FW: [Ontbirds]Brown Creeper at LaSalle Marina today...
My apologies... As everyone knows, a Bald Headed Eagle should be a Bald Eagle(the hazards of posting late at night). Good Birding, Rick Thornton, Exeter, ON -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Thornton Sent: February 16, 2008 11:29 PM To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Subject: [Ontbirds]Brown Creeper at LaSalle Marina today... As a result of Norm Murr's luck and the Hamilton weekly post, Nancy Smith and I spent the day birding around the HSA, with great results. The best bird, we think, was a very cold looking BROWN CREEPER seen along the waterfront trail, along the boardwalk at the LaSalle Marina. Along with many Trumpeter swans at the Windows to the Bay. As well, we had great looks at the male HOARY REDPOLL on 10th Road at the first house, with the feeders. As well as getting the Hawk Owl and a Northern Shrike again at the tree line on the west side of the road, as Norm reported. We also saw the flock(?) of turkeys reported from 8th Road, and the group numbered 68 of the ones that we could see. Very nice looks at them as they vied for ears of corn and nice comparisons of the non-breeding males to females. We watched the two Peregrines fly and hunt at the lift bridge, as well as many nice waterfowl in the ship channel under the lift bridge, with many nice White Winged Scoters up close and easily studied. We were only able to see a single Bald Headed Eagle on the ice on the bay, but by that point, we were looking into the sun, so there may have been more. All in all a very beautiful day to be out and birding, and as always, the company was wonderful Good Birding, Rick Thornton, Exeter, ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
[Ontbirds]Concentration of Waterfowl, Inner Bay, Long Point
On Saturday, February 16, between 1600-1630h, the following species were foraging and resting in open water about 200 m off the north shore of the Inner Bay. I had good views/light from the first parking area along Front Street, just east of Port Rowan. Tundra Swan - 60 Trumpeter Swan - 5 Redhead - 250+ Canvasback - 8 Common Goldeneye - 4 Greater Scaup - 10 Mallard - 2 Canada Goose - 35 Also seen along the Long Point Causeway: Redtail Hawk - several soaring over Big Creek NWA Rough-legged Hawk - 2 perched on willows along causeway Northern Harrier - flying low on east side of causeway I also had a kingfisher around the boathouses within the cottage community across from Marina Shores. Tony Zammit Cambridge, ON Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
[Ontbirds]Bald Eagles, Big Rideau Lake
Yesterday afternoon we saw 2 Bald Eagles near Big Rideau Lake. The first was a 3-4 year old Eagle and we saw it flying northwest over McCann Road. We saw the second fly eastwards over the Narrows on Big Rideau Lake. It might have been the same bird but we did not get a chance to check its colouring. One Trumpeter Swan was still in the open water area east of the bridge; could not see wing tags if any were present. Directions: go to Google map and enter narrows lock road, Ontario Don Wigle Ottawa ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
[Ontbirds]Joining
Greetings I am a Guider and would like to be able to tell two of my guides how they can enroll in ONTBIRDS. How do I do it? Many thanks for your service to Ontario birders Mary ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
[Ontbirds] (Arctic) Three-toed Woodpecker - Field (n.w. of North Bay)
All; A certainly rare in any season, (Arctic) Three-toed Woodpecker was located, and watched leisuredly, as it worked hard to find food on the trunk of one ³ripe² tree by young Chris Suhka, of Field, along with your reporter and Fred Pinto, on Saturday aft. It will probably be around that vicinity for awhile yet. It was a female. It was within a small, but dense forest of 30-year old White Spruce and Balsam Fir just west of the little town of Field, off a now snowmobile trail on the way to Muskesung Lake. Field is about 20 miles north of Sturgeon Falls, which is in turn some 30 miles due west of North Bay. North Bay is 4 stop-lights north of Toronto. Toronto is --? Dick Tafel, 705 472-7907 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
[Ontbirds]Algonquin Park Birding
