[Ontbirds]Re: Cooper's Hawk in Hamilton
Lately I have noticed a cooper's hawk in my yard on occasions. Possibly from removing part of the valley. If the bird is there it will be on the east side of Pearce Cartage storage building that backs onto the houses. If it is in this area it can be seen within the first few houses near the hydro/phone wires. So far I have seen it 3 or 4 times within the past 6 weeks. I did see the hawk around Barton St. flying to a tree in the valley last Sunday as well. Pearce Cartage is located on Glow Ave. in Hamilton. If coming from Niagara QEW area, as you come into Hamilton take the Burlington St. cutoff and take Parkdale Ave. S Then turn left on Glow Ave. Glow Ave is the first street off of Parkdale N. Pearce Cartage is down about half a block on left side. If coming from Toronto QEW, take Niagara bound and just over the Skyway bridge is the Woodward Ave. exit. Take Woodward Ave. to Glow Ave. Turn right onto Glow Ave. till you pass the 3rd stop sign. Pearce Cartage is about half a block down on right side. Possibly can also see it if you go north on Brighton Ave. which runs off of Glow Ave. There is parking on street and can look between houses as well. If the bird is there it will be within the first few houses, around the first 700 house numbers on west side of street. -- ___ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com
[Ontbirds]Pine Siskin, Red-br. Nuthatch - Wheatley, ON
Hi Folks Today had a single PINE SISKIN and a single male RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH at the feeders. Neither species had been present in the yard for over six weeks. Possibly an indication of some northward movement of these species. Also dozens of COMMON GRACKLES, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS taking over the ground feed. Good Birding! Tom Tom Hince Wild Rose Guest House RR1, 21298 Harbour Road, Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0 Canada [near Point Pelee National Park] (519) 825-9070 (ph) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.netcore.ca/~peleetom
[Ontbirds]Great Gray Owls in Holland Landing
Up far too early for work this morning, I took my dog out for a drive and a walk under the full moon. He and I observed two Great Gray Owls in the Holland Landing area and another just west of Newmarket in the Holland Marsh area. At 6:15 a.m. we saw one perched on the west side of the 2nd Concession (which is the northern extension of Main Street out of Newmarket) north of the Mount Albert Road. The bird was on hydro pole by the driveway just across and slightly south of Algonquin Court. We saw another GGOW fly across the road in front of us at the northern terminus of Yonge Street in north Holland Landing (across from Silver Lakes Golf Course) at first light. Later, after a chilly walk, we observed a third Great Gray on Dufferin Street just north of the Miller Sideroad on the outskirts of Newmarket. There is a little dip on Dufferin Street as soon as you pass Miller; the bird was perched very close to the roadside, looking into the field on the west side of the road at the southern edge of the wood. I have seen this individual four times over the last seven days. He appears to be a juvenile bird with sharper-edged feathering at the tail than the worn, rounded remiges of the adult birds I've seen.
[Ontbirds]Old owl message inadvertently sent
I apologize for having just sent an old GGOW report to this website. I hit the SEND button instead of the DELETE button as I was cleaning up my files. Brain cramp. Ron Fleming From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar 12 11:29:47 2005 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from web88008.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88008.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.195]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8BB5563E97 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:29:47 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [70.24.83.31] by web88008.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:35:16 EST Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:35:16 -0500 (EST) From: RON FLEMING [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: OFO Bird Sightings ontbirds@hwcn.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: David Atkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds] Snowy Great Gray Owls, Red-shouldered Cooper's Hawks - York Region X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:29:48 - Capitals used below are for quick reference, not dramatic effect. There are still several GREAT GRAY OWLS lingering in York Region. Sightings of 6 and 5 by David Atkins and Keith Dunn, respectively, were made in the last week and I observed four birds this morning (Saturday, March 12). Two were on the 2nd Concession just south of Queensville Sdrd. in east Holland Landing, one on the south side of Bradford Street near the Beaver gas station in southeast Bradford, and another was hunting from the fenceline on the west side of Dufferin Street about 1.5 km north of Hwy. 9 on the western outskirts of Newmarket. This latter area is just past Miller Sdrd., where the road takes a dip. I finally got around to checking on the SNOWY OWL that has been observed on several occasions in south Keswick by Keith Dunn, Gene Denzel and several others and, sure enough, the bird was on drive-thru display near the western end of Ravenshoe Road about 2 kms west of Leslie Street. Looking for all the world like a large white-morph Rock Pigeon, the bird was perched conspicuously atop the television antenna at house #479 on the south side of Ravenshoe Road. Keith Dunn, who lives in the area, has seen it at this location a few times, so it is the first place one should check. Driving back toward Leslie Street I observed a COOPER'S HAWK flying west to the woodlot on the south side of Ravenshoe Rd. that separates the residential area from the agricultural flats. I did not see the GGOW that Keith has observed on several occasions near the east end of the baseball diamonds on the north side of the road. Back in Holland Landing, I checked the northern end