A White Pelican was seen today by Paul Mackenzie, Bud Rowe and I on the Napanee River (between Belleville and Kingston). Thanks to Terry Sprague for alerting us. The bird is hanging out with 40-50 Mute Swans and a handful of Tundra Swans. If you find the swans, scan the flock carefully - it is most likely with them.
Directions: Napanee is south of the 401 (take junction/km 579). We viewed the bird from two locations - either take Hwy 7 west out of Napanee or cross the river and then take Hwy 9 west. On Hwy 9, the bird can be seen from the south shore of the river just before (east of) Fitchett Road; from the northern shore on Hwy 7, it can be seen just east of Oliver Side Road at a farm/barn lay-by next to (west of) a big house with a long driveway to the waterfront. There appears to be no public access to the waterfront but from these locations adequate 'scope views can be obtained. These are the co-ordinates of the flock: 44.197036,-77.003027. Regards, Mark. Mark D. Read 47 Ellerbeck Street, Unit 1, Kingston, Ontario K7L 4H7 Canada Mobile: +1 613 2171246 Email: [email protected] Blog: "Confessions of a Global Birder" http://markdread.blogspot.com <http://markdread.blogspot.com/> Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/markdread/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
