Today, June 13, at 5:30 p.m., between thundershowers, we viewed a male dickcissel singing on a large dead tree within two or three hundred metres of Dundas Street. If only find rarities was always this easy.
Pete Scholtens Directions: The pull-off with the chain across the road on the south side of > Dundas is WEST of Tremaine Rd. and west of Hwy 25 (Bronte Road). The > turn-off for parking, a lane with a chain across it, A large "local > attractions" highway sign is right beside it on the south side of Dundas. > Park and walk the road/tractor path south. It turns east, south, then east > again to join up with the hydro right-of-way and the Bronte Park horse > trail. Continue south to the hydro pole with two guy-wires; it is the 12th > pole south of Dundas. The bushes and trees directly after and to the left > of > the trail at this point, where it makes a short detour to avoid a gully, > was > where the bird was singing. It preferred the bare branches on the > south-east > side of the trees. I saw no sign of a metal sign with a number 85 on it, > but > if you walk farther down the path, you come to a big Trans-Canada Pipeline > on the left with a big #14. You may need to search this whole area. > > > Sue & Dan Suess > Mississauga, ON > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list > ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org > > For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit > http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm > > ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org > For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit > http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm > ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 13 21:53:39 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (unknown [64.233.162.197]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8BDE64388 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:53:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 34so1168151nzf for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:54:04 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s¾ta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=Rbw0Hw0zfps16Yb4OMPpwhOBIjPtk4sO53ixG1yra4E6Dy+tSfejREWVBtTN9c49VXvpJzDthz57DtdohmllMsF5wrkbhCLrCb7qO5n6gSv8kWQRDJGoVa1TJR0K8qX2n7MPJV4Dg1jSdPmKUuBmEu+H56eMBlVfvpI/82Au97UReceived: by 10.36.222.74 with SMTP id u74mr2430547nzg; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.74.13 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:54:04 -0400 From: Peter Scholtens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ontbirds <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Bronte Dickcissel X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Peter Scholtens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:53:39 -0000 Today, June 13, at 5:30 p.m., between thundershowers, we viewed a male dickcissel singing on a large dead tree within two or three hundred metres of Dundas Street. If only finding rarities was always this easy. Pete Scholtens Directions: The pull-off with the chain across the road on the south side of Dundas is WEST of Tremaine Rd. and west of Hwy 25 (Bronte Road). The turn-off for parking, a lane with a chain across it, A large "local attractions" highway sign is right beside it on the south side of Dundas. Park and walk the road/tractor path south. It turns east, south, then east again to join up with the hydro right-of-way and the Bronte Park horse trail. Continue south to the hydro pole with two guy-wires; it is the 12th pole south of Dundas. The bushes and trees directly after and to the left of the trail at this point, where it makes a short detour to avoid a gully, was where the bird was singing. It preferred the bare branches on the south-east side of the trees. I saw no sign of a metal sign with a number 85 on it, but if you walk farther down the path, you come to a big Trans-Canada Pipeline on the left with a big #14. You may need to search this whole area. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 13 22:48:13 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5288063A8D for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:48:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from allstream.net (trt-on68-084.dial.allstream.net [142.154.105.84]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with ESMTP id 6EA611D0D81; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:47:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:47:27 -0400 From: Mark Cranford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ONTBIRDS <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]ORILLIA AREA BIRD BLITZ AT CAMERON RANCH, CARDEN ALVAR X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:48:13 -0000 OFO members and friends are reminded of the upcoming Bird Blitz, organized for OFO and Toronto Ornithological Club, stewardship partners, by Bronwen Smith of The Nature Conservancy of Canada, and local naturalists Bob Bowles and Ron Reid. This is an opportunity to bird on Cameron Ranch, recently acquired by NCC, home to many grassland birds including nesting Loggerhead Shrikes. Meeting time is 5.30 A.M. on SATURDAY, JUNE 18th, at the Ranch gate on Kawartha Road 6 (Kirkfield Road). Bring a GPS if you have one, plus sun protection, bug spray and bottled water. The point counts take only a few morning hours, after which you are free to adjourn for breakfast or continue birding in the area. It would be helpful to be able to assign and brief count teams in advance. Please get in touch with: Bronwen Smith Stewardship Officer (Acting) and Conservation Volunteer Coordinator Toll Free: 1.877.343.3532 or 519.826.0068 x257 Fax: 519.826.9206 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Directions: (from Ron Pittaway's Birding Guide to Carden Alvar, available on the OFO website.) From Toronto take Highway 401 or Don Valley Parkway to Hwy. 404. Go north to Newmarket. Exit to Davis Drive and go right (east) to Provincial Hwy. 48. Turn left (north) on 48 and continue to where it meets provincial Hwy.12. Go left (north) on 12 about 12.5 km. and exit right (east) to Durham Hwy. 48, which becomes Kawartha Road 48. Follow 48 to Kawartha Road 33 (Centennial Parkway). Turn left (north) and proceed to 3.5 km. to Kawartha Road 6. Turn left (west) and proceed approximately 2 km. to the Cameron Ranch sign and gate. -- Mark Cranford cranford AT allstream DOT net Mississauga, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 14 17:29:43 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from hotmail.com (bay107-f34.bay107.hotmail.com [64.4.51.44]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F57C642FE for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:29:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:30:15 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 64.4.51.220 by by107fd.bay107.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:30:15 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.4.51.220] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Dean Ware" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:30:15 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jun 2005 21:30:15.0816 (UTC) FILETIME=[414D9080:01C57128] Subject: [Ontbirds]Tricolored Heron Hillman Marsh(shorebird cell) X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:29:43 -0000 Birders, On Monday evening at the shorebird habitat there was a sub adult Tricolored Heron feeding with great blues and a couple of great egrets in the standing corn left in the habitat. As far as i know the only other birders to see this rare find are Alan, Marianne Reid and Steve Pike. Where are you? Hillman Marsh: Either from Leamington or Wheatley take cty.road 37 south from the talbot Trail (old #3) for about 5km or so till you see the Hillman Marsh sign. Good Birding, Dean Ware Wheatley ON. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
