ONTBIRDS for Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   [Ontbirds] Brown Pelican - Lake Erie, Western New York, USA   WilliamWatsonSr(AT)aol.   1:21pm   [Ontbirds] Great Egrets and shorebirds at Ressor Pond   Siegmar Bodach    10:09pm

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Subject: [Ontbirds] Brown Pelican - Lake Erie, Western New York, USA
From: WilliamWatsonSr(AT)aol.com
Date: 8 Jul 2009 1:21pm

Today and yesterday a Brown Pelican has been seen in Dunkirk, New York. It  
is usually seen near the west end of the far break wall. Also a first  
summer alternate plumage Lesser Black-backed Gull (rare in July) was found on  
the docks about a 100 yards west of Dunkirk Pier. 
 
Directions:
 
Make sure you have a passport, nexus, passport card, or enhanced  drivers 
license.
 
In Fort Erie the QEW becomes the Peace Bridge. Cross the Peace Bridge into  
Buffalo and turn slightly right for .2 miles from customs and merge onto  
the I-190 toward DOWNTOWN BUFFALO. After 6.7 miles merge onto the I-90 toward 
 ERIE. After 41.4 miles take Exit 59 and go North (right) on Rt. 60 toward  
Dunkirk. After 2.2 miles turn left on Lake Shore Drive/NY Rt.5. After .3 
miles  turn right on Central Avenue and go on to the Pier. Look out at the far 
break  wall. If the Brown Pelican is near the left (west) end of the far 
break wall to  get a closer look ---- From the Pier turn right on Lake Shore 
Drive. After a  little more than a mile turn Right on POINT DRIVE going to 
where it starts to  make a left turn look right across the beach towars the 
far break  wall. Some people have walked the beach then the breakwall back to 
the  white with red rangelite at the harbor entrance. From there the pelican 
is  only about 50 yards distance. 
 
Best Wishes for Great Birding,
Bill Watson
Tonawanda, New York
 
 
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Great Egrets and shorebirds at Ressor Pond
From: Siegmar Bodach <sigipatti(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 10:09pm

On the way home from work I popped over to Reesor Pond
there were 10 Great Egrets. I did not observe any leg bands when
some of them took flight or came on land.
There were also at least 3 Greater Yellowlegs and 3 Lessor Yellowlegs,
15+ Killdeers, 4 Spotted Sandpipers and at least 2 peeps- probably Least.

In Aurora at the MacKenzie Marsh there has been off/on 1 Great Egret.

Good birding,
Sigi
Aurora, On
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