While checking out the endless river of gulls around the tip today my brother
Randy was able to pick out an Adult Iceland Gull a Little Gull and 2 Lesser
Black-backed Gulls
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Wood Duck in Belleville Dec.30th
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Hello Birders:
There is a beautiful male wood duck on the Moira River in Belleville. =
It is hanging out with mallards, Canada Geese and a few black ducks, all =
being fed by people walking in the area.
Take 401 to Hwy.37 in Belleville, exiting south. Right across from the =
Yardman Arena (where the Belleville Bulls play hockey) there is parking =
lot and the open water of the Moira River. They are pretty reliable in =
this area.
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For those of you who keep "year lists", here are some avian odds and
ends from just north of Toronto if you are thinking of kick-starting your 2006
checklist tomorrow:
BALD EAGLES continue to be seen on and off on both sides of Cook's Bay (the
southwestern extension of Lake Simcoe). Nigel Shaw and Garth Baker have been
seeing them out on the ice by scoping east from Gilford, Lefroy and Alcona
while Keith Dunn and Lorena Campbell have both reported them on the other side,
usually along the shore between Orchard Beach in north Keswick and Willow Beach
west of Sutton. Sightings have been made on both sides of the bay within the
last week.
SNOWY OWLS continue to be found in both southwest Keswick and southwest
Bradford with the latter area having a better "search:find ratio". There is at
least one imm./female type lingering along the western end of Ravenshoe Road in
Keswick; Lorena & Paul Campbell had good looks at it on Tuesday, but it was not
rediscovered for the York-Simcoe Naturalists' CBC yesterday. If you are up
this way and choose to drive the truly desolate stetch of Yonge Street that
runs south from Ravenshoe Road, keep your eyes peeled for Snow Buntings,
Northern Harrier and Rough-legged Hawk, all of which have been seen along this
stretch during the month of December. Be very careful not to get stuck (i.e.
be careful where and how you perform your turnarounds on this one-lane,
windswept road).
In the Holland Marsh area there are at least three imm./female Snowy Owls
(i.e. showing fairly extensive amounts of barring) and one adult male (almost
pure white - found by Nigel Shaw last week). During yesterday's YSN Christmas
count we observed two snowies, one (rather conveniently for us) being scoped by
Margaret Kelch and her friends near the western end of Edward Street, the other
a few kms east of that location near just west of where Strawberry Lane meets
Keele Street a few kms north of Hwy. 9/Davis Drive. Both birds was sitting
among small dirt mounds north of the streets mentioned.
PINE GROSBEAKS - Despite several attempts by myself and others to rediscover
the two females I observed Wednesday near Dunkerron, they have not been found.
There is, however, some consolation to visiting this spot (where River Road/5th
Sideroad crosses the now-frozen Schomberg River between 3rd Line and 4th Line
just west of Hwy. 400): yesterday just before sunrise we had two Great Horned
Owls calling there then, later in the day, we had one Wild Turkey and a decent
selection of passerines. Just up the hill, at 3rd Line, a Cooper's Hawk has
been seen on three occasions this week.
NORTHERN SHRIKES - Although you can't really stake out a particular spot for
this hop-scotching species, we observed two yesterday morning along 3rd Line
between Hwy. 27 and Hwy. 400 and I had two others this morning in the vicinity
of Holland Landing - one a very brown juvenile hunting on the west side of
Bathurst Street about .5 km north of Albert's Marina and an adult perched on
the north side of Queensville Sdrd. in north Holland Landing about 1.5 kms east
of Yonge Street.
WINTER FINCHES - We observed two Common Redpolls along with 20 Cedar Waxwings
at a feeder on the south side of Line 6 southeast of Bond Head yesterday
(nearer to the eastern end of the road but still west of 5th Sdrd). There were
also several busy feeders in the little town of Bond Head (along Hwy. 27 just
west of Hwy. 400) with a good selection of birds including some Pine Siskins
mixed in with the goldfinches and house finches. I have not heard about any
crossbills or evening grosbeaks anywhere in the area but would really like to
know if anyone finds any.
HAWKS & FALCONS - There are a lot of Red-tailed Hawks and a few American
Kestrels around but Rough-legs and accipiters have been hard to find. Fritz
Fischer's keen eyes turned up a diminutive male Sharp-shinned Hawk on the south
side of 4th Line west of Bradford yesterday and I observed one light-phase
Rough-leg at the north end of Bathurst Street this morning but both birds were
well off the main roads, likely requiring a good mix of luck and scoping to
rediscover. A fairly good location for Cooper's Hawk is mentioned above.
Ron Fleming, Newmarket
DIRECTIONS:
Bradford is just east of Hwy. 400 and north of Newmarket (which, in
turn, is north of Toronto by about 30-40 minutes). Canal Road follows
the long drainage canal that marks the northern border of the
agricultural flatlands of "the Holland Marsh" south of Bradford. All of the
places described above are accessible from the Canal Road, including 5th
Sdrd., which is also called River Road. It runs parallel to Hwy. 400 on
the west side.
The easiest way to get onto Canal Road is to take the exit from Hwy.
400 a few kms. north of the cutoff for Newmarket (Hwy. 9/Davis Drive).
Once you are off the highway (at least if your are coming from the
south) you will come to a T-intersection where Canal Road and the frozen
canal itself run east-west.
(a) If you turn left and go under the Hwy. overpass you will soon
come to River Road (approx. 2 kms). It becomes 5th Sideroad as you go north.
Turn north over the bridge where the new-style church is. Keep going north
about 2 kms until you get to where the river is.
(b) If you turn right at the T-intersection of Canal Road you will go 3 or 4
kms.
before you get to Tornado Drive. Turn right and follow it through the
agricultural flats. You will pass Hazel St. and Fraser St. as you drive
eastward. Scope the fields on the south side of the road for Snowy Owl(s).
If you have no luck, continue eastward, checking again at the corner where
Tornado turns north and becomes Simcoe Road, then check again at the bend in
the road marked by an old white pick-up truck and some snow covered farm
machinery by the diamond-shaped road sign.
(c) If you want to try Strawberry or Woodchopper's Lane, the
easiest way to get there is to drive back to the T-intersection and go
south. It will appear that you are going to merge with all the northbound
traffic on Hwy. 400, but you won't because there is a little road that
runs southward parallel to the highway. Take it down about a km to
Woodchopper's Lane (if it isn't well marked, don't worry - it is the only
left turn beside the highway). Take the first street turn north (where Jane
Street jogs) and it will take you to Edward Street. Edward runs across to
Aileen, which then turns east and bcomes Strawberry Lane.
Despite all these directions, bear in mind the fact that these creatures have
wings and will likely have moved a bit. Having a scope - and some patience -
helps immensely.
