At the end of another gorgeous day of late fall birding in Prince Edward County, I decided to scope the waterfowl in West Lake at the north end of Sandbanks Provincial Park and was treated to a dark/grey phase Gyrfalcon attempting an (unsuccessful) horizontal chase of a scaup. The Gyr circled back and passed in front of me (at the very south end of West Lake) then followed the dune ridge northward and perched in a large leafless tree perhaps 1 km away, where it sat for several minutes before continuing north along the dune ridge out of view (towards Presqu'ile.-- great prediction in this week's report, Fred!!).
Jarmo Sandbanks Provincial Park is reached by taking Hwy 62 south from the 401 at Belleville. Follow signs to County Rd 12, which takes you to the park. Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ 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
