Was hiking the Bruce Trail eastbound and crossed New Mountain Rd. (near Devil's Punchbowl) at 12:12 PM and crossed Dewitt Rd. (near Vinemount Conservation Area) at 12:44 PM. Had stepped off the Bruce Trail and was near the RR track when I saw the vulture coming from the East and just slightly south of the tracks. It passed overhead no further than 50 yds. and probably much closer to 40 yds at 12:24 PM. Observed the bird without binoculars. It had a silvery patch at the end of both wings and had a gray head. Also noted the short, squarish tail. The vulture continued to fly along the RR tracks westbound until it was out of sight. I was at the Hamburg Hawkwatch with William Watson Sr. on Monday 3/22/04 and saw the Black Vulture pass then. Have seen hundreds of Black Vultures when living in MD and VA. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 24 17:29:26 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from ecnwri1.ontario.int.ec.gc.ca (ecolink.cciw.ca [192.75.68.254]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9745B4817B for <[email protected]>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:29:26 -0500 (EST) Received: by ECNWRI1.ontario.int.ec.gc.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <FK7T96BG>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:35:37 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Barrett,Glenn [Burlington]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:35:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain Subject: [Ontbirds] Tundra Swans - Waterford/Townsend; Ring-necked Pheasant - Grimsby X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:29:26 -0000
I observed two flocks of Tundra Swans today. First one had approx. 200 birds and they were in the field at the NW corner of Concession 11 and Regional Road 5, south of Waterford. Second flock (approx. 100 birds) were on the north side of Hwy 3 just west of Regional Road 70 (RR 70 goes north from Hwy 3 up to Townsend). A male Ring-necked pheasant was in the field at the SE corner of Woolverton Rd and Ridge Road near Grimsby. Glenn Barrett Burlington, Ontario email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
