[Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (14 Nov 2006) 181 Raptors
Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2006 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 41 2418 35050 Osprey 0 0111 Bald Eagle 4 14109 Northern Harrier 8370 1149 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3292 9382 Cooper's Hawk4132709 Northern Goshawk 0 9 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 15297373 Broad-winged Hawk0 2 7730 Red-tailed Hawk104 1791 2913 Rough-legged Hawk1 18 24 Golden Eagle 1 19 29 American Kestrel 0 4 2106 Merlin 0 5121 Peregrine Falcon 0 7108 Unknown19 30 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 181 5397 59970 -- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Mike Fitzpatrick Observers:Claude Radley, Rene Keibossa, none Visitors: Rene Kielbasa, Claude Radley Weather: Morning started out completely overcast and quite cool-wind was out of the north. Around 11:15, the sun came out, there were patches of blue and the birds just kept on comin! The winds shifted to the south around 2pm, the clouds came back even heavier, and the flight stopped cold! A dark cloud bank rolled in around 3:15 that looked like snow clouds. By the time it reached the tower, we were in almost-twilight! Raptor Observations: the majority of birds came thru in 4 kettles spaced throughout the few hrs of semi-cloudy conditions. The lone GE was an adult. Non-raptor Observations: 3 sandhill cranes flew over at 11:45. They were later seen at SMRR. A bizarre-looking crow flew over(surprisingly) that was missing most of his secondaries, and half of his primaries. We kept wondering how he was able to NOT move in perpetual circles! We also had a tailless TV Predictions: could be very good, esp with NE winds. There has got to be some RL's some way, some day! Report submitted by Michael Fitzpatrick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
[Ontbirds]Ottawa/Gatineau summary re: loon numbers
Greetings Ontbirds people, An amendment to the summary posted yesterday re: the "loon fallout" in Ottawa on 13 November: In addition to the 178 Red-throated Loons reported in the summary from the Ottawa River, 44 were seen on the river at Dick Bell Park earlier in the morning and subsequently flew south, thus bringing yesterday's total up to 222 birds! Ontbirds readers will have noted that 104 Red-throated Loons were reported today 14 November between Dick Bell Park and Constance Bay. Thanks to Tony Beck and Bruce DiLabio for posting their counts of these numbers to Ontbirds. Good birding! Chris Lewis Ottawa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Ontbirds]Tundra Swans in Kingston, ON
Hi All, On our way home from work today, we spotted approximately 12 Swans in Elevator Bay between the Dupont Plant and a row of townhouses known as Commodore's Cove along Front Road in Kingston. The light was rapidly fading but we still managed to get a good look at them with our binoculars and are fairly certain that these are Tundra Swans based on the shape of their necks and the shape and colour of their beaks. There were at least three immature Tundra Swans in amongst the adults. With the grey sky (it was drizzling) and water and the fading light, these large, stark-white birds looked quite resplendent as they gracefully floated about the bay. Cheers, Peg Hauschildt Kingston, ON Directions: Take the 611 turn-off on the 401 at the west end of Kingston and turn south. Drive down Gardiner's Road until you reach a major intersection with Bath Road (an A&P store is at this intersection). Turn right onto Bath Road then immediately turn left at the next traffic light onto Days Road. Follow Days Road to the very end and turn left onto Front Road at the traffic light (an auto repair shop is at this intersection). Elevator Bay is on your right-hand side immediately after the second set of traffic lights that turn into the Dupont Plant.
[Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (14 Nov 2006) 376 Raptors
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2006 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 45 3715 72999 Osprey 0 1225 Bald Eagle 0 13191 Northern Harrier 2229991 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4272 8396 Cooper's Hawk8118703 Northern Goshawk 0 1 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 36634876 Broad-winged Hawk0 0 67956 Red-tailed Hawk277 3206 5378 Rough-legged Hawk0 17 24 Golden Eagle 3 64 83 American Kestrel 1 8 1861 Merlin 0 3 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 46 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 0 9 Short-eared Owl 0 1 1 Total: 376 8287 159791 -- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5.75 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers:Fred Kirn, Lathe Claflin, Paul Cypher Visitors: Ron Harkness Bruce Roberts Weather: Overcast conditions early gave way to some brighter breaks, if not quite full sunshine, at midday. Much of the day overall saw an alternating series of cloudy and less cloudy intervals. Winds were light for the most part and variable. Raptor Observations: After a very slow start, the brightness at midday sparked a very good movement of birds dominated by Red-tailed Hawks as well a small push of TVs along with a smattering of other species. A partially albino Red-tail highlighted the passage. This activity tapered off quickly in the afternoon once heavier clouds moved into the area again. Non-raptor Observations: Three Sandhill Cranes were noted in migration. Also, a singing American Tree Sparrow added a bit of cheeriness to a mid-November day. Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
[Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (14 Nov 2006) 556 Raptors
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2006 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 29836 25458 Osprey 1 5278 Bald Eagle 0 20347 Northern Harrier10235 1915 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13270 14863 Cooper's Hawk1 76607 Northern Goshawk 1 9 48 Red-shouldered Hawk 42445889 Broad-winged Hawk0 0 43083 Red-tailed Hawk451 2590 4635 Rough-legged Hawk3 25 40 Golden Eagle 5 65115 American Kestrel 0 8 5076 Merlin 0 10236 Peregrine Falcon 0 0101 Unknown16 51 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 556 4610 97744 -- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers:Colin Horstead, Ernie Gribble, Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan, Matt Oswald, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Mostly just the regulars out today...including Matt Oswald, Keith Sealy, Colin Horstead, Shay Redmond, Ernie Gribble, Mary Carnahan and Ronnie Goodhand (who brought along some great homemade cookies...thanks Ronnie!!!) Weather: The day started out overcast to the north but with blue skies over Hawk Cliff. Clud began to move in by mid-morning and then broke back out a bit by early afternoon. Winds were variable and never more than light...eventually seeming to settle in from the S. Temp got to a high of 12C. Raptor Observations: Another nice fligth today with a total of 556 birds. A good count for Redtails with 451 with some nice kettles that included many Red-shoulders as well with 42. Just 3 more Roughlegs (all Light morph) and another 5 Golden Eagles...on of which was an adult bird that crossed over right above us not more than 30-40m up!! Non-raptor Observations: Noted 3 Tundra Swans and several flights of Eastern Bluebirds. A very large flight of crows eastward in somewhat of a reverse migration. Predictions: Wednesday could be really good with higher pressure moving in and possible light NE and E winds. I would expect another good Redtail flight if the skies open up with some sunshine. Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm Site Description: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie Directions to site: >From east 401, take the Highbury south cut off at London, follow Highbury (Hwy 30) south to St. Thomas. Highbury changes into South Edgeware at a large curve in the road to the west. Follow South Edgeware west to the first set of traffic lights - Burwell Road, turn left (south) and stay on this road. It becomes Fairview Ave (Regional Road 22), which runs directly into Hawk Cliff Road. You will see a sign for Hawkes Cliff Farm, where they sell fresh vegetables and a gravel road just beyond sign. Just continue down gravel road to viewing area. >From west 401, take the Highway # 4 (Colonel Talbot Rd.) exit south, through Talbotville, road now is Sunset Rd. continue towards St. Thomas; you will come to a veer in the road, straight up to St. Thomas, veer to the right for Port Stanley, follow Highway 4, now Sunset to Port Stanley. As you approach Port Stanley you will come to a large curve in the road with a sign saying East St, to the left. Take East St., and follow it to the first road left, (opposite Port Stanley Water Tower) Dexter Line. Follow Dexter Line approximately 2 km. and turn right down gravel road at Hawkes Cliff Farm, and follow gravel road to viewing area
[Ontbirds]gulls, geese and cranes - Ottawa
Hello Ontbirders Thanks to big trucks and continuous drizzle, roadside birding was a soggy endeavour this afternoon. Regardless, several birds were close enough to the road to observe reasonably well. The most productive spot was at the corner of Brophy and Moodie, in particular the northeast field. Present here were 2 Cackling Geese, 1 Greater White-fronted Goose, 1 first winter Iceland Gull and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls including 4 winter adults and 1 first winter. There was 1 Cackling Goose in a corn field on the north side of Bankfield, east of Hwy 416, very near the intersection with Hwy 73. Directions courtesy Neily World: http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/stony7.htm There was 1 more Cackling Goose along Rideau Road between Spratt and Limebank. Directions taken (in part) from Neily World: From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 121A (Bronson Avenue). Go SSE on Bronson for 3.6 km, crossing the Rideau River on the Dunbar Bridge and going over Riverside