There are still a lot of Bonaparte's Gulls in the Niagara Falls - Queenston/Lewiston area of the river. However, there was not too much that was different with them today. The immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE remains in the gorge below the falls. It was seen resting on the water between the American and Canadian (Horseshoe) Falls and seen feeding at the base of the Canadian Falls. One adult LITTLE GULL was at the Whirlpool. 3-4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were in the falls area and another first-winter bird was at Adam Beck (the power plants). One near-adult BALD EAGLE flew over the control gates and put up all the gulls that were above the falls. A white-winged gull that sounded more like a THAYER'S than a Kumlien's was reported at the power plants. No White-fronted Geese today but one Greylag was downriver from the stranded barge. With a few negative reports now, it appears that the Franklin's Gull seen on one day last weekend, has departed. I'd be happy if someone proved me wrong. Also, a "probable" Black-headed Gull was reported from Dunkirk Harbor (on Lake Erie, south of Buffalo). Good birding! Willie ---------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 4 18:22:46 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from kos.net (nyx.kos.net [199.246.2.113]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F002163A8F for <[email protected]>; Sat, 4 Nov 2006 18:22:45 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 7871 invoked by uid 65534); 4 Nov 2006 23:23:39 -0000 Received: from 216.185.93.144 (SquirrelMail authenticated user otoole) by www.kos.net with HTTP; Sat, 4 Nov 2006 18:23:39 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 18:23:39 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:03:13 -0500 Subject: [Ontbirds]Northern Saw Whet & Long Eared Owl's Amherst Island X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:22:46 -0000
Spent a few hours in Owl Woods today. I almost gave up until I ran into another birder who was kind enough to show me where the owls were hiding, thank again for you help. Three Northern Saw Whet's in the White Cedars near the main White Cedar grove along the trail. At least six Long Eared owls in the Jack Pine plantation. A Bald Eagle flew directly over owl woods and once again I was alerted to this by a birder in the area. Northern Harriers were plentiful in the many fields. [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/KingstonBirder/NSW2.jpg[/IMG] Directions: Exit off Hwy. 401 at exit 593 (County Road 4, Camden East) and drive south to the very end (Millhaven). Turn right on Hwy. 33 and drive 100 metres until you see the sign for the Amherst Island ferry. The ferry (20 minute trip) leaves the mainland on the half hour and leaves the island on the hour. Cost is $6.00 round trip. There are no gas stations on the island. There are restrooms on the ferry, and at the island ferry dock. The East End K.F.N. property is at the easternmost part of the island on the east side of the Lower Forty Foot Road. Paul O'Toole Kingston Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 4 20:27:22 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99D7563AF6 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 4 Nov 2006 20:27:21 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 9650 invoked by uid 30); 5 Nov 2006 01:21:50 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 04 Nov 2006 20:11:50 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (04 Nov 2006) 141 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:27:22 -0000 Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 71 1713 34345 Osprey 0 0 111 Bald Eagle 0 3 98 Northern Harrier 28 97 876 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 188 9278 Cooper's Hawk 6 62 639 Northern Goshawk 2 4 18 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 94 170 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7728 Red-tailed Hawk 17 660 1782 Rough-legged Hawk 4 8 14 Golden Eagle 1 4 14 American Kestrel 0 1 2103 Merlin 0 5 121 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 106 Unknown 11 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 141 2844 57417 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Jim McCoy, Kathy Evans Visitors: Kathy Evans, Michigan Mike St. Pierre, Belle River, Ontario Lat Carrea, Toronto, Ontario Dan and Paul Mennill, Windsor, Ontario Jim McCoy Weather: Partly cloudy, light to moderate winds blowing out of the south, temperature ranged from -3 to 7 degrees, no precipitation, good visability. Raptor Observations: An early and consistent movement of Northern Harrier throughout the day, mostly immatures and adult males. A Golden Eagle at 9:15 and a nice mix of buteos and accipters throughout the day, including a Dark Phase Rough-Legged Hawk and a Northern Goshawk. Non-raptor Observations: American Crow - 3,682 Blue Jays - 22 American Goldfinch - 273 Other fly-bys over and under the tower included: Golden-crowned Kinglet (8); Horned Lark (3); Cedar Waxwing (18); a late Great Egret, Northern Flicker (3); Tundra Swan (4); Dunlin (11;)and, a single Little Gull. Species still in the marsh include 9 species of duck, both Mute and Tundra Swans, Pied-billed Grebe and Great Blue Heron. Predictions: Mostly cloudy, 3 - 8 degrees, winds out of the south-south-west 12 - 17 km/hr and a 5% chance of precipitation. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
