[Ontbirds] Snowy Owls - Pearson Airport, Toronto
Dear Fellow Birders, Yesterday I had three Snowy Owls, likely males, interacting with each other beside the runways at Pearson Airport in Toronto. Definitely a good sign there are/will be lots of Snowies this winter. Directions: In Toronto take the 427 north to Pearson International Airport, go into the terminal and book yourself a flight on Air Canada, then board your plane and sit on the runway for a few hours. Mike Boyd Vancouver, BC ___ 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]Black Vulture - Simcoe
Dear Fellow Birders, Around 5:45pm today I found a Black Vulture just south of Simcoe, off of Hwy 24. It was initially seen over Hwy 24 but then flew to the east and began soaring around with a group of 5 Turkey Vultures before heading back west again. When I left it was heading west over Hwy 24 but much higher than the Turkey Vultures. Directions: Exit Hwy 403 at Hwy 24 South, west of Brantford, and follow it south past Simcoe. It was seen near the intersection with Radical Rd, however I would imagine it may be closer to Hwy 59 tomorrow if it continued in a westerly direction. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario ___ 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]8 King Eider - Stoney Creek
Dear Fellow Birders, Today I was out with some birders from Guelph to the Hamilton area and the highlight for our day was 8 King Eiders off of Sayers Park in Stoney Creek. They consisted of 6 imm. males and two females. A few Surf Scoters were also present but visibility was declining when we arrived. Directions: Exit the QEW east of Hamilton at Centennial Parkway and head north to North Service Rd. Turn right and follow it east to Drakes Dr and turn left. Follow this to Lakegate Dr and turn right. Sayers Park is at the end of the road. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario ___ 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]Sandhill Cranes - Long Point
Dear Fellow Birders, A quick visit to Long Point yesterday yielded 160 Sandhill Cranes flying out from their roost where Big Creek empties out into the Inner Bay. The cranes then scattered to the surrounding fields where getting an accurate count is much more difficult but are much easier to observe. Directions: Exit the 401 near Woodstock at Hwy 59 and follow this south to Lake Erie. When you reach Lakeshore Rd you can turn right here and check the fields along here as they often have cranes. To find the roost continue on Hwy 59 until you hit the bridge over Big Creek. You can park here and if you are present at sunrise or starting an hour before sunset you can see the cranes leaving/arriving at the roost. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario ___ 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]Bufflehead x Hooded Merganser Hybird - Bronte Harbour
Dear Fellow Birders, Today while on the Mid-winter Waterfowl Count I came across an apparent Bufflehead x Hooded Merganser hybrid at the east side of Bronte Harbour. It was seen for about 40 minutes immediately east of the harbour in with a flock of Greater Scaup, Common Goldeneye, and Bufflehead. The bird had a blackish head that came to a crest, similar to a Hooded Merganser, but had a oval white spot behind the eye (which was black), the breast was white, the back grayish, and the sides whitish-gray, with what looked like a bit of white on the leading each of the wing. I unfortunately did not have a camera at the time, so no pictures were taken. I am interested to hear how often this hybrid has been seen in Ontario. Also seen today was a Red-throated Loon off of Coronation Park, and NO Harlequin Ducks were found in the Port Credit area. Directions: Take the QEW west from Toronto to Oakville and exit at Bronte Rd and follow this south to the lake. Park along the road and walk to the open lake east of the harbour. Coronation Park - Exit the QEW at Third Line and follow this down towards the lake, turn left at Lakeshore Rd and then right into the park. Port Credit - Exit the QEW at Mississauga Rd and follow this south to the lake, it dead ends at Saddington Park which provides lake access. Sincerely, Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario ___ 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]Collingwood Area Birds
Dear Fellow Birders, Birding the lakeshore of the area between Meaford and Collingwood today turned up some decent birds for the area. Meaford Harbour turned up the young Pied-billed Grebe that was first found on the CBC. Bayview Park in Thornbury turned up 8 Greater Scaup, Hooded Merganser, 10 Glaucous Gulls (5 adults, 1 second winter, and 4 first winter), and yesterday a Ruddy Duck was present. Collingwood Harbour turned up a first winter Glaucous Gull, Hooded Merganser, Redhead and two Lesser Scaup. Directions: Exit the 400 north at Hwy 26 and follow this west towards Collingwood. Once in Collingwood, turn right on Hickory St, park at the end and walk into the park to access Collingwood Harbour. Continue on Hwy 26 to Thornbury and then turn right on Elgin St and Bayview Park is at the end. Continue on Hwy 26 to Meaford, then turn right on Saint Vincent Street and follow this to the lake to access the harbour. Sincerely, Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario ___ 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]Snow and Ross's Goose - Long Point
Dear Fellow Birders, To add onto the flurry of geese sightings this fall, I just had 53 Snow Geese and 1 Ross's Goose at Long Point. Of the Snow Geese about 40% were blue phase, and the flock was a mix of adults and young. This is probably one of the largest flocks of Snow Geese recorded for the Long Point area. Directions: Exit the 401 at Hwy 59 and follow this south all the way down to Lake Erie. Just before heading down over the Big Creek marshes, turn right (west) on Lakeshore Rd.and head about 4km west. The geese were in a corn field at the east end of the houses that are across from Lee Brown's Pond. -- Mike Boyd Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund 115 Front St. Port Rowan, Ontario N0E 1M0 ___ 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] Tundra Swans, 6000+ Sandhill Cranes - Sault Ste Marie area
Dear Fellow Birders, Today I had my first Tundra Swans of the fall, with a total of 13 seen at Pumpkin Point Platform. Also a Snow Goose was seen last week near Iron Bridge, mixed in with Canada Geese, and Cackling Geese have also begun to be seen every couple of days. A late Broad-winged Hawk was seen on Sept 24. Sandhill Cranes appear to be reaching their peak, with an estimated 6000+ in the area between Echo Bay and Iron Bridge. The largest roost is about 5km east of Bruce Mines with 1200+ cranes. Directions: Pumpkin Point Platform - Follow Hwy 17 east of Sault Ste Marie to Pumpkin Point Rd (south of Echo Bay) and follow this west for a few kms, it will be on the north side of the road. Bruce Mines Sandhill Crane roost - Follow Hwy 17 east of Sault Ste Marie to just east of Bruce Mines, the roost is not visible from any road, however you can see the cranes coming into the roost at the intersection of Hwy 17 and Waltonen Rd. -- Mike Boyd Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund 115 Front St. Port Rowan, Ontario N0E 1M0 1-888-448-2473 ext.214 ___ 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/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
[Ontbirds]Sedge Wren - Long Point Provincial Park
