Today at 13:10 I watched a white Gyrfalcon for some time on County Road 13. It was initially being mobbed by a male Northern Harrier but then went to perch on a telegraph pole before moving 100m further along the road and then out over the lake and along the shore. Photos on Flickr. There are cliffs very nearby at Little Bluff Conservation Area, so if visiting this might be a good place to check, though you'll be on top of the cliffs rather than looking at them.
At Cressy Point, I also found 5 Cackling Geese among the several thousand Canada Geese. Directions: From Picton, take Hwy 8 east watching for a right turn onto Hwy 13 after about 10 km. Follow Hwy 13 for another 18km, passing Little Bluff CA on your left and Whattams Rd on your right. Just a few hundred metres after Whattams you approach house number 3790 (though there's no house there) at a dip and turn in the road (43.932245, -76.982761). Please remember, the land here is all private so after trying the roads, I'd suggest Little Bluff CA. For the Cackling Geese return to Hwy 8 and continue east for another 16km or so to Cressy Lakeside Rd but good luck with these as the Canada Geese were spread along approximately 3-4km of shoreline. Mark. Mark D. Read 47 Ellerbeck Street, Unit 1, Kingston, Ontario K7L 4H5 Canada Mobile: +1 (613) 217-1246 Email: markdr...@gmail.com Blog: "Confessions of a Global Birder" http://markdread.blogspot.com <http://markdread.blogspot.com/> Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/markdread/ eBird Guidelines for Reporting Sensitive Species <http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/1006789-guidelines-for-repor ting-sensitive-species> _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
