While working or way off Tommy Thompson park (aka Lesley st. spit) this after noon at 2:30 Bev and I watched a Juv. N Gannet flying along with the strong east winds , it was last seen flying south out along the east side of the spit . Also seen today Peregrine falcon 1 , kestrel 3.Osprey 1 . Tommy Thompson park is found at the end of Lesley st south of Lakeshore boulevard east hear in Toronto . Craig & Bev McLauchlan Toronto Ont Canada World From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 5 17:17:44 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8CA348764 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:17:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sympatico.ca ([64.230.83.143]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net ESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:18:38 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 17:19:18 -0400 From: Bruce Di Labio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en]C-SYMPA (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontario birds <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Eastern Ontario:L.B.B.Gulls,R.N.Phalarope and migrants X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 21:17:44 -0000
Hi Everyone Yesterday, September 4th and today September 5th, I spent a number of hours birding various areas in Ottawa and surrounding locations. September 4th: There was a significant increase in the number of Great Black-backed Gulls with 400+ observed Sept.4 along the Ottawa River and in plowed fields. Also noted were 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 (1 ad.&1 1st yr.) at the parking lot at the Corel Centre, 2 adults at Deschenes Rapids and 2 adults at Shirleys Bay. There were distinctive differences in molts between all the adults. Along with the increase in GBBG, I observed 350 Double-crested Cormorant, mainly along the river but a number on inland ponds. In the afternoon, at least 2 Great Egrets were still present at Shirley's Bay. In the Moodie Drive/Trail Road area I checked a number of the ponds and found 1 Red-necked Phalarope, 3 Baird's Sandpiper, 32 Ruddy Duck and had 1 American Golden Plover flew over calling.. Today, September 5th, birded a number of the eastern sewage lagoons and found little of interest in the shorebird category but had 139 Ruddy ducks including 3 broods at Alfred, 1 at St.Isidore and 1 at St. Albert. Along Peat Moss Road 1 (ad.) American Golden Plover was observed in the sod farms. At Casselman Sewage Lagoon, there was 1 (juv) Stilt Sandpiper. There was still a good movement of Bobolinks calling as they flew over various sewage lagoons. Swallow numbers were low and after driving over 400 kms. the past 2 days, only saw 1 Eastern Kingbird. good birding Bruce Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/ Directions: If you requie any information on directions please email me privately.