Hi Everyone
Yesterday, September 8,2004 I birded Amherst Island and Prince Edward Pt. On
Amherst Island I checked the KFN Property at the east end and found 15 species
of shorebirds but nothing unusual. Highlights were 1 Red Knot, 1 Ruddy
Turnstone, 3 Bairds Sandpiper and 1 Am. Golden Plover. The water level was low
in the ponds and a number of Greater Yellowlegs were successfully catching
small minnows.
At Prince Edward Point I spent 2 hours from 12:00 -2:00 p.m. at the
lighthouse doing a "lake watch" and observed 11 species of shorebirds, all
flying from west to east into the northeast winds. Highlights included 2
Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 1 Whimbrel, and 1 Baird's Sandpiper.
good birding
Bruce
Di Labio Birding Website
Courses and Field Trips
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
Located 18 km. west of Kingston. Exit off Hwy. 401 at exit 593 (County Road 4,
Camden East) and drive south to the very end (Millhaven). Turn right on Hwy.
33 and
drive 100 metres until you see the sign for the Amherst Island ferry. The ferry
(20 minute trip) leaves the
mainland on the half hour and leaves the island on the hour. Cost is $5.00
Canadian round trip.There are no gas stations on the island. The East End
K.F.N. property is at the easternmost part of the island. Enter through the
corral which is at the south end of the Lower Forty-Foot Road.
Located in Prince Edward County. Take exit 566 off the 401 and go south on
county road 49 to Picton. Take county rd. 8 to county rd.17 to county rd.16 to
County rd. 13. Follow County rd. 13 to the end until you reach the Prince
Edward Point National Wildlife Area. Follow road to Lighthouse.