Dear Fellow Birders, This morning I found a Sedge Wren singing in Long Point Provincial Park at the 'traditional' location for them here. I originally found him singing around 6:10am and was last heard around 10:40am. A Least Bittern was also heard here this morning. The Bird Studies Canada ponds have also been good lately with a White-rumped Sandpiper yesterday and a Wilson's Phalarope the day before. Directions: Exit the 401 at Hwy 59 near Woodstock and follow it south down to Lake Erie. The BSC ponds are just east of the intersection with Front Rd, before you cross the causeway. The provincial park is at the end of Hwy 59. Once you are in the park follow the road as it winds along the marsh past the boat launch. On the north side of the road there will be two large ponds that have a grass path mowed around them, the bird was singing in the grassy field to the east of these ponds. Mike Boyd Port Rowan, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 23 13:38:37 2007 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from fep7.cogeco.net (smtp2.cogeco.ca [216.221.81.29]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D698463494 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 23 May 2007 13:38:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cogeco.ca (smtp3.cogeco.ca [216.221.81.30]) by fep7.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 346221D29; Wed, 23 May 2007 13:38:37 -0400 (EDT) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailer: Cogeco Webmail - complaints to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( 24.36.166.90 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) X-Originating-IP: 24.36.166.90 Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 13:38:37 -0400 Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Whimbrels at Saddington Park, Mississauga X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:38:38 - Further to Wayne Renaud's report, while on my way to Toronto this morning at 9:20 a.m., I stopped in at Saddington Park located at the end of Mississauga Road. As I walked out the east side of the park I viewed a flock of 175 - 200 Whimbrel circling out on the lake. I watched this awesome phenomenon for about 20 minutes. At one point the whole flock circled over my head at a close distance and the noise they made was considerable. The flock then moved west and overland from there. Directions to Saddington Park: QEW to Mississauga Road, south on Missauga Road to the lake. Cheers, Cheryl Edgecombe From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 23 14:19:18 2007 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from stcshb2.statcan.ca (stcshb2.statcan.ca [142.206.3.27]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ADA863494 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 23 May 2007 14:19:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stcsha2.itsd.statcan.ca (fdrysnatemail2.stc.ca [142.206.214.72]) by stcshb2.statcan.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l4NII4C0022516 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 23 May 2007 14:18:04 -0400 Received: from stcsha2.itsd.statcan.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) l4NIHkkA010349 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 23 May 2007 14:17:46 -0400 Received: from STCEMBH01.statcan.ca (afsij02rs-01.itsd.statcan.ca [142.205.234.55])l4NIGMbB008679 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 23 May 2007 14:16:22 -0400 Received: from stcem01.statcan.ca ([142.205.234.62]) by STCEMBH01.statcan.ca with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 23 May 2007 14:16:23 -0400 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6619.12 Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:16:22 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Grey-cheeked Thrush, Ottawa Thread-Index: AcedZnZieotgvy5MRfSKmaVVaH9+/w== X-Message-Flag: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 May 2007 18:16:23.0039 (UTC) FILETIME=[7817A8F0:01C79D66] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Grey-cheeked Thrush, Ottawa X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:19:18 - At lunch time today, there was a Grey-cheeked Thrush in the woodlot north-west of Tunney's Pasture and south-west of the Champlain bridge. It allowed excellent and prolonged views, which is certainly not always the case with this species. There was also a singing Canada Warbler, but apparently few other migrants. Paul Matthews, Ottawa Directions: The woodlot is south-east of the Ottawa River Parkway/Island Park intersection. I suggest parking on one of the residential streets such as Carleton (but be aware of parking restrictions). At its north end, Carleton turns into a paved path that goes down to the river. Take only a few paces
[Ontbirds]Recent Long Point Birds
Dear Fellow Birders, While the rare bird from the past week was the Ross's Goose reported yesterday, several harbingers of spring have been noted yesterday and today, brought up by the recent warm front. Additionally, the opening in the lake just west of Long Point continues to widen, Big Creek is opening up as well as several small openings are present at the causeway bridge (and it is completely open in Port Royal), and a few small openings have formed in the Inner Bay which have already been found by scaup. So it won't be too long until waterfowl begin to pour back into the area. If people are interested in tracking the breakup of ice on Lake Erie (and other Great Lakes) this is an excellent website http://ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/app/WsvPrdCanQry.cfm?CanID=11080Lang=eng Some of the spring migrants that were found yesterday and today include one Killdeer yesterday and two today at West 1/4 Line Lakeshore Rd, and another Killdeer at Bird Studies Canada yesterday as well. Tundra Swans were seen heading west along the lake shore yesterday and today and an additional birds to the flock that over-wintered have been seen in the fields lately as well. Large numbers of Common Mergansers, Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls have been seen moving back and forth between openings on the lake and scaup have been seen making scouting flights into the area looking for open water. Another wave of American Crows and increased numbers of European Starlings have been noted in the area, and a few American Robins were seen moving in from off the lake today. Large numbers of Horned Larks have pushed into the area and over 1000 Snow Buntings were seen yesterday with a few Lapland Longspurs in with them. A few flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds have been in the area recently, a couple small flocks of Common Grackles were seen today, and the 200+ Brown-headed Cowbirds continue to winter in the Clear Creek area. Other recent good birds include a Common Raven in the Wilson Tract, the male Eastern Towhee in Clear Creek, Sandhill Cranes continue to winter here, although family groups (vs. flocks) have been more frequent lately, a dark-phase Rough-legged Hawk has spent the last few days at the BSC office, Bald Eagles are regularly seen on the ice near any of the openings, and a few flocks of Wild Turkeys have been seen with a group of 25 having been seen regularly 500m west of Gore Rd on Lakeshore Rd (just west of Long Point) and another group in Backus Woods near campground A seen regularly as well. Directions: Exit the 401 at Hwy 59 near Woodstock and follow it south all the way to Port Rowan. There is an intersection here, to the left is Front Rd (which takes you by the Bird Studies Canada office on the right), and Lakeshore Rd to the right (which takes you towards Clear Creek). If you continue straight on Hwy 59 you will come into Big Creek which is the large marsh that will surround you. Mike Boyd Clear Creek From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar 3 16:38:18 2007 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp2.cogeco.ca [216.221.81.29]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1CEA638FA for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 16:38:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from DFDY3391 (d141-168-180.home.cgocable.net [24.141.168.180]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id AB245CBE for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 16:38:16 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jim Heslop [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Subject: Fw: [Ontbirds]Varied Thrush -Selkirk Provincial Park Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 16:38:15 -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 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:12:16 -0500 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:38:19 - OntBirders The female Varied Thrush reported by Tom Thomas 2 weeks ago was still at the banding trailer in Selkirk P.P. this morning. Tom's directions below. A flock of 15 Red-winged Blackbirds were at a backyard feeder south of regional road 3 on the road into the park. Also, on the drive down from Ancaster, there was a pair of N. Flickers down on the roadside on McKenzie Rd. south of York Rd. Horned Larks were at the roadside literally everywhere along with a few small flocks of Snow Buntings. Good Birding Jim Heslop [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds ontbirds@hwcn.org Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:46 PM Subject: [Ontbirds]Varied Thrush -Selkirk Provincial Park Hello birders, While Tim King and I were birding Selkirk P.P.this afternoon,we spotted a Varied Thrush. We
