In York region, which is north of Toronto and south of Lake Simcoe, the flooded
fields at the northern terminus of Bathurst Street constitute a sort of "poor
man's Long Point". The spectacle of seeing literally thousands of swans, ducks
and geese staging along the northern shore of Lake Erie is one of the great
draws of that marvellous location but, for those who cannot always get down
there, some consolation lies in knowing that many (though by no means all) of
the species that migrate through Long Point also occur here, though in much
smaller numbers and for a shorter period of time.
Due to last weekend's balmy temperatures, a great deal of snow and ice has
melted to form vast puddles in the fields on the west side of Bathurst and the
north side of Hochreiter Lane. Tundra Swan numbers went from four on Saturday
to thirteen on Sunday and up to 70 today. Northern Pintails, which showed up
in small numbers last weekend, were up to approx. 300 today. Also present, of
course, were thousands of Canada Geese and several hundred Mallards accompanied
today by 30+ Green-winged Teal, 30+ Black Ducks, a pair of Wood Ducks, and one
Greater-black Backed Gull.
A pair of Northern Harriers was actively hunting on the west side of Bathurst
and local Red-tail Hawks in several locations were busy doing flight displays
and interactions. In the now thawed canal south of Bradford there were two
different groups of Hooded Mergansers, the males in fine form with crests
raised handsomely for their female escorts.
Ron Fleming, Newmarket
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This morning a very vocal immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was in the Clyde Ave =
woods. I don't know what all the squawking was about. There was no sign =
of any of the owls that have recently been reported from this location, =
but a small (4 to 6) group of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS briefly dropped in =
before departing again. Further out of town, there was an early EASTERN =
BLUEBIRD at the corner of Fifth Line and Berry Side Rd.
Paul Matthews, Ottawa
Clyde Ave woods can be accessed from either the west end of Morisset Ave =
(which is off Merivale between Carling and Baseline) or the north end of =
the southern section of Clyde Ave (for example, from the Clyde and =
Baseline intersection go north on Clyde and "exit" straight to stay on =
Clyde (rather than bearing left with all the traffic to Maitland Ave); =
go to end of Clyde to find woods on right/east).
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (12 Mar 2006) 39 Raptors
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Beamer Conservation Area
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 12, 2006
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 7 24 24
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 26 26
Northern Harrier 0 12 13
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 14 14
Cooper's Hawk 3 12 13
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 5 5
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 24 305 308
Rough-legged Hawk 1 18 18
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 2 2
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown UA 0 4 4
Unknown UB 0 1 1
Unknown UF 0 0 0
Unknown UE 0 0 0
Unknown UR 0 1 1
Total: 39 428 433
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 7.33 hours
Official Counter: Barry Cherriere
Observers: Linda Cherriere
Weather:
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Bill Smith ()
Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at:
http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/
Directions to site:
To get to Beamer CA, take the QEW to Exit 72, follow Christie St./Mountain
St. to the top of the escarpment, turn right on Ridge Road West, and go
1.6km to Quarry Rd. Turn right on Quarry Rd. and drive 100m to the
conservation area. Parking is normally available inside the park. If
parking at the entrance or on the roads, do NOT leave valuables in your
car.
