August 6 - Observed the Tricolored Heron in Niagara Falls, Ontario, from 6:45 to 7:35 PM this evening. It was about a mile upstream from the Horseshoe Falls and 120 meters upstream of the Engineerium Building. It was on a small (about a meter in diameter) rock about 5 feet from the shoreline. It was observed catching about half a dozen fish (abut 4 centimeters long) as well as smaller food. It then at 7:25 flew to a large rock about 20 meters from shore. Here are directions courtesy of Kayo Roy: Once in Niagara Falls drive along the Niagara Parkway above the Falls to Dufferin Island. Lots of tourists there at this time of the year and parking can be a real problem. Go to the south entrance road to Dufferin Island and park here. IT IS FREE. Walk back across the Parkway towards the Falls and look for the small GATE HOUSE HYDRO building. It is just south of the much larger old Toronto Hydro Building. There is a little parkette between these two buildings....walk along the NORTH side of Gate House building to the river edge. Look for the park bench closest to this small building, the heron was opposite this bench feeding from some shoreline rocks quite close to the shoreline. We then to Wainfleet bog and heard at least one and possibly two Whip-poor-wills. This location can be reached by crossing the Peace Bridge on to Rt 3 at Fort Erie and continuing west on Route #3 through Port Colburn to Wilson Road. Go north on the dirt Wilson Road one kilometer until a second dirt road goes to the left. Stop hear and listen for the Whip-poor-wills in Wainfleet bog on your right. Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 7 12:41:03 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.niagara.com (mail.niagara.com [209.5.56.12]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE41964110 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:41:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from KayoRoy (dsl-23.niagara.com [206.186.77.23]) by mail.niagara.com (8.13.6/8.13.4) with SMTP id k77Gf53G007861 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:41:05 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Diane and Kayo Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:40:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]NF Tricolored Heron - YES X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:41:04 -0000
The adult Tricolored Heron remains at the same location above the Falls = in Niagara Falls. DIRECTIONS: Once in Niagara Falls drive along the Niagara Parkway above the Falls to = Dufferin Island. Lots of tourists there at this time of the year and = parking can be a real problem. Go to the south entrance road to = Dufferin Island and park here. IT IS FREE. Walk back across the = Parkway towards the Falls and look for the small GATE HOUSE HYDRO = building (less than a 5 minute walk). It is just south of the much = larger old Toronto Hydro Building (sometimes called the Engineerium = building). There is a little parkette between these two = buildings....walk along the NORTH side of Gate House building to the = river edge. Look for the park bench closest to this small building, the = heron was opposite this bench feeding on small fish standing on some = very close shoreline rocks. Kayo Kayo Roy 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON L0S 1E3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 7 18:12:13 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s36.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s36.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.172]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458D563B61 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 18:12:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hotmail.com ([64.4.38.31]) by bay0-omc2-s36.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:12:13 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:12:13 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 64.4.38.200 by by116fd.bay116.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:12:10 GMT X-Originating-IP: [72.142.125.82] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "dave milsom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:12:10 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Aug 2006 22:12:13.0000 (UTC) FILETIME=[88BE9C80:01C6BA6E] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Schomberg Lagoons-many shorebirds X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:12:13 -0000 Schomberg Lagoons are very productive lately. The 3rd pond has been drawn down and is almost dry: over 300 shorebirds there at 5 pm today including Baird's Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, many Semipalmated and Least sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpipers, Killdeer, Pectoral Sandpipers and Spotted Sandpipers. About 12 Bonaparte's Gulls too. The 1st lagoon had a juvenile Wilson's Phalarope, there since Friday when Jim Coey and I were ejected after viewing it. Alone, I was ejected too at 3.40 pm Friday. I have tried to ask the authorities there for birders' access. In the meantime do not enter Mon. to Fri. between 8 am and 5 pm. Weekends should be okay-enter via main gate, walking along fence on right until you can climb over. 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] Mon Aug 7 18:26:41 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com (outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com [64.136.20.164]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CE8B463CAB for <[email protected]>; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 18:26:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail02.nyc.untd.com (webmail02.nyc.untd.com [10.141.27.142]) by smtpout05.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABCPRRSGAR9R3TA for <[email protected]> (sender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:26:14 -0700 (PDT) X-UNTD-OriginStamp: iZxwFzztkO4OCwB9wp3Gs8ASQad14hktMEHK6g13Gbtf4GBfYhVJNQ== Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by webmail02.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id LW72WK3D; Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:25:29 PDT Received: from [69.161.99.100] by webmail02.nyc.untd.com with HTTP: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:24:59 GMT X-Originating-IP: [69.161.99.100] Mime-Version: 1.0 From: "Jerry Lazarczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:24:59 GMT To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Webmail Version 4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-ContentStamp: 12:6:462803632 X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 10.141.27.142|webmail02.nyc.untd.com|webmail02.nyc.untd.com|[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Tri-colored Heron Niagara Falls ON Yes X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:26:41 -0000 The heron was there today 8/7/06 from about 14:15 to 14:45 PM when I = left. The heron caught 6 out of 6 1 =BD inch minnows (no fish). It = then missed the next 3 and finally caught one for 7 of 10 and I left = it at that. There was a man with a scope at the spot when I first = arrived but it took the second go-around of Dufferin Islands before I = finally found a parking space and the man was gone by the time I got = there. The parking lot at the gardens across and just slightly = downriver of the Engineerium had people trying to direct cars into = their paid parking and I think parking was $3.50 or $5, Canadian of = course. Which is a lot cheaper than the $18.00 to park across from = the Canadian Falls (Table Rock). The bird is certainly close enough = to be seen with naked eye and binoculars but was much better by = scope. It was on a rock 25-30 ft. offshore just off the park bench. = It appeared its right rearmost toe was disjointed or it may just the = weird way that digit was gripping the rock. It is certainly a = beautiful bird in breeding plumage. Kayo Roy's DIRECTIONS: Once in Niagara Falls drive along the Niagara Parkway above the Falls = to Dufferin Island. Lots of tourists there at this time of the year = and parking can be a real problem. Go to the south entrance road to = Dufferin Island and park here. IT IS FREE. Walk back across the = Parkway towards the Falls and look for the small GATE HOUSE HYDRO = building (less than a 5 minute walk). It is just south of the much = larger old Toronto Hydro Building (sometimes called the = Engineerium building). There is a little parkette between these two = buildings....walk along the NORTH side of Gate House building to the = river edge. = Look for the park bench closest to this small building, the heron = was opposite this bench feeding on small fish standing on some very = close shoreline rocks. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY 716-773-7452
