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ieier 27, 1985-3 Sydney R. Stone A warded to Editor PAUL MORTON Paul J. Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morton, Orono, recently graduated from Canadian Forces Recruit School, CFB Corn- waliis, Nova Scotia. Paul is studying now to become an oceanographic operatozr and is stationed at CFS Sheibourne, Nova Scotia, Last week in Bowmianville Fred Davis of the Onitario Community Newspaper Association (left) and John James, Editor of the Canýiia- dian Statesman, (right) presented Roy Forrester, editor of the Orono Weekly Times with the Sydney R. The award was presented Stone Honoured Citizen in recognition of Forrester's award which was announced service to feilow citizens in at the recent annuai meeting the community and service to of the Canadian Community the community newspaper in- Newspaper Association held dustry. in Quebec City. John M. James placed Roy Forresier's name in nomina- tion for the award. The award includd!a framed litho of the firsýi pin- ting press in Canada dating- back 10 1791 and a cash award. noon Bill and t left for home welI satisfied with the outing, arnazed with the crowds of birdwaîchers and pleased- to have been associated with the grioup from Peterborough. The next ttip is to an island in Lake Ontario off Kingston 10 viewN the return of the owls from the Winter down south. L-ocaliy we have neyer seen s0 rnany Rose Breasted Nuilhaiches which have been feeding ai the feeder this year. They often outnumrber' the chiekadees. Not OnIy for Honeymooners Up until lasi Saturday we had îhought that Niagara Falls and ils great naturai at- taction was set aside for honeymooiicrs and sightseers. But this is flotthe case. Thousands upon thousands of biýrdwNaîchers are atîtracted 10 the Faits dur- ing November and pari of December t0 view large rafts of ducks as well as great hordes of gulis. Both Bill Bunting and I1 were simply amazed ai the crowds ai the Faits on Satur- day last when we visiied the Faits wiih a group of eîght from Peterborough. We were two novices among competeni birdwat- chers and had luttle knowledge of what was to corne othef than we had been told 10 brown-bag; a lunch and take a thermos of somnething hot t0 drink and thiat the Peterborough group wouid meet us ai the north intersection to Orono off Highway 115 ai 5:30 a.m. At ihis point we were 10 foliow them which we did. At 7:30 ail disembarked from iheir vehicles ai the Hamilton harbour in the frigid cold to view the firsi congregation of ducks, and, ibis procedure coninued weli into the afiernoon until we were well upstream of the Falls. The Hamniltoni harbour of- Y,_,ed noihing new, nor did the rtnmber of expecîed hot- sites along the lakefront towards our next destination, Niagara-On-The-Lake. Having visited Niagara- On-The-Lake a number of limies 1 was welt aware of the location of the lake and river and 1I\was rather puzzied as was Bill when we left the main road to the river 10 drive the quaint and small streets in the Village. This puzzlement soon enid- ed Tony from Peterborough quickly got oui of his car t0 point oui a Mocking bird per- chied on top of an oak îree and then pointed oui a- Tufîed Titmouse. Boîh birds were niew sighîings for me and my inieresi was taken with the Tiimouse which 1 foliowed dlown the smal laneway some two hundred yards 10 gel a good sighting of the bird. On turning back îo the group there had 10 Jbe close 10 fifîy birdwaichers lined Up along the -sireet sighting the Mockingbird and House Finch feeding at a house feeder. t neyer ihoughî much about it but t did wander where everyone 'rad corne from iail of a sucit, The word was oiL. that a Red beilied Woodpecker had been sighted on Olive Street and att jumped back into the cars to make a line for Olive Street and low and behotd ihere was the Red bellied Wo.odpecker, &nother first for both Bill and 1 and these ihree birds certainly made for the trip in itself. i was then off to the Niagara River with gulis and duks being the order of the, day. At what they called the, bird hot spots parking was ai a premium and ai one loca- tion there mnusi have been ai leasi 150 birders lined along the bank peering mbt îhousands upon thousands of guils flying back and forth withi the sole purpose of pic k- ingl oi one rare species and the Franklin Cuti was certain- Iy on tire minds of many., Youi could look down the riveri and it was jusi a sea of white flecks passing back and forth across your binoculars. 1 wondered who could pick oui one single bird from thai mess of birds. In faci I had the urige tocati oui Im- mature Fýraniklini" holding the binoculars 10 my eyes while poinîing with the other hand to ihat mythical bird as it fiew oui of sight down the river. !inm goinig 10 have tb disap- point you fori 1didn'i have the nerve\ nor could have 1 seen the crowd,ç reaciion. It was ihen again, off 10 a number of hot spots 10 finially arrive in Niagara Faits scan- ing the birds below in the gorge and with other birder Lhoping t0 find thiat rarety. lit as here ihat we were simply amazed at [lie number of people birdwaiching and many of îhem were inîeresîed in a Franklin guli. Again iî was Tony who came up 10 Bill and 1 and-ask- ed if we had seen the Franklin. Upon saying 'no' he said there was one down in' the gorge travelling up and down the bank of the river and wiîhin a minute had pick- ed it out and described where it was in order îhaî we were able, to sighi ihe bird. Ariother firsi for the iwo novices from Orono. From here on 10 up siream of the fails it wis crowds of people, enormous sized rafts of ducks, s0 many il was almost frustrating t0 pick oui the species and guils upon gulis. We ceriainly enjoyed viewing what is known rias (lhe Bonaparte Gui, a clean- lookin.g smraller guililfrom the norih \which were in abutn- dance ai the falîs. 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