[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach (09 Oct 2009) 4 Raptors
Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 0 5520 6775 Osprey 0 7 79 Bald Eagle 0 20112 Northern Harrier 0 37372 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 1174 6336 Cooper's Hawk0117301 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 10 Broad-winged Hawk0 84 18256 Red-tailed Hawk 0 44266 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 0193 1213 Merlin 0 22 85 Peregrine Falcon 0 26 60 Unknown Accipiter0 0 6 Unknown Buteo0 1 8 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 4 7250 33883 -- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter:Justin Bosler Observers: Visitors: Needless to say, there were zero visitors. Weather: Overcast skies with persistent light rain. North to North-northwest winds at 5 to 10 mph. Temps. hovered between 10.4 and 10.9C. Visibility was reduced significantly by rain and fog (averaging 2 km or less). With no sign of improvement in the weather, the count was terminated by 12:00 EST. Raptor Observations: The final tally speaks for itself. Non-raptor Observations: Almost zero passerine movement, but surprisingly, a few birds, namely Blue Jays and American Goldfinches, decided to go for it. A smaller aggregation of Tree Swallows foraged low over the marsh. An estimated 300 in all. Predictions: Partly cloudy skies with light North and Northwest winds in the AM gradually rotating around to the West by early PM. High of 14C. Continuing northerly winds and clearing skies should get some raptors moving again. Report submitted by Justin Bosler (justin.bos...@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Black-throated Gray Warbler Rondeau Park
Hi all, Early this morning, I caught sight of a Black-throated Gray Warbler on south point trail in Rondeau Park. It was likely a basic adult male due to extensive black on throat. I only had a short glimpse (beside the trail) before it disappeared further back, and was not able to get a photo. I saw it go into a Pine tree, but I could not relocate it due to foliage, etc. At the time, I was studying a Prothonotary Warbler, which is possibly a record late for Rondeau. (I did get a photo of it!) There were many warblers this morning including large numbers of Orange-crowned (I spotted at least 10), Nashville Warbler, and quite a few Tennessee. Several Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos and 1 Warbling as well. It was almost like May with the number of birds! I suspected there would be a good number of birds after yesterday's weather. Location of Black-throated Gray was on south point trail (end of Lakeshore Rd.) about 350m from parking lot, or a little ways past the side trail that heads out to the light beacon and beach. Rondeau Provincial Park is found by exiting 401 at #101 (Kent Bridge Rd.) and travelling south to Rose Beach Line. Turn right and head towards the park. Watch for prominent highway signs. Blake A. Mann Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent, Ontario boatmannATkentDOTnet ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Refound- Loggerhead Shrike- Warblers-Port Burwell-Houghton Centre
The banded Loggerhead Shrike was seen again this morning at around 9:30 a.m. by Adrian Jurlink and John Lamey on the same barn posted with detail by Dave Martin two days ago. This is on 2nd concession Norfolk just south of lower side Road. I saw the bird around 10:30 a.m. in the same spot hunting from the barn roof. Flocks of many other migrants were moving along the lake this morning. In addition to the Raptors, Jays, goldfinch, robins and blackbirds, there were 50 to 70 American Pipits feeding in the lakeshore debris here at Monarch Landing . Thousands of yellow-rumped warblers and hundreds of Ruby-crowned kinglets could be found in almost every hedgerow near the lake. There are undoubtedly many interesting migrants still around if your willing to take the time to look. This morning in a few hours I had here, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireo, Black-th. Blue, Black-Th. Green, Yellow, Orange- crowned, Palm and Nashville Warblers. A dozen E. Meadowlarks and Tree swallows and a late Ruby-throated Hummingbird. It is a beautiful sunny day here at the lake with scattered