[Ontbirds]Recent Long Point Birds
Dear Fellow Birders, While there hasn't really been an influx of birds over the past week, having a number of people down here for the Ontario Bird Banding Association conference helped in turning up a number of birds. Also the ice on the lake has begun to break apart just west of Long Point, with a large area open now, and birds (so far just gulls and Common Mergansers) have begun to use the area again. Additionally with the warm weather some of the inland ponds have begun to open up as well. With more warm weather forecast this week and the possibility of rain, we could see more water open up and waterfowl begin to move into the area. With the number of swans, cranes, ducks, and geese still in the area it was speculated some open water might had been around, and it was finally found at the very end of Hastings Drive. Where there is a small area about 100m past the end of the road in Big Creek that is open and is usually full of waterfowl, including 120+ Tundra Swans, Redheads, Canvasbacks, Ring-necked Ducks, Greater Scaup, A. Black Ducks, and a female Hooded Merganser. Also in the fields along Lakeshore Rd. most of the swans can be seen, and up to 35 Sandhill Cranes continue to winter in the area (once again they are most often seen near Lakeshore and West 1/4 Line). Also along Lakeshore Rd. Horned Larks, Snow Buntings, and Lapland Longspurs continue to be seen, and a Merlin was seen near the corner of Lakeshore and 59 on Wednesday. At the Bayou Club on Concession A a Northern Flicker was seen and one of the E. Screech-Owls was sticking its head out of a box on the north side of the road near the river on Saturday. At the edge of Big Creek where it meets the mainland on the causeway a Winter Wren, Swamp and Song Sparrows were seen on Saturday, and in Clear Creek an adult Northern Goshawk was seen the same day. Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Rough-legged Hawks, and Bald Eagles continue to been seen across the area in low numbers, while American Crows have been seen in fewer numbers and have likely began to move on. Directions: Exit the 401 at Hwy 59 near Woodstock and follow it south all the way to Port Rowan. There is an intersection here, to the left is Front Rd (which takes you by the Bird Studies Canada office on the right), and Lakeshore Rd to the right, which leads to Clear Creek. If you continue straight on Hwy 59 you will come into Big Creek which is the large marsh that will surround you and Hastings Drive is the road leading to the west at the south end of the marsh. Mike Boyd Clear Creek, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 25 17:25:03 2007 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from heracles.kos.net (heracles.kos.net [64.201.45.10]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7918D63978 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:25:03 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 3787 invoked from network); 25 Feb 2007 22:25:00 - X-Mail-Scanner: Scanned by qSheff-II-2.1-r1 (http://www.enderunix.org/qsheff/) Received: from unknown (HELO D3ZD7M31) (64.201.47.133) by heracles.kos.net with SMTP; 25 Feb 2007 22:25:00 - Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Terry Sprague [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ontbirds ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:23:28 -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 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 cc: Nancy Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Harris' Sparrow in Prince Edward County X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:25:04 - Hello everyone, A Harris's Sparrow is coming to a feeder in Prince Edward County at 2800 County Road 1. The bird appeared at noon today while I was waiting at this address to co-lead a winter hike in a wooded swamp on this property. The bird fed on the ground beneath the feeders with a number of Dark-eyed Juncos and American Tree Sparrows and was in sight for about five minutes. The bird apparently first appeared two weeks ago, but the owners were not sure of its identity. Birders are welcome at this address and are asked to park along the shoulder of the road. However, feel free to view the feeders from the driveway which are located between the house and the highway. Please use reasonable caution as this is an extremely busy feeder. It is unknown at this time if the bird has any kind of regular feeding routine. The bird's larger size, decidedly pink bill, well defined streaking on its upper back, and considerable black in the facial area and upper chest set it apart from the other feeder guests. In the short time I saw the bird, I now believe it to be an adult bird in winter plumage as opposed to an immature which I first considered
[Ontbirds]Recent Long Point Birds
Dear Fellow Birders, There have been a few more signs of spring lately down here in the Long Point area. Mixed flocks of Horned Lark, Lapland Longspur, and Snow Bunting have been frequenting the roadsides, as well as an increasing number of American Crows are in the area, a flock of four Eastern Bluebirds near Bird Studies Canada, and small flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds and Common Grackles are visiting local feeders. Ducks have also been seen making forays across the lake looking for open water recently, and a series of flocks totaling 1500 ducks was seen moving east just inland today. Other good birds that have been seen lately include a Long-eared Owl and Eastern Towhee in Clear Creek, several Rough-legged Hawks and Bald Eagles in the area, White-throated and Swamp Sparrows visiting the Old Cut bird feeders, up to 70 Tundra Swans, and at least 35 Sandhill Cranes were seen today, although a week ago 85 were seen, so there may be more around. The best area for Sandhill Cranes is along Lakeshore Rd between Port Royal and West 1/4 Line. Directions: Exit the 401 at Hwy 59 near Woodstock and follow it south all the way to Port Rowan. There is an intersection here, to the left is Front Rd (which takes you by the Bird Studies Canada office on the right), and Lakeshore Rd to the right. If you continue straight on Hwy 59 you will come into Big Creek which is the large marsh that will surround you. Mike Boyd Clear Creek, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 19 18:36:35 2007 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from bay0-omc1-s21.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s21.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6001638B9 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:36:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.163]) by bay0-omc1-s21.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:36:35 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [70.49.16.80] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from user26e8f47460 ([70.49.16.80]) by bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:36:34 -0800 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Karl Egressy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ontbirds ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:36:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary==_NextPart_000_0009_01C75454.E173D7C0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Feb 2007 23:36:34.0887 (UTC) FILETIME=[CAD44570:01C7547E] X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Snowy and Short-eard Owls in Metz area. X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:36:35 - This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0009_01C75454.E173D7C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Birders,=20 Sorry for the late report. Yesterday we were trying to re-find the Snowy and Short-eared Owls in = Metz area, reported by Kim MC Guire. We found two Snowy Owls, both sitting on a utility post only a couple of = km apart. It was not the same bird, we double checked on it. We found one sitting on a post on 5th Line, close to Sideroad 25. The other was sitting on a post on Hwy 16 close to Sideroad 25. The short-eared Owls were flying between 5:15 PM and 6:00 PM at the location of 7th Line and Sideroad 20 intersection. This area is close to Arthur, you can Google it, as I did. Good Luck: Karl and Marienna Egressy PS: You can view the picture of one of the Owls here: = http://www.naturesbestcreations.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3D2324#2324 --=_NextPart_000_0009_01C75454.E173D7C0--
