Greetings, y'all... At about 3pm today (thursday, august 4), there was a male PURPLE FINCH along the ganatchio trail just west of the southern offshoot of the trail, which is just west of Florence Street (the first stoplight east of Riverdale). There is a house with 2 big garage's on the north side (river side) of Riverside Drive. The bird was last seen on a wooden sign frame in front of that house.
google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=windsor,+ontario&ll=42.336984,-82.920760&spn=0.005643,0.010050&t=h&hl=en THEN, about 2 minutes later as we continued west on the trail, there was a PEREGRINE FALCON soaring overhead. The bird wasn't hunting, but just enjoying the strong southwest winds. We followed it as it soared west on our bikes over Little River, through the apartment buildings, and down Riverside Drive. It appeared to be an adult, but looked like it had a brown tinge to it. google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=windsor,+ontario&ll=42.337991,-82.928656&spn=0.005643,0.010050&t=h&hl=en Perhaps the finch would stay around that same location, but the falcon most likely moved on. Looking foward to tonights cold front, -Matt Baker From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 4 17:53:21 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts20.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.74]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2F26414E for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:53:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from trentu.ca ([216.208.194.80]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:01:54 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 18:01:54 -0400 From: Fred Helleiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0531-3, 08/04/2005), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: [Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending August 4, 2005. X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:53:21 -0000 Although there has been little change in the summery weather at Presqu'ile Provincial Park in the past week, there has been a small amount of movement in the bird life. The prospects for the next few days appear more promising. Common Loons can occasionally be found near the lighthouse. Great Egrets are seen almost every day flying to and from High Bluff Island. The mass migration of shorebirds has not yet arrived. The only new species is a Black-bellied Plover that has been present since July 31. A Ruddy Turnstone was at Owen Point on August 3. A few Bonaparte's Gulls are also there, usually among the nearly 200 Caspian Terns. A Black Tern was flying past near the lighthouse on August 2. A Rock Pigeon at the calf pasture was unusual. The only apparently migrant warblers at the lighthouse recently were a Nashville Warbler and an American Redstart. Both Orchard and Baltimore Orioles have been near the lighthouse, as well as at least one Rose-breasted Grosbeak. To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton. Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid that is available at the Park gate. Access to the offshore islands is restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial nesting birds there. Questions and comments about bird sightings at Presqu'ile may be directed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Fred Helleiner 186 Bayshore Road, R.R. #4, Brighton, Ontario, Canada, K0K 1H0 VOICE: (613) 475 5309 If visiting, access via Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
