Forwarded from Geneseebirds: Jim Pawlicki Amherst, NY January 17 - The female HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen again today in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It was about 30 yards from shore of the Niagara River, and about 50 yards down stream from were the creek flows into the Niagara (from Dufferin Island). This is approximately between the stranded barge and the Canadian shore. Also seen were: at Goat Island - adult Iceland Gull, two adult and second-winter Lesser Black-backed Gulls above Niagara Falls, Ontario: first-winter Iceland Gull, two female Common Goldeneyes with drab all-yellow bills, 26 Gadwall, 12 American Wigeon, and Golden-crowned Kinglet. at Sir Adam Beck - 8 Iceland Gulls (5 imm. and 3 adults), third-winter Lesser Black-backed Gull Queenston - second-winter Iceland Gull and adult Little Gull Niagara-on-the-Lake: RED-THROATED LOON, 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Double-crested Cormorants, 76 Long-tailed Ducks, White-winged Scoter, 36 American Robins, and 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches. Port Dalhousie (Gesundheit) - RED-NECKED GREBE, 5 beautiful Double-crested Cormorants, 4 American Coots, and two Redheads. Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson Tonawanda, NY Niagara Falls is well signed along the Niagara River and accessed from the Niagara Parkway from the north or QEW from the west. Goat Island is on the US side opposite Niagara Falls, Ont. The Sir Adam Beck overlook is located along the Niagara Parkway between Niagara Falls and Queenston. The Queenston docks are accessed from Dumfries St. off the Niagara Parkway below the escarpment. Niagara-on-the-Lake is well signed at the mouth of the Niagara River at Lake Ontario and accessed from Lakeshore Rd. from the west and the Niagara Parkway from the south. Port Dalhousie harbor is located at the mouth of the former Welland Canal and can be accessed from Lighthouse Rd. off of Lakeshore Rd. in the town of Port Dalhousie.
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