clouds building from the north -west. Hopefully many of you will have an opportunity to get out and enjoy what may be the last opportunity to see some of these birds until next year. Have a happy Thanksgiving. Good Birding. AAron Allensen Monarch Landing 55751 Lakeshore Line, Port Burwell , On. Directions- From Port Burwell- for the Shrike- Take Glenn Erie line (East)(County Rd. 42) to 55(T-intersection) turn right(south). Go one road to Lower Side Rd. turn east (Left) . Proceed 3 roads to 2nd Concession turn right(south) . Go perhaps a quarter mile to the first barn on your left. The barn is silver(metal) with vents on the roof and Norway spruce nearby. _ Click less, chat more: Messenger on MSN.ca http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677404___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] 712 MIGRANT HAWKS DURING LIGHT NW WIND OF MORNING at Cranberry Marsh RW- Oct108/09--sw Whitby, ON
For 3 hours in the AM today/Oct.10, we had good thermals, light NW wind and a rising BP; as many as 15 observers were challenged to find high-flying raptors in the blue skies. They did a great job, counting 712 hawks. It was wonderful to have Stephen O'Donnell and Judy Arar, from Kenora, with us, along with Jim Heslop from the Golden Horseshoe. Cranberry Marsh sw Whitby, Ontario, Canada--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd. Saturday, Oct.10/09 Observation time: 0730-1230EDT Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Rayfield Pye, Alf Lisk, Karl Jennewein, Alan Woods, Jim Skene, Craig McLauchlan, Carol Horner, Stephen O'Donnell, Judy Arar, Dave Shilman, Barry Pinsky, Roy Smith, Winnie Poon, Jim Heslop, Rosemary Harris, Phil Babin and many others. Weather: light NW wind; BP=101.4 rising, TUV=3; 6 up to 20C; then at 1045 the wind swung to the W, AND the raptor numbers dropped off. Migrating Raptor Observations: SEE TABLE BELOW 468 TV, 2 BALD EAGLES (adult), 11 N.Harriers, 181 Sharp-shinneds,9 COOPER'S, 6 RED-SHOULDEREDs, 11 Red-tailed, 15 AM.KESTRELS, 9 Unidentifieds Non-raptor Observations: 5 GREAT EGRETs, VIRGINIA RAIL, White-crowned sparrow, 6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, WILSON'S SNIPE, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, AM.PIPIT, CACKLING GOOSE, Y-B SAPSUCKER, our resident 2-yr.old BE, and many others. 10 MONARCHS and 1 MOURNING CLOAK flew through. From the 401 eastbound, exit at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, then east through LakeRidge Rd. to the first street beyond--Hall's Rd.--south toward the lake to the second roadside parking area. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Raptor Species OCT. 10 Month Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture468 7272052 Osprey 0 3 134 Bald Eagle 2 6 38 Northern Harrier 11 20 65 Sharp-shinned Hawk 181 2921046 Cooper's Hawk 91655 Northern Goshawk 0 3 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 8 10 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 416 Red-tailed Hawk 1121 154 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1532 369 Merlin 0 4 26 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 30 Unknown Accipiter 1 9 9 Unknown Buteo2 2125 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 6 11 29 Total: 71211544229 - Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Iroquois Shoreline Oct. 10th/09
ISRW Heberdown C.A. North Whitby,Ont.,Canada Oct. 10th/2009 Totals Day Year Turkey Vulture 529891 Osprey 1 33 Bald Eagle 9 38 N.Harrier 436 Sharp-Shinned 85 423 Coopers 1036 N.Goshawk 0 1 Red-Shoulder8 8 Broad-Winged 1 1648 Red-Tailed 34 60 Rough-Legged0 0 Golden Eagle 1 4 A.Kestrel 21 59 Merlin 1 16 Peregrine2 6 UB 4 5 UR 4 17 Total = 713 3281 Hrs = 4.5 100.5 Observers; Mike Williamson, Martin Bence, Alfred Adamo 1 Adult BE @ 10:35 EST 1 2nd yr BE @ 11:35 EST 1 @ 11:45 EST 1 Adult BE @ 11:50 EST 1 2nd yr BE @ 11:50 EST 1 Adult BE @ 11:55 EST 1 2nd yr BE @ 11:55 EST 1 Juv. GE @ 12:15 EST 1 2nd yr BE @ 12:55 EST 1 2nd yr BE @ 2:40 EST Other observations 1 Common Nighthawk 3 Sandhill Cranes Report submitted by Mike Williamson coordinator for ISRW Info on Iroquois can be found at the Greater Toronto Hawk Watch .com site. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Toronto Islands Today - Western Kingbird and other migrants
