The bird was still there at 1:15 PM, but is was NOT at all active. Instead it was standing on its favourite resting rock, some 50 to 100 metres out from shore in Dow's Lake below the parking lot in the centre circle. At this distance, binoculars are not enough for really spectacular views, although the bird is certainly perfectly identifiable. It appears that the bird is more likely to be both active and close earlier or later in the day, which is hardly surprising.
Paul Matthews Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ott User Sent: April 22, 2005 9:47 AM To: Ontbirds Subject: [Ontbirds]Snowy Egret Update - Ottawa [few image links] The Snowy Egret was again very active this morning at Dows Lake. It was feeding constantly near the boat dock just down the hill from the Arboretum parking area. It was feeding in that spot for at least 15-20 minutes if not more. The bird also flew around the corner (the water in this area is bordered by bike paths on both sides and I believe ColonelBy is the road that runs along it with Careleton University just in the distance). Then it flew back to near the boat ramp. Directions courtesy of Chris Lewis [DIRECTIONS: From Hwy 417 in Ottawa, take the Parkdale exit and go south to Carling Ave., then left (east) on Carling and right (south again) at the bottom of the hill onto Prince of Wales Dr. Proceed past the Dow's Lake pavilion and go around the small traffic circle, keeping left, and then immediately right into the parking lot at the national Arboretum. Park in the public parking lot (90 minutes free parking) at the Agriculture Canada buildings, and walk down to the lake.] W.H. Ottawa, Ontario. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. 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There will be a BOS meeting on Wednesday, April 27, at 7:30 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science.] TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE [late report] SNOWY OWL PEREGRINE FALCON GOLDEN EAGLE BROAD-WINGED HAWK Pied-billed Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant American Bittern Wood Duck Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Virginia Rail American Coot Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Yellow-b. Sapsucker Pileated Woodpecker Purple Martin Barn Swallow Red-br. Nuthatch Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/21/2005 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, April 21, 2005 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received April 14 through April 21 from the Niagara Frontier Region include a late report of TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, plus SNOWY OWL, PEREGRINE FALCON, GOLDEN EAGLE and BROAD-WINGED HAWK. From Niagara County, back on April 12 and several days after, an exceptionally rare TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found in a yard on Lake Road in the Town of Wilson. Also in Wilson, on the 15th, a rare April record of a SNOWY OWL, on the roof of a house on Lake Road, just east of the Wilson-Porter Townline. In Buffalo this week, a pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS appear to be nesting on the Millard Fillmore Hospital on Delevan Avenue. April 17, a GOLDEN EAGLE over the Town of Darien in Genesee County. On April 15, the Hamburg Hawkwatch recorded its first migrant BROAD-WINGED HAWK. Of special note, the BOS field trip to Braddock Bay on Sunday, April 24, has been cancelled. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, April 16, at least 13 waterfowl species were highlighted by LONG-TAILED DUCK, 278 RUDDY DUCKS, 134 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 97 BUFFLEHEADS and 45 LESSER SCAUP, plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, D.-CREST. CORMORANT, WOOD DUCK, GADWALL, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER, RED- BR. MERGANSER, COOPER'S HAWK, 18 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and BARN SWALLOW. In the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, waterbirds included PIED-BILLED GREBE, AMERICAN WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK and AMERICAN COOT. Also a calling AMERICAN BITTERN and VIRGINIA RAIL, and nesting pairs of OSPREY at Lewiston Road and Ring-necked Marsh. From Chautauqua County this week - a BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek. At Saint Columbans in the Town of Sheridan, PINE SISKIN, at least 6 PINE WARBLERS, 7 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS and 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS, plus YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW and on Lake Erie, 300 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. At Point Gratiot in Dunkirk, 6 PURPLE MARTINS. In the Lake Ontario Plains, shorebirds in the fields at Somerset-Hartland Townline and Johnson Creek Road, included 13 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 24 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and 2 WILSON'S SNIPE, with hundreds of NORTHERN PINTAILS and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Other reports - BALD EAGLE over Roll Road in Clarence. An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL calling on the University at Buffalo Main Street Campus behind Hayes Halls. And a PILEATED WOODPECKER flying across the New York State Thruway at the Transit Road exit. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 28. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript
