At Allisonville, an estimated 100 COMMON REDPOLLS are coming to a feeder there. One feeder along County Road 1 in the Bloomfield area had an estimated 150 finches comprising 90 percent COMMON REDPOLLS and 10 percent AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. Another feeder on the western outskirts of Picton was grey with some 30 DARK-EYED JUNCOS.

American Robin - Highs of 298, 213 & 662 were estimated at Old Cut November 2 & 12,13 respectively (LPBO). American Pipit - A high of 450 were estimated for Old Cut November 13 (LPBO). Tennessee Warbler - A record late definitive basic male was banded at Old Cut November 3 (LPBO).

My best estimate is that about ten percent of home school families elect this approach. Any time you see the number of home schooled kids in the media, it will always be only the ones that have registered with the school board.

And guess what, determining a local error and drift estimate is precisely what such a system is doing...

Can you estimate what’s going on - sure. The gotcha is that you will never know if your estimates are correct without a comparison. If you have made a few hundred of these things, all done the same way, you probably can guess pretty well.

REDHEAD is now the most common diving duck in Presqu’ile Bay with 5000 estimated on 20 Mar. Three species of grebe were reported this week. A single RED-NECKED GREBE was off the Lighthouse on 20 Mar and a single HORNED GEREBE on 20 Mar joined the handful of PIED-BILLED GREBES that arrived last week. BALD EAGLES frequented the Bay all week.

Winds were estimated at 60 to 80 MPH. We looked into the night and saw the funnel develop over land and head straight for us. In an eye blink it hit us like a bomb.

I found the Dockwise people very easy to deal with, and they gave me prompt estimates on two boats, one our own 43' Albin (NOT practical for size purposes in the French or British canals, although it would be "okay" elsewhere), and the other a Rosborough which I found on Boats.com or somewhere and fell in love with for the purpose of European Waterways.

For those folks doing this "Little Loop" cruise, I suggest you proceed north to Champlain and beyond, with the assumption that by the time you get Kingston an accurate estimate of repairs to the eastern NY Canals system will be available. The worst case scenario would be having to cruise down the Seaway back to Sorrel and return the same Champlain route.

For those folks doing this "Little Loop" cruise, I suggest you proceed north to Champlain and beyond, with the assumption that by the time you get Kingston an accurate estimate of repairs to the eastern NY Canals system will be available. The worst case scenario would be having to cruise down the Seaway back to Sorrel and return the same Champlain route.