This afternoon at 230 an adult alternate Laughing Gull was present in the gull/tern flock resting on the flats in the shorebird habitat at Hillman Marsh. The bird was easily viewed from the usual Mottled Duck lookouts. The bird flushed up with everything else in the cell when an adult Bald Eagle soared overhead, and I did not notice it reappear, though I do not rule out the possibility that it did.
20+ Short-billed Dowitcher, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper and the continuing Wilson's Phalarope were also present at that time. Chris Kimber Dept. of Biology Queen's University Kingston, ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
