This morning Erika Hentsch and myself decided to go birding down in the Niagara Region.
The RAZORBILL was seen by many observers today at the mouth of the Niagara River. We last saw the bird at about 2:30pm when we left. Also in the area: POMARINE JAEGER - 1 Adult dark morph. PARASITIC JAEGERS - 2 juvs. 1 dark & 1 intermediate morph. RED-THROATED LOONS - hundreds throughout the day. SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTORS - several out on the water. Someone also reported a juv. SABINE'S GULL which we missed. Also there are lots of gulls along the river now. Including 2 THAYER'S , 2 ICELAND, 1 GLAUCOUS, 1 LESSER BLACK- BACKED GULL at the Adam Beck lookout and a juv. LITTLE GULL at the Queenston boat ramp. Good birding, Brett Fried Ayr, Ontario Directions (from previous posts): *Niagara-on-the-Lake* >From the QEW, travel east towards Niagara. Take the 38B Glendale/Regional Road >89 exit, and turn right on Taylor Road. Head west, parallel to the highway, >until Taylor Road turns right and crosses the highway. At this point it is >called Niagara Stone Road. Follow Niagara Stone Road into Niagara-on-the-lake. At this point, the road will now be known as Mississauga Street. Turn right on Queen St, and then the third left onto Victoria Street. Turn right onto Front Street and the Queen's Royal Park will be on the left. This spot has a pretty good view of the river mouth. *Adam Beck Overlook* Adam Beck overlook is on the south side of the OntarioHydro power plant and directly across from the NY Robert Moses Power Plant, accessed from River Road (also known as the Niagara Parkway), just to the south of Queenston. *Queenston* >From the Niagara bound QEW, exit Stanley Avenue. Turn left and at the stop/yield sign, turn right onto Portage Road. Drive along Portage Road until the traffic circle at Queenston Heights and head down the escarpment on the Niagara Parkway. Once below the escarpment, continue along the parkway and turn right onto Dumfries Street. Cross Princess Street to enter the parking area for the Queenston boat ramp parking lot. Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