[Ontbirds]Recent Long Point Birds
Dear Fellow Birders, The waterbird activity dropped off following this weekend, when the last bit of open water at Big Creek froze over. There are still quite a number of Rough-legged Hawks, Northern Harriers, and Bald Eagles in the area, with Big Creek and the back of BSC being the best locations to find them. A Eastern Screech-Owl was found in one of the Wood Duck boxes on the south side of the road near the Bayou Club. A few Red-winged and Rusty Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, and Common Grackles are around, but they are scattered and a lot more difficult to find. Horned Larks and Snow Buntings are still present on the concessions, and the feeders at Old Cut have been productive lately with Field, Swamp, and White-throated Sparrows being seen amongst more regular visitors. Directions: Exit the 401 at Hwy 59 near Woodstock and follow it south all the way to Port Rowan. There is an intersection here, to the left is Front Rd (which takes you by the Bird Studies Canada office on the right), and Lakeshore Rd to the right. If you continue straight on Hwy 59 you will come into Big Creek which is the large marsh that will surround you. Mike Boyd Long Point, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 7 19:27:34 2007 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts40.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.97]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD35163493 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:27:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp1.sympatico.ca ([209.226.175.203]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP [EMAIL PROTECTED] for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:27:34 -0500 X-Mailer: Openwave WebEngine, version 2.8.6.6 (webedge20-101-174-112-20020617) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:27:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Chipping Sparrow Carleton Place (Iain wilkes) X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:27:34 - Our Chipping Sparrow is still at our feeder virtually everyday. Looks like he is here for the duration iain and susan
[Ontbirds]Recent Long Point Birds
Dear Fellow Birders, Birding has been great down in the Long Point area lately, with most of the good birds being seen in the vicinity of Big Creek. Today there were 98 Sandhill Cranes, 100+ American Coots, 13 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 Hooded Merganser, 15 Ruddy Ducks, 400-500 Tundra Swans, 3 Canvasback, 4 Redheads, 5 Rough-legged Hawks, 5 Bald Eagles, and 6+ Northern Harriers. Big Creek has largely frozen over, there are only a few spots now where the river is still open, including at the bridge along Lakeshore Rd (which had 20+ Coots the other day) and where it meets the Inner Bay at Hwy 59. The latter is where all of the waterfowl listed above is congregated and are very easy to see and photograph from the bridge. About 100m further south along Hwy 59 you can see part of the opening that Big Creek creates at the Inner Bay and this was where all 98 cranes were coming into roost tonight (which is interesting as I am not aware of cranes regularly roosting on ice), also there may have been more that had come in to roost before I had arrived. Other birds of note seen recently include a Eastern Meadowlark, Great Horned and Short-eared Owl at the back of the Bird Studies Canada, two Eastern Screech-Owls in the boxes on the north side of Concession A near the Bayou Club, Snow Goose, Gray Partridge near Backus woods, Turkey Vulture, Golden Eagle, hundreds of Brown-headed Cowbirds, the occasional Red-winged Blackbird or Common Grackle, several Rusty Blackbirds at Turkey Point, and lots of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings along the concessions. A drive along Lakeshore Road west of Hwy 59 to Gore Rd and up to Conc. A and back over to Hwy 59 is usually productive and will also take you by the Bayou Club. Directions: Exit the 401 at Hwy 59 near Woodstock and follow it south all the way to Port Rowan. There is an intersection here, to the left is Front Rd (which takes you by the Bird Studies Canada office on the right), and Lakeshore Rd to the right. If you continue straight on Hwy 59 you will come into Big Creek which is the large marsh that will surround you. Mike Boyd Long Point, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jan 29 21:30:15 2007 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from mta1.aucegypt.edu (mta1.aucegypt.edu [213.181.245.106]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C8A634AF for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:30:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from aucegypt.edu (smms1.aucegypt.edu [213.181.245.108] (may be forged))l0U2SC3d015753 for ontbirds@hwcn.org ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:28:17 +0200 Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:25:35 + Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sensitivity: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds ontbirds@hwcn.org X-XaM3-API-Version: 4.1 (B122) X-SenderIP: 24.141.162.41 X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146 Subject: [Ontbirds]Fisherville: Short-eared Owls, Lapland Longspurs X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:30:15 - On Concession 6, just north of Fisherville, Haldimand County, between Fis= herville Road and the Selkirk Townline there were 8 Short-eared Owls at 4= :15 p.m. today in the first conifers coming from Selkirk Townline by the = side of the road, and seven more widespread in the same area at 5:15. Closer to the Fisherville Road end on the north side of Concession 6 ther= e was an L-shaped line of manure that attracted a large flock of Horned L= arks. Among them were at least four Lapland Longspurs. Sandy Darling
[Ontbirds]No Razorbill - Niagara-on-the-Lake
Dear Fellow Birders, Myself and Jenn Sinasac searched for the Razorbill this morning to no avail, we met several other birders at Niagara-on-the-Lake who also had not seen it. In the area were Red-throated Loons and Horned Grebes amongst usual winter ducks. We also did a quick check of other spots along the river, Queenston, Adam Beck, the Whirlpool, the Control Gates and the Falls and struck out at every place for any interesting gulls. There were virtually no gulls above the falls this morning which was odd and in stark contrast to the what was seen on Saturday. Only Bonaparte's Gulls were seen along the river in appreciable numbers. Directions: Follow the QEW to Niagara Falls and exit at the 420 to Niagara Falls. All sites are located along the Niagara Parkway, take the Niagara Parkway south to reach the Control Gates and the Falls, and north to reach the Whirlpool, Adam Beck, Queenston and at the mouth of the river Niagara-on-the-Lake. Mike Boyd Long Point, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 20 18:39:45 2006 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP07.CEZ.ICE (bayc1-pasmtp07.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.167])by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7F4263A2E for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:39:36 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Originating-IP: [64.228.129.110] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from your55e5f9e3d2 ([64.228.129.110]) by BAYC1-PASMTP07.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:45:57 -0800 From: Eleanor Beagan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:39:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Thread-Index: AccM/SM6pLRUwMnpT1KltDNVbpgY2A== Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Nov 2006 23:45:57.0609 (UTC) FILETIME=[06A59590:01C70CFE] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Black Guillemot still at Massey X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:39:45 - I just got a call from Jean Iron with the following message for Ontbirders. On Monday 20 November, Ron Pittaway and I arrived at Massey around noon and met Erwin Meissner, who had seen the Black Guillemot at the bridge across the Spanish River in Massey at 7:30 a.m. We did not see it at the bridge but drove about 6 km south along the river to a boat launch, where we saw it close to the opposite bank. Later around 3:15 p.m. we saw it again from the boat launch as it dived and drifted downstream. Then it was seen at about 4:15 p.m. as it flew east past the bridge in Massey. It is regularly seen about 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. at the bridge in Massey. The bird is an adult in basic (winter) plumage. Massey is on the TransCanada Highway 17, west of Sudbury and Espanola. At the traffic lights in Massey turn south (left if coming from the east) and find the bridge, or call Erwin Meissner at 705-865-1970 for directions. Best wishes, Jean Iron Toronto Eleanor Beagan OFO Vice President Membership Secretary [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ofo.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Ontbirds]2 Common Ravens - near Milton