Good evening folks. Today Ian Cannell, Margaret Liubavicius and I spent most of the day just birding Hanlans Point.We figured that with the rainy and windy weather the past couple of days that many birds would decide to move last night and this seems to be what happened as the number of Sparrows and Phoebes seemed to have drastically increased since we were there on Thursday. The best bird by a long shot was a Western Kingbird at the south end of the airfield fence at 11:45am. Ian and I were standing talking about how nice a day it had been ( bird and weather wise ) up to this time when a bird flew in from behind us and landed on the tip of a Lilac bush right in front of us. The bird of course was the Western Kingbird. About 10 minutes later Margaret rejoined us and we refound the bird as it seemed to have disapperaed right after we found it the first time. This bird was a life Ontario / Canada bird for both Margaret and Ian and a life Island bird for me. We could have headed home right then and been happy but we continued on birding Hanlans and following are some of the birds we found. Great Blue Herons, Canvasbacks, Greater Scaup, N. Harrier, lots of Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, Merlins, Peregrine Falcon, Y-B Sapsuckers, Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, 71 E. Phoebes, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creepers, Winter Wrens, both Kinglets in good numbers, 36 Hermit Thrushes, migrating Robins, Gray Catbirds, American Pipits overhead, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos, 2 Orange-crowned Warblers ( same on Thursday ), Nashville Warblers, Magnolia Warbler, many Yellow-rumped Warblers, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, 2 very nice male Pine Warblers, 42 Palm Warblers, Chipping, Field, Fox, Lincoln's, and Swamp Sparrows, 350 plus White-throated and 100 plus White-crowned Sparrows, many Dark-eyed Juncos, 125 plus A. Goldfinch migrating past, several hundred migrating Red-winged Blackbirds high overhead, 4 Rusty Blackbirds and 4 Eastern Meadowlarks. Thursday we had about the same mix but with far different totals for some species plus we also found the following birds :- American Bittern, Wood Ducks, Gadwall, Turkey Vultures, Belted Kingfishers, Swainson's Thrushes, and Eastern Towhee. Directions:- TORONTO ISLANDS ( Ward's Island to Hanlan's Point - without side trips is 5 km ) Now on the Fall Schedule. NOTE:- THE WINTER SCHEDULE STARTS ON TUESDAY - NO CENTRE ISLAND FERRY AND REDUCED TRIPS TO HANLANS POINT. If you are on the subway southbound stay on it and get off at Union Station, walk south on Bay Street ( on the east side of the station ) for about 1 km to the ferry docks at the foot of Bay Street at Queen's Quay and you are there. The entrance to the ferry docks ( well signed ) is on the west side of the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. To get to the Toronto Islands from the Union GO Station on the TTC. You may transfer to either the # 6 or #6A Bay St. TTC bus on Bay Street just outside of the east entrance to the GO Station. They both go down Bay Street to Queen's Quay. When running there is a street car ( #509 Harbourfront ) that goes from the Union Station to Queen's Quay ( no transfer required ). For those that choose to head down to the docks on Sunday before the Subway opens you can catch the #320 Yonge St. Blue Night bus. This bus will let you off right across the street from the ferry docks entrance. This bus is the night time 97B Yonge St. bus. If in an auto on the Gardener Expressway or on Lakeshore Blvd, then exit at Bay Street and drive south to Queen's Quay, there are lots of parking lots nearby (fee). These parking lots are located just a block north of the ferry docks with more a block east of the ferry docks. There is a fee for using the island ferries ( $6.50 adult / $4.00 for seniors and students ( all fares are return ) and to find out the sailing times you can phone (416) 392-8193 or check the following web site http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/fallschedule.htm There are washrooms and drinking fountains on the islands as well as the city side at the ferry docks and you can pick up a schedule at the docks. The 1st boat to Ward's Island (my preferred starting point) is 6:35 am and the 2nd is 7:00 am Monday to Friday. The 1st is at 6:35 am and the 2nd boat is at 7:15 am on Saturday and Holidays. ( Note:- On Sundays the first ferry to Ward's is at 7:45 am ) The 1st boat to Hanlan's Point is 8:00 am and the 2nd boat is at 8:30 am Monday to Friday. The 1st is at 8:15 am and the 2nd boat is at 9:15 am on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. If arriving in early am ( before 7:30 ) you must obtain your ticket from a machine just inside the gate so be sure to have $1.00 and $2.00 and / or 25 cent coins before you arrive at the docks as there is no place to get change and the machine does not make change. But -
[Ontbirds] Ottawa - Ross's Goose
Hello Ontbirders Between 5:00 and 5:30pm this evening, at the main Moodie Drive Quarry Pond, there was an adult Ross's Goose in close proximity with 3 adult and 1 juvenile Snow Geese. At about 6:15pm, three Long-billed Dowitchers vocalized during a fly-by. Note that hunters are active in the cedar woodlot on the opposite side of Moodie Drive (west side) Directions courtesy of Neily World: http://ca.geocities.com/larry.ne...@rogers.com/stony8.htm Tony Beck http://www.tonybeck.ca Always An Adventure ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Brant and other migrants
Hi Ontbirders There was lots of activity along the Ottawa River both with water and land birds. Between 8:30a.m. and 10:00 a.m. there was a small flight of Brant, a total of 8 flocks were observed, 8-150+, totaling 600+ birds. Also, 3 flocks of male White-winged Scoter, 44, 28 and 8. There were a few other species migrating including Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Northern Pintail, Black Scoter,Common Loon and 100's of gulls mainly Ring-billed Gull. At Britannia Conservation Area/Mud Lake there was a good movement of land birds with lots of Golden and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, 20+ Winter Wren, 9 Blue-headed Vireo, 1 Red-eyed Vireo and smaller numbers of Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, Dark-eyed Junco and Purple Finch. In the Shirley's Bay area over 500+ American Robins were noted plus a roosting Northern Saw-whet Owl. 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 Defense 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. There is lots of POISON IVY along 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: The Britannia Woods/Mud Lake area is located in Ottawa off Richmond Road and Carling Ave. Take Britannia Road north to Cassels and turn right and go east a few 100 metres and park near entrance to woods. Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www.dilabiobirding.ca http://www.brucedilabio.blogspot.com Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O. Box 538 Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0 Office 613-839-4395 Mobile 613-715-2571 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach (10 Oct 2009) 3755 Raptors
Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture3208 8728 9983 Osprey 3 10 82 Bald Eagle 5 25117 Northern Harrier10 47382 Sharp-shinned Hawk 339 1513 6675 Cooper's Hawk 22139323 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 8 13 Broad-winged Hawk1 85 18257 Red-tailed Hawk 26 70292 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 3 3 4 American Kestrel 115308 1328 Merlin 11 33 96 Peregrine Falcon 9 35 69 Unknown Accipiter0 0 6 Unknown Buteo0 1 8 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total:3755 11005 37638 -- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter:Todd Pepper Observers:Bob Pettit, Chuck Sharbaugh, Jim McCoy, John Winebrenner, Justin Bosler, Lisa Silvey, Sarah Rupert Visitors: Many visitors today from Ontario, Michigan and Indiana including: Dennis Gwen Patrick from the Peregrine Foundation; annual visitors Larry, Lisa and John from Fort Wayne, Indiana; Anne Smith and Jackie Copland from Flat Rock, MI; John Chris Craft from MI; and various families and other interested persons throughout the day. Weather: Clear skies, moderate north-west to south-west winds, temperature from 7.4 to 14.8 degrees. Raptor Observations: A good Turkey vulture day with over 3,200 birds, and a good falcon day. Also a steady movements of Sharp-shinned. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of species on the move today, a good sign for tomorrow's Big Sit. Notable were 50 Killdeer, 5 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Chimney Swift, 3 species of Swallow, almost 10,000 Blue Jay and over 850 American Goldfinch. Predictions: Mostly clear skies with west winds up to 15 km/hr and temperatures from 2 - 9 degrees. Report submitted by Todd Pepper (tandjpep...@cogeco.ca) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (10 Oct 2009) 3123 Raptors
