Petroglyphs CBC correction

2002-12-30 Thread Anne Anthony
Sorry, for the Petroglyphs CBC report, I forgot to add in those unidentified
birds to the record total.  Therefore, the total individual birds should be
3,932.  Also the date of the count was Sunday, December 29, 2002.

Anne

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turkeys

2002-12-30 Thread Don Perks
To-day the 30th of December Ilooked for and found turkeys in the Toronto
area.Up to 30 on the Innis Lake Rd 1.3 kms north from the Patterson Rd.
  9 other turkeys were along the Finnerty Sideroad just
200 yards west of the Centreville Creek Rd.
 Drive north on the Airport Rd.then right (east)on the Patterson Rd 1
concession then left on the Innis Lake Rd.These fields are all posted but
the turkeys were easily seen from the roadway looking westward
Good luck and a happy new year
Don Perks
1141 Woodeden Dr.S.
Mississauga,Ont.L5H 2T7
(905) 278-9567



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Ottawa- White-winged Crossbills stuff for local winter listers

2002-12-30 Thread Christina Lewis
Sent this yesterday, didn't seem to go anywhere...trying again!

- Original Message -
From: Christina Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: OFO Sightings ontbirds@hwcn.org
Sent: December 29, 2002 7:48 PM
Subject: Ottawa- White-winged Crossbills  stuff for local winter listers


 Hello Ontbirders,

 Of interest in the Ottawa area today was a sighting by ourselves  a few
 others (Bob Bracken, Chris Lewis, Bob Cermak, Brenda Carter, Ken Garrett,
 Lois Knaggs  Paul Mirsky) of at least 6 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS
(including
 1 male giving a full flight-song) flying over the woods along the Anderson
 Rd. ski trail in the east end of Ottawa. While this location does not
 contain ideal habitat for feeding (i.e. the woods contain mostly pines 
 decidous trees), this is the 1st report of Crossbills of either species in
 the Ottawa area this year, and we report it just as a heads up -- are
more
 finches finally heading this way?

 Also, perhaps of interest to local winter-listers, on December 28 Langis
 Sirois found a group of 6 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS at a feeder in the Alta
 Vista area of Ottawa, and Colin Bowen reports an EASTERN MEADOWLARK which
he
 found at 550 Chemin des Dominicains on the Quebec side during the
 Dunrobin-Breckenridge CBC the same day.

 LOCATIONS:  The Anderson Rd. trails are part of the Mer Bleue trail
complex.
 Take Hwy 417 east from Ottawa and then the 417 south at the 17 / 417
split.
 Exit at Anderson Rd., go north on Anderson past Russell Rd. and look for
the
 P-19 parking lot on your left.  There is a network of trails here;
following
 the trail going west from the parking lot, then north, then west and north
 again will lead back to Anderson Rd (a Black-backed Woodpecker was found
 along this trail on Dec. 15  but was not seen today)The feeder with
the
 B-h. Cowbirds is at 1973 High Ridge Rd. off Billings Rd. but there is no
 need to enter the property - the feeder can be viewed from Billings Park,
a
 public area behind the house. (Langis also reported several American
Robins
  a Sharp-shinned Hawk in the area)The location for Eastern Meadowlark
 is along Ch. des Dominicains which runs south off Hwy 148 west of Aylmer,
 Quebec.

 Good birding  Happy New Year!
 Bob Bracken  Chris Lewis
 Ottawa
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Yellow-breasted Chat still at LaSalle Park, Burlington.

2002-12-30 Thread Tom Thomas
The Yellow-breasted Chat that I reported a couple of
 weeks ago, and consequently seemed to disappear,
 leaving me to think that it had done the obvious and
migrated,showed up again today and looks in pretty
 good shape. At 3 p.m. it was in the thick brambles
 that border the north side of the South Shore Trail,
 between the two lookouts that have the benches.
 At this point I wasn't one hundred percent sure it
was the Chat, it was raining and my binoculars were
 fogging up and all I was seeing was a yellow blur as it flitted about the
undergrowth.I decided finally to try and
see it from the trail that winds back through the woods
directly opposite from the spot where I first saw it , and
 with a little pishing, it popped  up into a berry bush and
 started feeding.
LaSalle Park can be found by exiting the 403 at Waterdown Rd.Burlington and
heading South to the Bay.
 Regards-Tom Thomas.

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