnian and Canada Warbler. Lots of shore birds, Dunlin, White Rumped Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope etc. See blog for pictures at www.nightofthekingfisher.blogspot.com
Amherst Island is reached by ferry ($8.00!) from Milhaven. All sightings were left off the ferry. Tanager was seen on clothesline at house with beautiful stone wall on the north shore. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri May 25 18:28:15 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail-02.primus.ca (mail.tor.primus.ca [216.254.136.21]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 643A163485 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 25 May 2007 18:28:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ottawa-hs-209-217-66-3.d-ip.magma.ca ([209.217.66.3] heloÞsktop) by mail-02.primus.ca with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HriGd-0000md-2a for [email protected]; Fri, 25 May 2007 18:28:15 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jacques Bouvier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 18:14:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Subject: [Ontbirds]NO Marbled Godwit at Alfred but YES a WILLET X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 22:28:16 -0000 Yesterday and today I did not see the Marbled Godwit at St-Isidore or Alfred. Others have seen it at St-Isidore, so the bird is present but moving around. >From 5 pm until I left at 5:30 pm, I saw the WILLET from the viewing tower; it was along the east shore of the east cell. Please do not go inside the lagoon gates unless you have your annual permit. Such action will jeopardize the excellent relations that presently exist between the municipality and birders! A distant photo of the Willet can be seen here http://jacquesbouvier.blogspot.com ( ...or in just a few minutes...). DIRECTIONS: >From the town of Alfred go east on Highway 17, then turn south on Peat Moss Road and drive for 2 km. The lagoons are on your left (east side of road). The birds are best observed from the viewing tower. Access to the viewing tower is free and no permit is required. Entrance to the lagoons is prohibited unless in the possession of a valid ANNUAL PERMIT. The permit can be purchased on week days from the Alfred town office just beside the fire station. Arrangements can also be made to receive the permit by fax by contacting Richard Villeneuve at (613) 679-2292. Jacques Bouvier CP/Box 184 St-Isidore, ON K0C 2B0 (613) 524-1154 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jacquesbouvier.blogspot.com http://www.jacquesbouvier.ca