Dear Fellow Birders, This afternoon around 230pm I saw two Common Ravens flying west along the 401 at the exit for Trafalger Rd, just east of Milton. Directions: Simply follow the 401 to exit 328, Trafalger Rd, west of Mississauga, east of Milton. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 20 15:23:29 2006 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from mail.osc.on.ca (mail.osc.on.ca [199.212.12.10]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 385B863B64 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:23:29 -0500 (EST) Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:23:27 -0500 X-FC-SERVER-TZ: 15729388 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: Laura Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Blue Heron, Toronto X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:23:29 - Hi everyone, Today at lunchtime, there was a Great Blue Heron on the ice of the wetland behind the Ontario Science Centre. It was stalking across the ice, and blending in very well with the dead cattail stalks and tree trunks. Also seen was a large flock of robins, and several Red-winged blackbirds were heard in the distance. Directions: Access to the wetland is from ET Seton park in the Don Valley system. The park is south of Eglinton, just west of Don Mills Road, and parking lots are accessible from Eglinton or from Thorncliffe Pk . Laura Murray, B.Sc. Ontario Science Centre Toronto
[Ontbirds]181 Red-necked Grebes - Bronte Harbour
Dear Fellow Birders, Dropped by Bronte Harbour today to look for the Harlequin Ducks, but had no luck with them. Instead I turned up 181 Red-necked Grebes offshore, normally I wouldn't report grebes, but this number seemed notable. There were probably more in the area as part of the lake is blocked by the harbour. Several of the grebes were also in the actual harbour as well and offer better views than the ones offshore. Directions: Exit the QEW at Bronte Rd, in Oakville (west of Toronto), and follow this south right down to where it dead-ends at the lake. Park and look offshore, particularly to the east of the harbour. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario
[Ontbirds]14 King Eiders - Stoney Creek
Dear Fellow Birders, Back in Ontario again, I went out searching for some winter waterfowl in the Hamilton area. The highlight was the sighting of 14 King Eiders today. One, a female, was seen with White-winged Scoters off of Fruitland Rd. The other 13 were seen off of Sayers Park in Stoney Creek. One, another lone female, was seen well offshore 200m, the other 12 were in one group about 60-70m offshore. In that group were 3 immature males and 9 females. It was amazing to see that many individuals in one group in southern Ontario. Directions: Fruitland Rd - Exit the QEW at Fruitland Rd (just east of Hamilton) exit #83 and head north, park just before the dead-end, and look offshore. LP Sayers Park - Continue west along the North Service road from Fruitland Rd, then at Drakes Ave turn right and follow this to Lakegate Dr and turn right. The park is located at the end of the road. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario
[Ontbirds]Great Gray Owl - Midland
Dear Fellow Birders, The owl invasion continues with a Great Gray Owl seen today at the Wye Marsh near Midland. It was originally seen in the early afternoon, however it was not conclusively identified as a Great Gray Owl until later in the afternoon around 4-4:30pm. This is probably one of the closest and most accessible Great Grays for birders in the GTA. Directions: Take the 400 north of Toronto to Hwy 93, exit and follow it towards Midland. Then at Hwy 12 turn right and head east, there should be signs for the Wye Marsh, which is off of Hwy 12. The road towards the Wye Marsh winds down and hill and passes Sainte Marie among the Hurons. Shortly past the exit for Sainte Marie there is a power line that ends on the left side of the road. The owl was seen about 100 ft before the power line on the left hand side of the road about 30ft in and in front of a group of cedars. It was flushed from that spot earlier in the day and it flew into a group of cedars on the opposite side of the road, but was refound in the original spot at the end of the day. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 22 18:20:41 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from ccshst09.cs.uoguelph.ca (ccshst09.cs.uoguelph.ca [131.104.96.18])by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE6209F6E5 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:20:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from gandalf.cs.uoguelph.ca (gandalf.cs.uoguelph.ca [131.104.96.189])iBMNLrlO008892 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:21:53 -0500 Received: from gandalf.cs.uoguelph.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) iBMNLuL0027733 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:21:56 -0500 Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by gandalf.cs.uoguelph.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iBMNLu0v027731 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:21:56 -0500 Received: from MTL-HSE-ppp195909.qc.sympatico.ca (MTL-HSE-ppp195909.qc.sympatico.ca [65.94.205.21]) by webmail.uoguelph.ca (IMP) with HTTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:21:55 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:21:56 -0500 From: Kyle Horner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.4 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 Subject: [Ontbirds]Harlequin Duck, Port Hope. X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:20:42 - Today around noon, in the Port Hope harbour, I witnessed a pair (male and female) of winter plumage Harlequin Ducks. They were swimming along the west wall of the harbour, about halfway between the Port Hope yacht club building and the open water of Lake Ontario. Also present in the harbour today were Canada Geese (50-60), several Mallard Ducks, about a dozen Common Mergansers, a pair (male and female) of Common Goldeneye, and a solitary female Long Tailed Duck. Kyle Horner Port Hope, On. Directions to the Port Hope Harbour: Take highway 401 exit 461 and head south on highway 2, straight through the only set of lights. Take the last left before the dead end (Trafalgar St). Turn right onto Dorset St when Trafalgar ends, and follow it all the way to the bottom of the hill. Turn right before the river on Queen St, and follow it around the bend until you see the Port Hope Yacht Club building on the left (it is a small white building). If you choose to drive out on the pier, BE CAREFUL, it is slippery and narrow!!! Probably best to walk, as I do! Happy birding! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 23 12:38:22 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from hotmail.com (bay102-f34.bay102.hotmail.com [64.4.61.44]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7527BA0E9C for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:19:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:54:05 -0800 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from 69.193.13.124 by by102fd.bay102.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:53:35 GMT X-Originating-IP: [69.193.13.124] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Alfred Adamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:53:35 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Dec 2004 01:54:05.0402 (UTC) FILETIME=[489833A0:01C4E892] Subject: [Ontbirds] Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler, Gray Catbird - Toronto Islands X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:38:23 - Yet another western warbler this December in Toronto. The warbler, which is a bright basic plumaged male, was discovered gleaning dead spiders
