I.S.R.W. Heber Down C.A. Whitby,Ontario,Canada Below I have revised and recorded the year end totals,raptors,hours,average per hour and number of observation days.During my review I found I had made some errors when adding day totals to month and year totals.The differance was 266 so my last report showed a toal of 5,332 when in fact the total should read 5,066! Turkey Vulture 488 Osprey 43 B/Eagle 21 N/Harrier 37 S/Shinned 480 Coopers 54 N/Goshawk 3 R/Shoulder 54 B/Wing 3,468 R/Tail 301 R/Legged 8 G/Eagle 5 A/Kestrel 79 Merlin 9 Peregrine 8 UB 6 UA 1 UR 1 Total 5,066 Total Hrs. 82.5 Total days 22 Average per hour 61.4
The year started out very well with really good numbers and just the right winds for our site,but at the mid-point our luck ran out and the counts dropped off dramaticlly.We had a very low Turkey Vulture count as we generally get well over 1,200 & our G/Eagle count was short atleast 20 to 25 for the year! Red Tails again this year were down by some 600 birds!! I guess I should be happy we did get a very good Broad Wing push.I would like to say Thank You to the many first timers to our site and hope you plan to join us again next year!! A Special thanks goes out to Elenor&Eilean Began for their help and gift of a calculator to keep at our site! From Martin Bence,Graham Nord and myself have a Happy Holiday & a Healthy New Year!! Report submitted by Mike Williamson Info. on Iroquois can be found at torontobirding.ca & click on GTRW scroll down text for directions(Brock Rd. Should be Brock St.) From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 3 16:06:45 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from hotmail.com (bay110-f8.bay110.hotmail.com [65.54.229.18]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF523640AE for <[email protected]>; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:06:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 13:18:31 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 65.54.229.220 by by110fd.bay110.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:18:31 GMT X-Originating-IP: [72.142.127.73] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "dave milsom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:18:31 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Dec 2005 21:18:31.0799 (UTC) FILETIME=[1CBA1870:01C5F84F] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Pine Warbler-Thickson's Woods, etc. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:06:45 -0000 Several interesting birds for winter listers in the Whitby area today. A Pine Warbler visited a feeder in Thickson's Woods. There was a Red-throated Loon off the beach at Cranberry Marsh at the foot of Hall's Rd. Also, Brown Creeper, Fox, Swamp, White-throated & Song sparrows in that area, + Wood Duck & Coot. Two Killdeer were on Watson Creek near the bridge in Whitby Harbour (foot of Brock). Also, 2 male Pintails, a Great Blue Heron and a Kingfisher. Dave Milsom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website : [2]http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 3 16:34:43 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx1.magmacom.com (mx1.magmacom.com [206.191.0.217]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFF4563D67 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:34:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail2.magma.ca (mail2.magma.ca [206.191.0.214]) by mx1.magmacom.com (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jB3LkTUu011831 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:46:30 -0500 Received: from schroeder (CPE000d88035801-CM014260002368.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [72.139.29.209]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail2.magma.ca (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jB3LkPu1011544 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:46:28 -0500 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jim Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontario Birds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:46:11 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcX4UvnzjDHiNVD9RLSRZivUDe2iYA=Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Red Headed woodpeckers - Constance Bay (Ottawa) X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:34:43 -0000 Had about 14-15 people out for a nature photography shoot this morning in the Torbolton Forest adjacent to Bruce Diablio's Red Headed Woodpeckers. Over the period of about two hours, small groups of 1-2 people broke off and went in search of the woodpeckers. Everyone came back having seen at least one. My "group" of two spotted three red-headed and one downy. They are not the easiest bird to photograph, but if one of my shots is any good I will send it to OFO Bird Photos None of us had seen one before so we are very impressed. Thanks Bruce for the good tips ! One person reported the back side of an owl before it quickly flew away. No one is a good birder so no ID on the owl. Jim Robertson Directions to old burn site(compliments of Bruce DiLabio): From 417 in Ottawa exit at Eagelson/March and go North on March Rd. Turn right onto Dunrobin Rd and travel past Woodlawn. Turn right onto Constance Bay rd. Turn left onto Allbirch then left onto Bayview. Make a right off of Bayview onto Ritchie. Very soon there will be a T intersection (Whistler AVe) - turn left onto the sandy road. Follow this road 0.3km to a gate on the right across from a relatively open area. Trail is on left side of road opposite gate. Limited parking Additional directions from today: Park at the gate, but walk another 100 yards along the road and turn left on the next trail towards the houses on Bayview, walk about 75 yards towards the houses, watching the trees as you go.