Hi Ontbirders Birded Algonquin Park late afternoon Saturday February 16th. Most activity was centered around the feeders at the West Gate and the Visitor Center and included Hairy Woodpeckers, Pine Grosbeaks and Red-breasted Nuthatches. A walk along the Spruce Bog Trail produced one Boreal Chickadee. It called only once and was observed feeding in the Spruce trees. A Northern Shrike was seen outside Huntsville. Visited the park again today, February 17th. Birded Highway 60 from the West Gate to the Visitor Center. Made a number of stops along the highway with very few birds except for Common Ravens and Black-capped Chickadees. Again, most of the activity centered around the feeders at the West Gate and Visitor Center. Birds were also drawn into areas such as the Spruce Bog parking lot and the gate at Opeongo Lake Road where people had scattered bird seed. We walked about 2 kilometers from the gate down Opeongo Lake Road and were fortunate to find a very tame male Black-backed Woodpecker working the trunk of a spruce tree. Other interesting finds were a Pine Marten off the Spruce Bog boardwalk and 4 Gray Jays on Opeongo Lake Road. During the rainy afternoon, we walked the Spruce Bog trail and relocated the Boreal Chickadee. good birding, Bruce The Algonquin Visitor Centre will be open on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday this weekend, from 10 to 5. Birders should check the feeders there, and at the West Gate. Directions: Courtesy Ron Tozer Algonquin Park is three hours north of Toronto, via Highways 400, 11 and 60. Follow the signs, which start in Toronto on Highway 400. From Ottawa, take Highway 17 to Renfrew, then follow Highway 60 to the park. Kilometre markers along Highway 60 in the Park go from the West Gate (km 0) to the East Gate (km 56). Permits and information are available daily at both gates throughout the winter, including the Algonquin Information Guide showing locations discussed here. The Visitor Centre (km 43) is open on weekends (now 10 to 5 through February). Recent bird sightings and information, plus feeders, can be found there. Birders visiting during the week are welcome to contact staff for birding information via the service entrance (right end of the building as you face it from the parking lot). 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/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
[Ontbirds]Amherst/Wolfe islands
Feb. 16 17, 4 of us birded Amherst Wolfe islands. Amherst owl woods had 2 Long-eared owls. There were 7 Rough-legged hawks, a N Shrike, 3 Kestrels, 2 Pheasants, 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Hairy, Downy woodpeckers, Common Redpolls, Goldfinch, Snow Buntings and Horned Larks on the island, plus a few duck species. At the Dupont Plant in Kingston (on King St) were many Black Ducks, Gadwall, 2 Hooded Mergansers and a male Pintail. Today on Wolfe: 3 Snowy Owls (2 immature females ) at Highway 95 and Baseline road. At least 30 Rough-legged Hawks (both morphs), 4 Kestrels, 2 N Shrikes, 11 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Pheasant, 80+ Snow Buntings, 25 Horned Larks, 2 White-breasted Nuthatches, and a Red Fox and 2 Coyotes on the offshore ice. At Cobourg Harbour were 3-4 Trumpeter Swans, a male White-winged Scoter, an adult Thayers Gull, 1st-year Glaucous and an adult Iceland Gull, as well as Great Black-backed, Ring-billed and Herring gulls. Dave Milsom Website : http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
[Ontbirds]brown creeper
A brown creeper was seen on a tree by the rail trail near Glen Morris. Glen Morris is between Cambridge and Paris. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
[Ontbirds]Burlington, Hamilton Stoney Creek Outing
Ontbirders: On Sat. Feb. 16, John Stirrat led an excellent outing for the Pickering Naturalists. Our group of ten keen birders visited a number of sites along the waterfront in Burlington and Hamilton. There were large flocks of GREATER SCAUP and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at all locations with many SURF SCOTERS, some Redheads and good numbers of all the usual waterfowl. Other good birds included one each of Iceland and Glaucous Gulls. Highlights: Shell Park at Travel Lodge – Black Scoter (1) LaSalle Park – American Wigeon (2 M, 1 F) Eastport Lift Bridge – PEREGRINE FALCON (pair), BALD EAGLE (1) on ice Windermere Basin – RUDDY DUCK (many), NORTHERN SHOVELER (15+), AMERICAN COOT (1), DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (several) Outlet to Windermere Basin – NORTHERN PINTAIL (2 M), RED-TAILED HAWK (1) dark morph Tenth Road East off Ridge Road – NORTHERN HAWK OWL (1) Desjardins Canal – PIED BILLED GREBE (1), HORNED GREBE (1), TRUMPETER SWAN (2) with wing tags Sorry for the late posting. Directions: Shell Park (at Travel Lodge) in Burlington may be accessed from Lakeshore Rd N in Bronte, just east of Burloak Drive. LaSalle Park is in Burlington south of Plains Road at Waterdown Road. Eastport Lift bridge is directly below the Burlington Skyway, and may be accessed from Eastport Drive immediately east of the lift bridge. Windermere basin is at pier 25, off of Eastport Drive. To reach the site for the Northern Hawk Owl, exit the QEW at Fifty Road, go south to Ridge Road, go west to 10 th Road East, go south just past RR tracks to trail, walk west. Desjardins Canal is in Hamilton near McMaster University. From Main St., take Cootes Drive north and west to Olympic Dr. Park just north of the canal. Swans are to the east, and rest of waterfowl and grebes are to the west of the road. Steve LaForest, Oshawa Steve LaForest (AT) hotmail.com _ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
