[Ontbirds]Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] Niagara River - Harlequin Duck

[Jmpawli88 at aol.com]

Forwarded from Geneseebirds:
 
Jim Pawlicki
Amherst, NY
 
January 17 - The female HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen again  today in Niagara 
Falls, Ontario. It was about 30 yards from shore of the  Niagara River, and about 
50 yards down stream from were the creek flows into the  Niagara (from Dufferin 
Island). This is approximately between the stranded barge  and the Canadian 
shore.
Also seen were:
at Goat Island - adult Iceland Gull, two adult and second-winter  Lesser 
Black-backed Gulls
above Niagara Falls, Ontario:
first-winter Iceland Gull, two female Common Goldeneyes with drab  all-yellow 
bills, 26 Gadwall, 12 American Wigeon, and Golden-crowned  Kinglet.
at Sir Adam Beck - 8 Iceland Gulls (5 imm. and 3 adults), third-winter  
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Queenston - second-winter Iceland Gull and adult Little Gull
Niagara-on-the-Lake:  RED-THROATED LOON, 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers,  
Double-crested Cormorants, 76 Long-tailed Ducks, White-winged Scoter, 36  American 
Robins, and 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches.
Port Dalhousie (Gesundheit) - RED-NECKED GREBE, 5 beautiful Double-crested  
Cormorants, 4 American Coots, and two Redheads.
 
Best Wishes for Great Birding,
Bill Watson
Tonawanda, NY
 
Niagara Falls is well signed along the Niagara River and accessed from the  
Niagara Parkway from the north or QEW from the west.  Goat Island is on the  US 
side opposite Niagara Falls, Ont.  The Sir Adam Beck overlook is  located 
along the Niagara Parkway between Niagara Falls and Queenston.  The  Queenston 
docks are accessed from Dumfries St. off the Niagara Parkway below the  
escarpment.  Niagara-on-the-Lake is well signed at the mouth of the Niagara  River at 
Lake Ontario and accessed from Lakeshore Rd. from the west and the  Niagara 
Parkway from the south.  Port Dalhousie harbor is located at the  mouth of the 
former Welland Canal and can be accessed from Lighthouse Rd. off of  Lakeshore 
Rd. in the town of Port Dalhousie. 
 



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