Drive, before bearing right to take the Brookfield Road exit. In 0.1 km merge right onto Brookfield Road and drive 0.5 km to Riverside Drive. Turn left onto Riverside Drive and go 5.9 km to Limebank Road on the left. Turn left or SSE onto Limebank and drive 0.8 km to Tom Roberts Avenue. Continue along Limebank Road, past Leitrim, past Earl Armstrong, all the way to Rideau Road and turn right (west). At 2:30 pm, all 74 Sandhill Cranes were together in the plowed field west of Milton Road, south of Smith. Directions courtesy Neily World: http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/merblu8.htm By 3:20 pm many geese had already accumulated at the Quarry Ponds off Moodie Drive with many more arriving. A quick scan produced 11 Ruddy Ducks, and 8 Snow Geese (likely 2 families - 3 Greater with 1 juvenile & 5 Lesser Blue with 3 juveniles). Directions courtesy Neily World: http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/stony8.htm Cheerio Tony Beck 158-B Woodridge Cr., Ottawa, Ont. K2B 7S9 (613)-828-5936 website: http://www3.sympatico.ca/beck.tony/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 14 18:13:51 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B015639F5 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:13:50 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 14422 invoked by uid 30); 14 Nov 2006 23:02:30 - Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 14 Nov 2006 18:11:30 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (12 Nov 2006) 808 Raptors X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:13:51 - Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2006 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3807 25429 Osprey 1 4277 Bald Eagle 3 20347 Northern Harrier33225 1905 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29255 14848 Cooper's Hawk 18 75606 Northern Goshawk 0 8 47 Red-shouldered Hawk 19403847 Broad-winged Hawk0 0 43083 Red-tailed Hawk679 2139 4184 Rough-legged Hawk 10 22 37 Golden Eagle11 59109 American Kestrel 0 8 5076 Merlin 2 10236 Peregrine Falcon 0 0101 Unknown16 51 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 808 4051 97185 -- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers:Alf Rider, Derek Lyon, Don Taylor, Eric Single, Jason McGuire, Jennifer Lyon, Shay Redmond, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: Lots of visitors out to the Cliff today...thanks to everyone for helping out...Karen Padburg and Russ Airey from Windsor (regulars at Holiday Beach HW), Remi and Rhoda Van horik from London, Bill Bradfield, Janice Herman, Paul and Karen Thomas, Gwen and Dennis Lewington and Mark Cunningham. Also quite a few of the regular counters out...Jen and Derek, Eric, Su and Shay, Don, Alf and Jason. Weather: Light NE winds today
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Last night at 21:10 my daughter, Georgia, pointed out a Snowy Owl sitting along the west side of the QEW and the 4th Line overpass in Oakville. The bird sat quietly 10 m from 4th Line as we passed by on three separate occasions. Drive along the QEW and get off at 3rd Line. Turn east along the North Service Road and continue along until you reachn4th Line. Turn right to go over the overpass and the owl was on the west side of the road. Mark Peck Oakville Mark Peck Ornithology/Department of Natural History Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queen's Park Toronto, ON Canada M5S 2C6 416 586 5523 fax 416 586 5553 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 14 15:06:48 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4])by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D1E0639AF for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:06:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from brucedb4u2q8ov ([64.230.30.104]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:06:43 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Di Labio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:06:47 -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 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa: Red-throated Loons X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:06:48 - Hi Everyone The visibility was good between showers this morning and I was able to count 92 Red-throated Loons between Dick Bell Park and Shirley's Bay. There were 3 distinct flocks and a small number of individual birds. Most birds appeared to be adults in winter plumage while 4 of the lone birds were juvenile plumaged. There were still a good number of Common Loons 70+ and at Constance Bay I observed another flock of 12 adult winter plumage Red-throated Loons off 774 Bayview Drive. If you require additional information, please email me privately. good birding Bruce Directions:Shirley's Bay: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Moodie Drive exit and turn north (right) on Moodie Drive and continue to Carling Ave. Turn left at Carling Ave. and follow Carling to Rifle Road. Turn right (north) on Rifle Rd. Park at the lot at the end (boat launch). Walk back to the road, and continue through the gate on the Department of National Defence property. There is a trail on your right (clearly marked with vehicle "No Entry" signs) which heads into the woods, and, eventually to the dyke. PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE RANGE CONTROL OFFICE BEFORE ENTERING THE DYKE AREA-- Call (613) 991-5740 and request permission to visit the dyke area for birding. Directions: Dick Bell Park: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west, turn north on Bayshore Drive, continue to Carling Ave. Turn left (west) on Carling Ave. Proceed along Carling Ave. and after passing watch Andrew Haydon Park watch for Dick Bell Park on your right. Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
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Repost, this time the pics should be visible: Spent a few hours in Owl Woods today on 4 Nov, located 2 NSWO & 15+ LLO. See NSWO pics. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/KingstonBirder/3.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/KingstonBirder/1.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/KingstonBirder/NSW2.jpg