of Yonge Street near Silver Lakes golf course, as this can be a good area for raptors, but only found two sleeping racoons and a bemused porcupine looking down at me from a tree at the dead end of the road. There were numerous HORNED LARKS giving their tinkly call in the agricultural flats of the Holland Marsh area south of Bradford, but I could not find the Snowy Owl that has wintered there since January (I have seen it 3 times out of about 20 attempts - not a high percentage of success). At the south end of Day Street, which runs south from Canal Road, I had a pair of AMERICAN KESTRELS that appear to be year-long residents, as I have seen them here on several occasions. Checking once again for GGOWs along Dufferin Street on my way back home to south Newmarket, I instead watched - and listened to - a very vocal RED-TAILED HAWK flying southwest into the hydro cut, seemingly announcing territory. Moments later, as I wandered east along a small footpath on the east side of the road (a sign announces No Motorized Vehicles by the roadside), I watched a buteo flying very low in a northeasterly direction through the small woodlot there. I assumed it would be the red-tail mentioned above or its mate, but when I got my binoculars on the bird I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK sporting very orange chest bars as it passed by. I had hoped to find my first Red-winged Blackbirds of the spring but didn't turn up any. Anyone who has seen some already in York region, let me know (privately) so I can write down the date. They are later arriving this year. Redwings aside, it was very nice raptor morning! Ron Fleming, Newmarket DIRECTIONS: Holland Landing is just north of Newmarket, which, in turn, is halfway between Toronto and Barrie between Hwys. 400 and 404. 2nd Concession is actually the northern extension of Main Street out of Newmarket; it changes its name when it crosses Green Lane. There are at least two GGOWs that roost somewhere in the woodlot on the east side of the road (private property); they come out to sit on the phonelines at the forest edge
[Ontbirds]Spring Arrivals-Bolton
Spring is definitely close at hand here. Yesterday and today there were 50 Robins, 40 Cedar Waxwings, 25 Starlings, a lone Red-winged Blackbird, several Crows, hundreds of Goldfinches, all recently arrived, feeding voraciously throughout the morning. Overwintering birds included Red-breasted Nuthatch, Cardinal, HairyDowny woodpeckers, about 20 Redpolls, Juncos, Am. Tree Sparrows, Mourning Doves, House Finches House Sparrows. The Hawk Owl has not been seen in Bolton for 11 days now. There are flocks of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings on manured fields along Healey Road west of Humberstation Rd. Dave Milsom 232 Belair Drive (off Ellwood East, off #50) Bolton Check website for bird tours : [1]http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] References 1. http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar 12 13:44:10 2005 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33A2A63890 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:44:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from VALUED7B9600FA ([216.209.153.24]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP [EMAIL PROTECTED] for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:49:39 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Norm Murr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ONTBIRDS ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:49:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: [Ontbirds]Harlequin On The Humber X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:44:10 - Good afternoon all. This morning I had the pleasure of watching a nice adult male Harlequin Duck feeding at the mouth of the Humber River in Toronto and as I stood there admiring him a 1st year Bald Eagle flew past overhead. I then walked a short distance west of the river to Humber Bay Park and among the usual birds was a singing male Red-winged Blackbird and of course the expected N. Mockingbirds and 15 waterfowl species. Directions. The Humber River empties into lake Ontario in west Toronto at Lakeshore Blvd just west of Windemere Ave. There is parking at Lakeshore Blvd and Windemere and if coming by the 501 Queen St. streetcar then get off at Windemere and walk south under the overpass to Lakeshore Blvd. You will see the big white pedestrian bridge over the Humber River off to your right. Cross Lakeshore Blvd to the paved footpath and walk to the bridge. The Harlequin was between the footbridge and the Lakeshore Blvd Bridge. If you continue on west from the river you will see Humber Bay Park about a half a km away. You can walk to it from here. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Eliminate annoying spam! My mailbox is protected by iHateSpam, the #1-rated spam buster. http://www.ihatespam.net
[Ontbirds]Gyrfalcon at Hillman Marsh
Today at 12 noon my brother Randy and i had the pleasure of observing the Gyrfalcon perched on top of the utility pole directly behind the green pump house along the shorebird compound we had enjoyable looks with binoculars and scope Robert Horvath Windsor [EMAIL PROTECTED] good birding __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 13 07:56:38 2005 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from e450.mnsi.net (e450.mnsi.net [216.8.137.207]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5B4963A0E for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 07:56:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (dyn216-8-144-41.win.mnsi.net [216.8.144.41]) by e450.mnsi.net (8.13.2/8.13.2) with ESMTP id j2DD2BQ7017040 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:02:14 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:02:12 -0500 From: Bruce Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ONTBIRDS ontbirds@hwcn.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Lesser Black Backed Gulls X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:56:38 - Haven't seen any reports lately from the Niagara Gorge. Is anyone seeing any Lesser Black Backed Gulls? Thanks Bruce
