Hi there, The Slaty-backed Gull found earlier today by Jeremy Hatt was present in the same field for a good portion of the afternoon today with short breaks when it would fly around or hide behind other gulls. It disappeared when most of the gulls few into the landfill at around 15:55 and came back out at 16:40 when it and most of the other gulls flew overhead toward Lake Erie to roost for the night. Hopefully it will return to this location in days to come.
Directions: the Windsor-Essex Landfill (not officially named on Google Maps) is on County Rd 18 between Coulter Rd and McCormick Rd in Essex County. The landfill itself is not open to the public whatsoever, but the gulls spend much of their time sitting in a field across the road from the landfill. GPS coordinates of the approximate location where many gulls can often be found: 42.0863192, -82.8628390 Great find Jeremy Hatt, and good birding! Jeremy Bensette Leamington > On Jan 15, 2019, at 13:12, Dave Martin via ONTBIRDS <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> > wrote: > > > Posting for Jeremy Hatt...... > > Jeremy called at 12:45pm to say he was very confident that he was looking at > an adult Slaty-backed Gull with his scope in with a large bunch of gulls > loafing on the south side of Cty Rd 18 opposite the Windsor - Essex Landfill. > He is seeing most of the features of a Slaty-backed including the wide, white > trailing edge of the wings, bright pink legs, dark-smudged head, mantle > colour, etc. Also in the same bunch of gulls is at least 1 each of Glaucous, > Iceland and Lesser Black-backed Gulls and several Great Black-backed Gulls > for comparison of size and plumage. > > Cty rd 18 is a major east-west county road in Essex County running from > Amherstburg in the west to Kingsville in the east. You can get to it from > Arner Line to the east or from Walker Road to the west. Walker Road is > connected to Hwy 401. Arner Line connects the town of Essex to the Lake Erie > shoreline. If coming from the Leamington area take Hwy 3 to Windsor and exit > on Cty Rd 18 south of the Town of Essex. > > You will see the landfill long before you arrive. The gulls loaf in the > ploughed field to the south of the Landfill. The only parking is a narrow > shoulder on both sides of Rd 18. Traffic is fast along here so be careful > parking and getting out of your vehicle. > > Dave Martin > > for Jeremy Hatt > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