[Ontbirds]Niagara and Stoney Creek birds
Dear Fellow Birders, I apologize for the lateness of this report. Yesterday myself and several birders from Long Point did a trip up the Niagara River. Starting at Niagara-on-the-Lake nothing much was seen there or at the Queenston sand docks, however at Adam Beck we had one adult California Gull, but nothing other than low numbers of Herring Gulls and Bonaparte's, and at the Whirlpool we had a 1st winter Iceland Gull. At the control gates we had plenty of waterfowl including both scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, Canvasback, A. Wigeon, Horned Grebe and Common Loon. Just below the control gates we had a probable 1st winter Thayer's Gull. Then just above the falls we had a Lesser Black-backed and Glaucous Gull on the rocks. Overall the gull numbers were much lower than what we were expecting, although we did have 9 species, hopefully the next cold front will bring more to the area. Also of note the day before (Thurs) I had a female King Eider, all three scoters, and decent numbers of expected waterfowl off of Stoney Creek. They were seen from a private residence, but can be seen from the area between Green and Grays Rd. I do have one question for birders in the Hamilton area, what is the status of Windemere basin? I have been away for several months and when I went by there on Thursday there is a sign at the front of the entrance saying 'NO ENTRY'. It seems that the area might be off limits now, but I appreciate any information on this. Thanks! Directions: All of the locations along the Niagara River can be reach from the Niagara River Parkway, except the sand docks which you are at the foot of Dumfries St in Queenston, which is accessed from the Parkway. Stoney Creek - Exit the QEW at Centennial Parkway exit 88, and go north and make a left at the lights, this is the North Service Rd. Follow this to either Grays or Green Rd and make a left and follow these to the lake. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 20 15:36:49 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32C9849374 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:36:48 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 31722 invoked by uid 525); 20 Nov 2004 20:42:07 - Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 20 Nov 2004 03:11:07 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (20 Nov 2004) 0 Raptors X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:36:50 - Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2004 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 0831 14749 Osprey 0 0 83 Bald Eagle 0 16 61 Northern Harrier 0 22270 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0129 5500 Cooper's Hawk0 82365 Northern Goshawk 0 23 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0247401 Broad-winged Hawk0 0 27843 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1558 2750 Rough-legged Hawk0 34 63 Golden Eagle 0 38 40 American Kestrel 0 1 1369 Merlin 0 4 62 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 15 Unknown 0106239 Total: 0 3091 53838 -- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Visitors: Bob Hall-Brooks Carl Pascoe Weather: Another wash out day. South winds, ovecast, fog with occasional light drizzle and light rain. Observations: No raptor movement. 412 American Goldfinch 1 American Tree Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco Predictions: A much better day tomorrow. It should start off overcast with decent visibility and moderate west winds. By 8:00 a.m. cloud becoming scattered and wind veering to the northwest and remaining moderate. Early morning temperature 5C climbing to 9C in the afternoon. Sunshine! Finally! Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
[Ontbirds]Least Sandpiper - Hamilton Harbour - First fall migrant?
Dear Fellow Birders, Did some birding along Hamilton Harbour yesterday and turned up what might be the first fall migrant of the year (and summer only just got here!), which was a Least Sandpiper at the tollgate ponds. Not too much was out of the ordinary in the area, the only other good bird was a Greater Scaup at the CCIW. Directions: Exit the QEW Niagara at Eastport Drive. At the first stop lights turn right and another immediate right onto a dirt road and the CCIW is here, the scaup was out amongst the islands. To reach the tollgate ponds continue along Eastport drive for another couple of kms as it weaves under the QEW and they will be on your right hand side as you approach the industrial area. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario
[Ontbirds] Red-necked Grebes, N. Goshawk - Bronte Harbour
Dear Fellow Birders, The Red-necked Grebes are back at Bronte Harbour, there were seven seen today including one pair back nesting on their usual tire. Also seen was a Northern Goshawk seen flying off to the west. Directions: Take the QEW into Oakville, and exit at Bronte Rd and follow this south to the lake, there is plenty of parking around the harbour. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario
[Ontbirds] Leslie St. Spit Birds
Dear Fellow Birders, A few more migrants have been returning over the last few days at the Leslie St. Spit. Today there were several Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Pine Warbler, and a small movement of C. Loons. Numbers of Fox Sparrows, Hermit Thrushes, both Kinglets, Caspian Terns, as well as a single Greater Yellowlegs being noted as well over the last few days. Directions: Follow the Gardiner Expressway east past the DVP until it becomes Lakeshore Rd, and then turn right at Leslie St. and park at the foot of the street. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Apr 17 14:11:06 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from mail.kingston.net (mailhub.kingston.net [205.189.48.5]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00F46488ED for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:11:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ripley (ik-dynamic-66-102-68-19.kingston.net [66.102.68.19]) by mail.kingston.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i3HIL1Oa028641 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:21:02 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Bruce Ripley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ontbirds ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:12:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: [Ontbirds] Prince Edward Point Birds X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 18:11:06 - Eighteen KFN members enjoyed a superb day for migrating birds at Prince Edward Point. Traverse Woods was alive with birds flying all around us. Eighty species were recorded for the morning. Highlights include, 1 BROWN THRASHER, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 4 PINE WARBLERS, 10 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 20 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 12 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS,1 PURPLE FINCH, 3 PINE SISKINS, 2 WINTER WREN, 2 VESPER SPARROWS, 12 FOX SPARROWS, 1 FIELD SPARROW, 10 CHIPPING SPARROWS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 100 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 8 SURF SCOTERS, 12 HORNED GREBES, 1 CLIFF SWALLOW, 3 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 3 BARN SWALLOWS, 1 RUFFED GROUSE and 3 WILD TURKEYS. One KFN member had a BROWN CREEPER land and creep up their leg. Good Birding Bruce Ripley 613-544-2872 Prince Edward Point [pge 35, quad G 52 53] Located in Prince Edward County. Take exit 566 off the 401 and go south on county road 49 to Picton. Take county rd. 8 to county rd.17 to county rd.16 to county rd. 13. Follow county rd. 13 to the end until you reach the Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area.
