Hey Folks, Earlier today, myself and Kyle Holloway had nine Black Vultures near the Queenston boat ramp in Niagara.
We originally saw them kettling (without Turkey Vultures!) on the US side and eventually they flew across the river and roosted with about a half-dozen Turkey Vultures on the Canadian side. We drove to the Queenston lookout on the Niagara Parkway and walked about 100 m south of the parking area on the road to a little area with a bench overlooking the gorge and were able to view the birds very well at eye-level. We tried for the booby later in the day but were not successful, however there were still many cormorants around and they seemed to favour the rocky beach near Donnelly's Pier where it was more sheltered but alas harder to view. There was one very bizarre-looking leucistic cormorant amongst the hordes. We did have two Little Gulls here amongst the swarm of Bonaparte's feeding on shiners, and a juvenile Peregrine did a fly-by. Lots of ducks as well, including several Black Scoters. Good Birding, Lev Frid _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - 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
