March 10, 2015
A good crowd today. I
met Al and Rick at Brophy Park & Ride at 6 am
and rode with them. With Tony and Nina
were Josh and Arjun. In the CRV
were Karine, Emily, Mary and John.
We were away before 6:10
and made good time. stopping briefly at the EnRoute. We were at the ferry by 8:15 , but it had to refuel and we did not get away until 8:45 .
We went to the east end of the island then back around to
the road to Owl Woods. We saw 5 or 6
Snowy Owls and a like number of Redtails, before hiking into the woods. We heard and briefly saw a couple of
Red-bellied Woodpeckers, a Pileated and a few feeder birds, but the woods was
completely devoid of owls. Disappointed,
we hiked back to the cars to have our lunch.
Then we drove back to the ferry to use the washroom, but it
was out of order. Some got on the ferry
to use their facility, while others enjoyed the Long-tailed Ducks and Redheads
that were in the open water by the ferry dock (all elsewhere was solid ice).
We then cruised the back roads picking up some Rough-legged
Hawks and more Redtails plus more Snowies.
We visited a sheep farm on John's invitation where we watched the feeder
and toured the wool sales shed. Some
went to check out the sheep.
Then it was more back roads and back for the 4 pm ferry.
On the Millhaven side, there was a large flock of gulls, and a gorgeous
male Red-breasted Merganser by the dock in the open water.
We then drove into Kingston
to the Invista Canada lagoon where there were many waterfowl including several
Mute Swans and a single Trumpeter Swan (K29).
For information on K29, read Nathan's Blog http://nathanmillerbirds.blogspot.ca/2015/02/ontario-trumpeter-swans.html
It had been a long and interesting day, but it was time to
head home.
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