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture2667 7885 8367 Osprey 0 7137 Bald Eagle 3 31193 Northern Harrier 6 60341 Sharp-shinned Hawk 380 1692 5706 Cooper's Hawk4 39116 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 4 7 Broad-winged Hawk2 66 22147 Red-tailed Hawk 6 15 67 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel51253 2269 Merlin 0 2 52 Peregrine Falcon 3 59115 Unknown Accipiter0 0 0 Unknown Buteo0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total:3123 10114 39519 -- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter:Colin Horstead Observers:Dave Verkley, Derek Lyon, Don Taylor, Jacques Giraud, Jennifer Lyon, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy, Mark Cunningham, Mary Carnahan, Wayne Parnall Visitors: A few visitors today including Claire Gibson (Richmond Hill), Moira Fennel (Oshawa) Weather: A much nicer day today with broken cloud cover...lots of sun...temp to a high of 15C. Winds were light from the N and WNW...then going variable for the last few hours. Raptor Observations: A good flight of TV's (2667)...and a steady movement of Sharpies (380)...with 3 more Peregrines. Total birds were 3123. Non-raptor Observations: Common Highthawk, Swamp, Lincolns, White-throated, White-crowned Sparrows, Chimney Swifts, N. Parula, BT Green, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Tennessee, Yellow-rumped, Pine,RC and GC Kinglet, E. Bluebird, Warbling Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Am. Robins, RB Grosbeak, E. Phoebe, RT Hummingbird, a few Monarchs. E. Towhee, Gray Catbird, Red-bellied and Downie Woodpecker, N. Flicker, Great Horned Owl. lots of flocks of Blackbirds, Blue Jays and Crows Predictions: Sunday weather is looking nice...though the winds are supposed to be moderate from the W. Still, we have had decent flights on such winds and with nice weather after an extended period of unsettled weather the birds will likely be moving through. At this point Monday is looking like rain coming in. Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.on.ca) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Algonquin P.P - Oct. 10 - LeConte's, Clay-colored Sparrows more
Hello Birders, Birding Algonquin Park this morning proved to be very productive. There were two BOREAL CHICKADEES and two GRAY JAYS on the Old Railway near West Rose Lake on the Mizzy Trail. Also present were AMERICAN PIPIT, PALM + YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and some more common species. On the eastern end of the Airfield, I located, in a mixed sparrow flock, two CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS. Also present were SWAMP, SAVANNAH, WHITE-CROWNED, AMERICAN TREE and CHIPPING SPARROWS, plus D.E JUNCOS. The two LECONTE'S SPARROWS previously reported by Mike Burrell were re-located in the alders near Lake of Two Rivers on the east side of the airfield (Thanks Ron!). There was also a PINE WARBLER amongst numerous yellow-rumps. Flocks of HORNED LARKS and AMERICAN PIPITS were prominent on the Airfield. Photographs - http://www.flickr.com/photos/levfrid/3999482606/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/levfrid/3999479874/ Directions - Directions: 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. The Old Airfield is located along the Mew Lake Campground access road, park at a small parking lot on the left at the beginning of the Old Railway Bike Trail and walk around the airfield. The Wolf Howl Pond West Rose Lake area can be accessed by driving 4.8km up Arowhon Rd and then turning right onto an abandoned railway and follow 0.6km to chain gate, park well to the side and walk in 1.5km to Wolf Howl and another 1km to West Rose. Good Birding, Lev Frid, Maple, ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