[Ontbirds] Leslie Spit Birds
Dear Fellow Birders, Today at the Leslie Spit there were a few good raptors moving through; Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, and Northern Goshawk, all on pennisula D. Also today there were Great Blue Herons, Black-crowned Night-herons, Eastern Phoebe, also flyovers of Horned Larks and a Eastern Bluebird. Directions: Take the Gardiner Expressway east until it turns into Lakeshore Blvd and then turn right at Leslie St. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario
[Ontbirds] YES Harlequin Ducks, NO Black-backed Woodpecker, No Barrow's Goldeneye
Dear Fellow Birders,
I checked for the Black-backed Woodpecker this morning and I had no luck
finding it; neither did a couple I had spoken with when I arrived there.
The Harlequin Ducks were both present in Ben Machree park, however they were
seen coming out of Port Credit Harbour and slowy moving along the breakwall
west. Checking the harbour might be a good idea if they are not at the park.
Also just offshore from the harbour were about 250 Tree Swallows skimming just
over the water for insects.
I then tried for the Barrow's Goldeneye at LaSalle Marina and had no luck
looking for it. Present were 3 Horned Grebes and a Red-necked Grebe among other
waterfowl.
Directions: Woodpecker (from Carol Horner) - The entrance to the park is on the
west side of Leslie St, just north of Eglinton Ave. From the Don Valley Parkway
exit at Eglinton Ave. and go west to Leslie, turn right then a quick left into
the park. The sign says Wilkett Creek Park and Sunnybrook Park. When the road
splits keep right and follow the signs for Serena Gundy park. The parking lot
is on the west side of the road. This afternoon the bird was to the east of the
parking lot, but it was originally seen across the bridge at the west end of
the parking lot, near the washrooms.
Harlequin Ducks - Exit the QEW at Mississauga Rd (Mississauga) and follow it
south to Lakeshore Rd and turn right. Follow it until Maple St and turn left
and this road deadends at Ben Machree Park.
Goldeneye - Exit the QEW at Northshore Blvd (Burlington) and follow it west
until you reach Waterdown Rd and make a left and it goes all the day down to
the Marina.
Mike Boyd
Oakville, Ontario
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon at Presqu'ile
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Hello again,
Posting again for Bruce Di Labio who just (1400h) found a male Eurasian
Wigeon at Coot Lookout. It was with coots and Ring-necked Ducks near
the vegetation on the far side of the water (200+ metres away) directly
across from Coot lookout. He also said that the Barrow's Goldeneye was
along the same sight line as before, but was closer, taking shelter in
the lee of Gull Island's eastern tip (which reached toward Owen Pt.)
Doug McRae
Directions: Coot Lookout is the small gravel pull-over on Bayshore Rd,
about 200 m beyond the first cluster of 6 or 7 homes. Presqu'ile is
best reached by taking Cty. Rd. 30 south from Hwy 401 and follow the
park signs once in Brighton.
[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings - UofG Arboretum
Dear Fellow Birders, After reading Chris Earleys posting about the Bohemian Waxwings in the UofG Arboretum I quickly finished off an assignment and headed over there. I managed to find the three of them at the far end of the Arboretum Centre parking lot feeding on a red berry bush. However, after a few minutes they took off to the north. I did refind them on College Rd about ~500m west of Victoria Rd. I have a feeling that there are only three left, and they may take a bit of searching to find. But what a reward for my last day of university! Directions (thanks to Chris Earley): To get to The Arboretum, University of Guelph, take Hwy 6 north from the 401. When you reach College Avenue, turn right and follow to the University of Guelph area. After going over Gordon St., you will go up a hill and then down a steep hill with the Uof G stadium on your right. Go up the next hill and turn right on East Ring Road. Follow East Ring Road and turn left just before the crosswalk onto Arboretum Road. Follow Arboretum Road (which is one way) until you get to the parking lots. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario
[Ontbirds] Sandhill Cranes - Guelph
Dear Fellow Birders, While driving along the 401 back to Guelph today I happened to see two Sandhill Cranes flying near km marker 304. They looked like they were migrating north, so I don't know what the odds are of anyone finding them again in the area. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 1 14:11:23 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from imo-m15.mx.aol.com (imo-m15.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.205]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B90004844D for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:11:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-m15.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r1.2.) id 1.15d.319b9d47 (17079) for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:18:47 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:18:47 EST To: ontbirds@hwcn.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 12004 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] bald eagle Mcgregor ON X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 19:11:25 - Hi All birded the Mcgregor area today saw the following 2 bald eagles(1 imm) coopers hawk M+F pheobe gc kinglets yellow rumped warblers woodcock e bluebird red bellied woodpecker sharp shinned hawk towhee wild turkey Curtis From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 1 16:27:06 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAAC547FB7 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:27:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from mainoffice (d141-159-105.home.cgocable.net [24.141.159.105]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A20453FA9 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:34:35 -0500 (EST) From: Cheryl Edgecombe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:34:40 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, April 1st 2004 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 21:27:06 - At 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 1st, 2004 this is the Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report. VARIED THRUSH BARROWS GOLDENEYE ROSS GOOSE SNOW GOOSE GYRFALCON (dark-phased) CASPIAN TERN (see bottom of report) WILSON'S SNIPE TREE SWALLOW EASTERN PHOEBE Common Loon Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron American Wigeon Green-winged Teal Harlequin Duck Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Coopers Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Red tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk (record no.) Golden Eagle American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Merlin American Woodcock Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-Whet Owl Pileated Woodpecker Northern Flicker Northern Shrike Golden-crowned Kinglet Brown Thrasher Yellow-rumped Warbler Fox Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird What can I say about this week, migration seems to have received a big boost this week before the monsoon season set in. Lots of reports of early migrants this week from various locations such as EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, WILSON'S SNIPE, Great Blue Herons, Fox Sparrows and Golden-crowned Kinglets. This week has also been the week of spectacular birds being seen but only briefly by lucky observers. None of these lingered around for more than a few minutes hence the reason why you didn't see the postings to update the hotline. A female VARIED THRUSH made a brief yard stop at a feeder in Flamborough. The bird was here and gone within minutes and did not return much to our disappointment. The hawk migration continues at Beamer Memorial Conservation area in Grimsby this week with a record 46 Rough-legged Hawks reported on Monday shattering a previous record of 24. Other raptors seen here this week include Bald Eagle, Red-tailed, Red-shouldered, Northern Harrier, Coopers Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, American Kestrel and many Turkey Vultures. Other raptor reports this week include a Golden Eagle over Dundas and Northern Goshawk at Mountsberg. A dark phased GYRFALCON was reported from the Grimsby Airport area as well. Other birds seen at Beamer over the tower include Common Loon,SNOW GOOSE,EASTERN PHOEBE. Not too far away on the 10th concession E. south of Ridge Road, Short-eared Owl, Eastern Meadowlark, Northern Shrike and a flyby of a ROSS'S GOOSE in a small flock of Canada Geese were reported this week. Less than
