2 posts in one day in late may?I can't believe it either. Little River has had a lot of birds lately. Here's a few noteworthy (I think)...
the following birds are in the pond in the new subdivision where randy had the cave swallow a few weeks ago. this is just east of the footpath, across the creek from where the pond is. strange how many birds are around this area despite the horrendous destruction of the earth, and the encroaching development towards little river. - semi-palmated sandpiper - 30 today, small groups throughout the past week. - dunlin - 2 today, but had a group of a dozen or so this past weekend - spotted sandpiper - a few pairs - many cliff, bank, rough-winged, tree, barn swallow and purple martin to be found as for the woods and such, - common nighthawk - i had at least 20 at one time early last week, right around the pond. i should have posted it sooner, but i have no idea what is normal anymore for this time of year. - woodcock - several males have been displaying for the past few weeks north of the pond, in the grassy areas between the trail and little river. go around dusk, and you'll hear them - if its still somewhat light you, you can see them doing their displays. - green heron - 2 around the woods, can be easily seen from the most easterly trail running through the marshy area - eastern-screech owl - walking along the trail east of the creek, there is a very aggressive screech owl (grey phase). it swooped at me at least 4-5 times, and made some very strange calls (ie. sounded like hitting 2 sticks together, followed by a barking sound) that's it for now. not too many warblers in the last few weeks. perhaps we'll get one last group come through? -matt DIRECTIONS: "Little River and the Ganatchio Trail are best accessed (if you drive) from the intersection of Riverdale and Little River Road east of Lauzon Road. Drive in over the bridge and park in the lot." - Randy Horvath or... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=windsor,+ontario&ll=42.327484,-82.925934&spn=0.004555,0.008563&hl=en From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 31 00:39:38 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from cpmail.centennialcollege.ca (cpmail.centennialcollege.ca [199.212.26.181]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C3463A64 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Tue, 31 May 2005 00:39:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cp.centennialcollege.ca (cpprivate [192.168.80.2]) by cpmail.centennialcollege.ca (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.03 (built Oct 1 2002)) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Mon, 30 May 2005 22:57:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 22:57:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Sandra Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: [Ontbirds]Harlequin & Whimbrels X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 04:39:38 -0000 Today, at approximately 4:00PM, a magnificent male Harlequin Duck was actively feeding immediately off shore at Humber Bay Park East (Etobicoke), just east of the mouth of Mimico Creek. After about 15 minutes, he took off and flew up stream toward the footbridge over Mimico Creek. At the same time, an agitated flock of about 50 Whimbrel kept flying back and forth just off shore in the same location. Humber Bay Park East is located at the foot of Park Lawn Road (south of Lakeshore Road) in Etobicoke. Sandra and Bob Hawkins From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 31 08:02:52 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from mh1.kwic.com (mh1.kwic.com [205.150.58.4]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5E6F64337 for <ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org>; Tue, 31 May 2005 08:02:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from alclq6qnpt9yqr (ct-6-sim-ppp4.kwic.com [209.47.103.206]) by mh1.kwic.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id j4VCKtu85754 for <ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org>; Tue, 31 May 2005 08:20:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org> Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 08:20:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.3.1(snapshot 20020109) (mh1.kwic.com) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]OFO Rainy River Outing June3,4, Eared Grebes X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 12:02:53 -0000 Trip Leader Dave Elder who is now scouting the area, wishes to report a pair of eared grebes at the Emo sewage lagoons.Anyone attending this trip might want to go there first before meeting Dave. Sorry he didn't leave directions to these lagoons but Emo is located on highway 11 about 35 km. west of Fort Francis. Barry Jones for Dave Elder R.R.#5 Simcoe,ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 31 09:21:56 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from bellwfep7-srv.bellnexxia.net (bellwfep7.bellnexxia.net [207.236.237.99]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA6C063B1C for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Tue, 31 May 2005 09:21:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dm3cn8.bell.ca ([206.47.0.145]) by bellwfep7-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Tue, 31 May 2005 09:40:00 -0400 Received: from 142.182.89.79dm3cn8.bell.ca with ESMTP (Tumbleweed MMS SMTP Relay (MMS v5.0)); Tue, 31 May 2005 09:39:56 -0400 X-Server-Uuid: D4A4E604-913A-4A1B-8C07-2866D92AD410 Received: from toroondc911.bell.corp.bce.ca ([142.182.89.14]) by TOROONDC918.bell.corp.bce.ca with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Tue, 31 May 2005 09:39:55 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 09:39:53 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Red-throated Loon , Col Sam Smith Park, Toronto - Tue May 31 Thread-Index: AcVl5jlZTLjBWDiqRyOEjBeqeqF1hw=From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 May 2005 13:39:55.0992 (UTC) FILETIME=[3B31A580:01C565E6] X-WSS-ID: 6E82B6A6419455-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Ontbirds] Red-throated Loon , Col Sam Smith Park, Toronto - Tue May 31 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13:21:56 -0000 Hi All, On a pre-work outing to Col Sam Smith Park with Norm Murr (who's likely still around there) in hopes of Whimbrel we had a couple of decent sightings but no Whimbrel. 1 moulting Red-throated Loon, swam from well to the west around to the east, constantly diving (heading towards Humber Bay Park?) 11 Common Loon 6 Black-bellied Plover 17 Dunlin 5 Willow Flycatcher 3 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 singing male Northern Parula (east side of college grounds in the "bowl" of spruces) 1 Mourning Warbler Hopefully Norm can add to this later today. As an aside, I was there on Saturday morning as well (with no luck on the Whimbrels) except that I had a very good candidate for Arctic Tern, it sat on a small log well out on the lake for a while, seemed to have a very short bill & legs, could not discern any black on the tip of the bill and the grey underside contrasted well with the cheek, also tail seemed to extend beyond the wingtips, the bird flew off to the west and it had a different "jizz" about it than the Common Terns that were around. Still it was a very distant view albeit a decently good study of it, in my mind I had an Arctic Tern but it didn't hang around and it wasn't positive enough to post to the list. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Thornhill, ON DIRECTIONS: >From The QEW/Gardiner Expwy on the west side of Toronto, take Kipling Avenue southbound and continue past Lakeshore Blvd all the way to the end parking lot (looks like they're setting up parking metres here too!) and park. Walk south to view the lake, scope is preferable, walk north along the path through the grove of trees for passerines, the bowl of spruces is across the grounds to the east past the buildings and then go north a bit.
