While admiring Snowy Owls in the St Isidore area (3 seen) I was curious to see
a small flock of gulls flying over the snowy fields, a check of Lafleche
environmental Inc (fancy talk for a dump) revealed a flock of 100+ gull, mostly
Great Black-backed and Herring, but among them were 16 assorted Glaucous and 1
1st winter Iceland. Most of the gulls left at around 3:30, heading due south
presumably to roost on the St. Lawrence River (a distance of about 40 km).
Also seen in the general area were 500+ Snow Buntings with one Longspur
(assumed Lapland, but not well seen!), a Northern Shrike and a Hawk Owl. The
dump is just south of the junction of highway 417 and 183, head south on 183
and turn west on Lafleche Rd which dead ends at the dump.
Mark GawnOttawa, Ontario, Canada
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