Philina English and I saw a male Eurasian Wigeon above the locks at Lower Brewer's Mills today at 3:00 pm. It was at the western extreme of the large raft of swans, geese and ducks. I recommend bringing a spotting scope, as he was a couple hundred metres from shore. This duck was first found and photographed by Martin Roncetti at noon today.
Other birds we saw at the lock included: bald eagle, hooded merganser, common merganser, Canada goose, trumpeter swan, northern pintail, American wigeon, bufflehead, gadwall, mallard, American black duck and ring-necked duck. There were a few thousand birds there this afternoon. Directions: From Kingston go 27 km north on Highway 15 to Washburn Road. Turn left and follow it a few hundred metres to Lower Brewer's Mill lock station. Mark Mark Andrew Conboy Operations & Research Assistant and Outreach Coordinator Queen’s University Biological Station 280 Queen's University Road Elgin, Ontario, Canada K0G 1E0 phone: 613-359-5629 fax: 613-359-6558 email: mcon...@lakeheadu.ca QUBS website: http://www.queensu.ca/qubs/index.html QUBS blog: http://opinicon.wordpress.com/ QUBS flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubsoutreach/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
