Hi Everyone Today, October 3, 2004 I lead a field trip into Renfrew County. We first birded Westmeath Provincial Park and after some hard searching we were rewarded with excellent views of a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Along the shoreline we encountered a few flocks of American Pipits, Horned Larks and 1 Lapland Longspur. The water level along the Ottawa River was low and there were 5 species of shorebirds, 2 Gr.Yellowlegs, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Black-bellied Plover, 1 Sanderling and 9 Dunlin. We had 1 Pine Siskin fly over calling. Later in the day we birded Lake Dore and observed 1 adult winter plumage Little Gull in a flock of Bonaparte's Gulls. The loon numbers were up with 108 Common Loon but few Horned and Red-necked Grebes due to the rough water conditions. Interesting ducks including 9 White-winged Scoter and 8 Red-breasted Merganser. 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: From Ottawa take Hwy. 17 north to the first Pembroke exit and follow to County Road 21. Turn right and travel to County Road 12 and turn left Follow to Sand Point Rd. and turn left and go to end of road for access to the river. You can walk the beach east into Westmeath Provincial Park checking the vegetation for the sparrow. To reach Lake Dore, go north of Eganville on Hwy 41 for 5 km., then left on Point Church Rd. Drive along the road looking for clearing along the lake shore to view the water. If you require any additional information, please email me privately. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 3 19:01:54 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A3A948987 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:01:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jean-bapu1sw48i.sympatico.ca ([64.229.211.175]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:07:13 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:07:20 -0400 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: Jean Iron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:01:54 -0000 Shorebird Enthusiasts, The Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) of Environment Canada has just re-issued the Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan. The 48 page plan includes 27 maps and 14 photographs. The executive summary states that "Ontario provides vitally important staging and breeding habitat for Western Hemisphere shorebirds. Of 29 shorebird species commonly occurring in Ontario, major staging concentrations of 14 species amass in the hundreds of thousands. Of 40 species of shorebirds that breed routinely in Canada, 22 regularly breed in Ontario, including significant proportions of the populations of seven species." The plan gives the occurrence, status, habitats, population estimates and trends of the breeding and migrant shorebirds in the province. Did you know that Ontario has an isolated breeding population of Marbled Godwits in James Bay and that Hudsonian Godwits in the Hudson Bay Lowlands may represent 50% of the Canadian breeding population, much of that in Ontario? Key staging sites used by migrating shorebirds, such as Presqu'ile Provincial Park, are identified. This is an important government document. It outlines the steps needed to conserve shorebirds and their habitats in Ontario. Senior author is Ken Ross of the Canadian Wildlife Service. Partners with CWS in the plan are the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Bird Studies Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and Gateways Centre. Ross, K., K. Abraham, R. Clay, B. Collins, J. Iron, R. James, D. McLachlin, and R. Weeber. 2003. Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan. Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Cat No. 0-662-33933-9. ISBN CW66-222/2003E. Hard copies of the shorebird plan are available in person or by e-mail, phone and fax from: Canadian Wildlife Service 4905 Dufferin Street Downsview, ON M3H 5T4 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 416-739-5830 Fax: 416-739-5845 or view the plan online http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/plans/shorebirdplan-e.html Ron Pittaway Ontario Field Ornithologists E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]