At about 10 am this morning, I observed the Harris's Sparrow in the campground at Long Pt P.P. The bird was hanging out with a small flock of White-crowned Sparrows.
At around 1 pm this afternoon Fergus Nicholl found a Black Vulture with a flock fo Turkey Vultures at the Tip of Long Pt. Later today around 5:30 pm Stu Mackenzie saw the bird with a flock of eight Turkey Vultures soaring over the Old Cut woodlot. The bird landed in one of the cottonwoods in the woodlot before moving over to a large cottonwood in Long Pt P.P. It was still there when I left it about 7 pm. The Turkey Vultures went to roost in the pines in the park and the Black Vulture probably did the same. Seeing it from the dyke at the Old Cut woodlot tomorrow morning may be a good bet. Ron Ridout Bird Studies Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 30 07:06:15 2007 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 9E823638B7 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:06:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 8794 invoked by uid 30); 30 Apr 2007 11:53:42 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 30 Apr 2007 07:04:42 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (27 Apr 2007) 238 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:06:15 -0000 Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 27, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 31 2500 4972 Osprey 1 39 41 Bald Eagle 0 6 40 Northern Harrier 5 45 76 Sharp-shinned Hawk 122 516 959 Cooper's Hawk 4 59 178 Northern Goshawk 0 2 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 21 635 Broad-winged Hawk 53 286 286 Red-tailed Hawk 18 526 1945 Rough-legged Hawk 1 33 85 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 34 60 Merlin 0 10 12 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown UA 0 2 3 Unknown UB 0 28 46 Unknown UF 0 0 0 Unknown UE 0 1 3 Unknown UR 3 22 31 Total: 238 4131 9380 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Brian Mishell Observers: Colin Horstead Weather: Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: Colin Horstead counted from 8:00am till 8:30am =======================================================================Report submitted by Bill Smith () Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at: http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/ Site Description: Beamer Conservation Area is located on top of the Niagara Escarpment above the town of Grimsby, Ontario. The site is 1km south of the south shore of Lake Ontario, 20km east of Hamilton, 40km west of Niagara Falls. 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.