Amherst Island birding
Dear Fellow Birders, Seabrooke Leckie and myself did a trip out to Amherst Island today and saw almost essentially what Bruce saw on the weekend. We had a pure white Snowy Owl on South Shore Rd a couple hundred yards west of the east start of the road on the north side in a lone tree in a field. We also had a single light phase Rough-legged Hawk on the eastern side of the island, and Red-tailed scattered throughout. Snow Buntings were very abundant all along the south side, and Horned Larks mostly on the north side. In the KFN property we heard and saw a Great Horned Owl near where the dead Long-eared Owl was found, possibly the killer? Directions: Amherst Island is located 16 km. west of Kingston. Exit off the 401 at exit 593 and drive south on County Road 4 to the very end (Millhaven). Turn right on Hwy. 33 and drive 300 m. until you see the sign to the Amherst Island ferry. The ferry leaves the mainland on the half hour and leaves the island on the hour. Cost is $5.00 round trip. There are no gas stations on the island. The K.F.N. property is at the easternmost part of the island. The Owl Woods is at the midway point of the seasonal road located 3.4 km. east from the general store. The road is closed due to snow drifting so you have to make the 1km or so walk in. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
Boreal Chickadees Hoary Redpoll - Algonquin Park
Dear Fellow Birders I was up in Algonquin Park this weekend with the University of Guelph's Wildlife Club. The highlight this weekend were 6-7 Boreal Chickadees on part of the Mizzy Lake trail, 5-6 were in a flock with Black-capped Chickadees. Also on this trail were 3 Gray Jays and a Ruffed Grouse, and on the road in were about 30 or so White-winged Crossbills. The Visitor Centre feeders were quite active with a 100+ C. Redpolls, and a Hoary Redpoll mixed in as well, also present were a few Pine Siskins, and a Pine Grosbeak. Also of note a Great Grey Owl was reported to the Visitor Centre sightings board for Jan 17 around km20. Directions: To A.P. follow the 400 north, then take Hwy 11, then go east on Hwy 60. For the Boreal Chickadees around km15 go north on Arowhon Rd then near the end of the plowed section park on the right hand side and there should be a path along a abandoned railway corridor, follow this for approx 2km until there are many trees falling over the path. One chickadee was seen here, the others were approx 500-800m back on the south side of the trail. The Visitor Centre is around km43. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
Burlington Lakefront Birding
Dear Fellow Birders Was birding along the Burlington-area lakeshore today and had a few good birds. At Bronte Harbour just inside the mouth of the river a immature cormorant was still around. There was a Carolina Wren singing at Shoreacres Park. At Windemere Basin there was 19 cormorants, amongst many Ruddy Ducks, Shovelers, Ring-necked Ducks and scaup. Then at Green Rd in Stoney Creek I had all three scoters among the usual waterfowl. Directions: Bronte Harbour - Exit the QEW at Bronte Rd and go south down to the lake. Shoreacres Park - Exit the QEW at Walkers Line and turn left on Lakeshore Rd and it is on the righthand side. Windemere Basin - Exit the QEW at Eastport Drive and follow this along as it weaves under the highway then turn right at the sign for Pier 25, there is also a RV store there as well, the basin is on your left, you can park just after the bridge. Green Rd. - Exit the QEW at Centennial Parkway and go up to North Service Rd and turn right and follow this along to Green Rd and make a left. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
Common Raven - Milton
Dear Fellow Birders I also had a Common Raven today, except this one was seen on the 401 near Kelso Conservation Area (around 316km), which is near Milton. It was seen gradually moving over the 401 towards K.C.A. So this could be a different bird then was seen this morning. Directions: From Highway 401, take Highway 25 north to Campbellville Road; go west to Tremaine Road. Go south until you reach Kelso Road. Turn right to park entrance. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
Surf Scoter - Burlington Lift Bridge
Dear Fellow Birders Seabrooke Leckie and myself went out today to see if anything came up with the 'hurricane' that came through yesterday. Despite spending a couple of hours on the pier at the Burlington Lift Bridge not much was seen at all. The best bird was a female Surf Scoter seen flying west along the lake, which I thought was pretty early. Directions: Exit the QEW at Eastport Drive and follow it over the lift bridge and there is a parking lot on the left side of the road (lake side) just after passing over. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
Herring Gull Migration - Owen Sound
Dear Fellow Birders Seabrooke Leckie and I were up at the south end of Owen Sound around 8pm yesterday and noted a large movement of almost entirely Herring Gulls flying north in large flocks. I made two one minute counts to get an idea of how many birds were passing by, the first one had about 165 birds/min, and the second had about 110 birds/min, though it was quite dark out and I have a feeling I was missing a few birds. I would have guessed an average of about 150 birds/min, which means over the 25 minutes I was there, approx. 3750 birds would of gone by. I would imagine that birds would have been passing by in these large numbers at least a half hour before and after sunset, meaning around 9-10,000 Herring Gulls would have migrated north in this period. I haven't seen gull numbers like this except for maybe along the Niagara River. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
Pink-sided Junco - North of Milton
Dear Fellow Birders Yesterday afternoon at a private residence halfway between Milton and Acton (exit 320 on the 401), Seabrooke Leckie and myself observed a Pink-sided Junco coming to a feeder there. Don't know how common this type of Junco is in S. Ontario. Also coming to the feeders was a Field Sparrow and Eastern Towhee. I do not believe that the owners are able to accommodate birders though. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
N. Hawk Owl - Cambelville
Dear Fellow Birders The Hawk Owl was seen again today at 8am from the carpool parking lot at the corner of Reid Rd and Guelph Line, just off the 401. Directions: From the 401 exit at Guelph Line (312) and go south to Reid Rd which parallels the 401 immediately south of it. It has been seen along Reid Rd from Guelph Line to the window shop. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
N. Hawk Owl - Campbelville
Dear Fellow Birders The Hawk Owl was seen again today at 8am from the carpool parking lot at the corner of Reid Rd and Guelph Line, just off the 401. Directions: From the 401 exit at Guelph Line (312) and go south to Reid Rd which parallels the 401 immediately south of it. It has been seen along Reid Rd from Guelph Line to the window shop. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NO Gyrfalcon near Flamborough
Dear Fellow Birders Myself and a couple other birders from the University of Guelph tried for the Gyrfalcon reported yesterday in Flamborough this afternoon, however we had no luck in trying to find it despite searching along many of the roads in the area. Not to say it might not be out there as there is plenty of hiding places. Mike Boyd Guelph, Ontario Mike Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
