Hello everyone! We tried this evening for the Eurasian Wigeon on Lakeshore Rd at the Jaeger Rocks this evening. No luck at our first attempt around 4:30 to 5:30pm. After a dinner at nearby Kelsey's we DID locate him, around 6:45pm. He was in exactly the same location described by Alec Humann and others. Travel south from Fort Erie on Lakeshore Rd, bearing left at the Old Fort Erie location, toward Jaeger Rocks. He was with a group of American Wigeons, Gadwalls, and many gulls on a group of rocks sticking out into Lake Erie - right around a house with a tennis court, a little ways past the first parking lot in the Jaeger Rocks trails. As Alec mentioned, there still was a group of American Wigeons further east in the area. but to spot the Eurasian, go further west to the point described above. For those with GPS:
The exact location he was foraging was: 42.886410, -78.927284 We viewed him from: 42.887677, -78.927594 Lots of Ring Billed and Bonapartes Gulls present, one Killdeer, other Am. Wigeons and Gadwall, and some nice views of Red Breasted Mergansers closer in, as well as further out in the river. A great bird! Greg and Melissa Coniglio Alden, NY _______________________________________________ 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/
