Hi Everyone Yesterday, September 28,2004 I checked the Red-headed Woodpecker site at Constance Bay and there were at least two birds, 1 adult and 1 juv. This is the latest date I've recorded these birds in the past three years. good birding Bruce Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Directions:Red-headed Wdpk: From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Dunrobin Road and turn right continuing northwest through Woodlawn. At the hill turn right onto Constance Bay Rd following it for approx. 1.5 km. Turn left on Allbirch Road and drive 1.3 km to the " T " intersection. Turn left on Bishop Davis Drive and then right on Bayview Drive. Follow Bayview Drive to Ritchie St. Turn right and and go a short distance to Whistler Rd. Turn left and drive .3 km and watch for a gate on the right. The trail through the burn area is opposite the gate. Parking is limited. The old burn area is on your left. There is an abundance of Poison Ivy in the burn area. It is recommended to stay on the trails. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Sep 29 16:56:55 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2280748F56 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:56:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 1562 invoked by uid 525); 29 Sep 2004 20:52:27 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 29 Sep 2004 04:09:27 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Cranberry Marsh (29 Sep 2004) 36 Raptors X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:56:55 -0000 Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 383 384 Osprey 0 76 106 Bald Eagle 1 34 34 Northern Harrier 0 64 70 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 603 617 Cooper's Hawk 2 58 58 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 18 846 890 Red-tailed Hawk 2 195 207 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 366 382 Merlin 0 28 31 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 13 Unknown 9 62 72 Total: 36 2730 2867 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jerry Walsh Observers: Bill Scott, Dennis Barry, Doug Lockrey, Ron Pittaway Weather: mild sunny day; north, then south winds; 9---19C Observations: 3TV, 1 "young" Bald Eagle; 2 Cooper's; 18 Broad-wingeds, 2 RT; 1 AK; 4 UB, 5 UR E.Phoebe, Blue-headed Vireo; C.Yellowthroat, 3 Great Egrets =======================================================================Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.gtrw.ca