[Ontbirds] Barn Swallow, Port Weller east
This afternoon I had a barn swallow over the south pond on the east side of the canal bank in very active flight. To get to the Port Weller east pier, take the Niagara Street/Regional Road 48 exit from the QEW in St Catharines, and drive north towards Lake Ontario. Stay on Niagara Street for 5 km, then turn right onto Lakeshore Road. Drive over the Welland Canal and take your second left onto Seaway Haulage Road, approx 500 m after crossing over the canal. Follow Seaway Haulage road north towards the lake. it will turn into Broadway, follow Broadway to the end and park in the little parking lot at the terminus of Broadway at Lake Ontario. Follow the path towards the end of the pier The first pond on the south of the canal bank can be accessed by taking the first east exit from the main path. Don Campbell ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
[Ontbirds] Barn Swallow NestWatchers Needed!
Good morning all: We have recently started a Barn Swallow project and I am hoping you can help me out. Please could you forward this to your members or distribution list or really anyone you think might be interested? Thank you for your time! Have you ever seen a Barn Swallow mud nest cup attached to a house, shed, or barn? Then please consider reporting it to the new Barn Swallow NestWatch project! Birds Studies Canada needs your nest information to help us understand this special and entertaining bird! It only takes a few minutes to fill in our online form (http://goo.gl/4X9wb) and provide simple yet critical information on the nesting structure type and surrounding habitat. If you have Barn Swallows nesting near you and would like to monitor the progress of the nest, please visit the Barn Swallow NestWatch website (http://www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/pnw) for more information. Although Barn Swallows are still fairly common, their numbers are decreasing rapidly across Canada; however, the reasons for the decline are not well understood. To learn more about the program contact Kristyn Richardson at krichard...@birdscanada.orgmailto:krichard...@birdscanada.org or 519-586-3531 ext 127. Kristyn Richardson, Stewardship Biologist Bird Studies Canada P.O. Box 160, 115 Front Street Port Rowan, Ontario N0E1M0 Phone: (519) 586-3531 ext. 127 Toll Free: (888) 448-2473 ext. 127 www.birdscanada.orghttp://www.birdscanada.org (posted by Kathy Jones volunt...@birdscanada.orgmailto:volunt...@birdscanada.org with permission of the ontbirds coordinator). ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Barn Swallow on Eglinton Flats Toronto
Hi Birders, Today April 16 at 11:30 AM: a.. two first Barn Swallows were present on Eglinton Flats (one or two weeks earlier than usual time for last decade). American Tree Swallow have not come yet although they were usually the first swallows in the park (22 nest boxes are waiting for them). b.. Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, male stopped in the park on migration Good birding, Jacek Pawlikowski ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds]Barn Swallow, Greater Yellowlegs - Prince Edward Point
Birded today with Bud Rowe and Paul Mackenzie at Prince Edward Point where we observed many spring arrivals as well as some lingering winter birds. Highlights include 1 BARN SWALLOW and 1GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Other spring arrivals include 5 COMMON LOONS, 4 HORNED GREBES, 1 WINTER WREN, 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 WILSON'S SNIPE, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE and 1 NORTHERN FLICKER. In the open waters there were hundreds of LONG-TAILED DUCKS and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS with lesser numbers of GREATER and LESSER SCAUP and RED-BREASTED AND COMMON MERGANSERS. Wintering birds observed were 1 PINE GROSBEAK, 20 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE. There were 10 TURKEY VULTURES soaring about and SONG SPARROWS and KILLDEER were very numerous. An OSPREY and another EASTERN PHOEBE were observed near Hay Bay. We tallied 61 species for the day. The first butterfly for 2008, a Mourning Cloak, was seen at Little Bluff C.A. Good Birding Bruce Ripley Amherstview Directions to Prince Edward Point - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt Publishing [pge 35, quad G 52 53] Located in Prince Edward County. Take exit 566 (Marysville) 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 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]Barn Swallow
A single barn swallow is investigating the barns this afternoon at my farm, 20 miles east of Kingston, ON. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 20 18:31:09 2006 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDCDA642FD for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:30:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from blinding ([65.92.155.66]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:30:50 -0400 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.384 [268.4.4/319]); Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:30:49 -0400 From: Jacques Giraud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:30:49 -0400 Organization: Concentrated Consulting Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcZkyhMLMbGiDtGmT2WoId2fj7E53Q== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Male Harlequin, Fox Sparrows at Col Sam Smith Park - April 20, 2006 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:31:10 - I birded Col Sam Smith Park this afternoon and found and photographed a = male harlequin in mostly breeding plumage. The bird was about 100-150m = offshore amongst a flock of bufflehead. I also found 7 fox sparrows scattered throughout the park. In the water were 27 common loons and about 20 each = of horned grebes and red-necked grebes. =20 I have created a map of the location where I saw the birds to aid other birders in trying to find them as I=92m not great with directions. The = map and a couple of pictures of the harlequin can be found at http://www.giraud.com/latest or by going to http://www.giraud.com http://www.giraud.com/ and click on the appropriate link below the = main picture. North is up on the map. =20 1. The location of the harlequin is noted in red in the water to the east of the park. It was last seen heading west, swimming after a female bufflehead. A scope would be very helpful in picking out the bird. 2. Fox sparrows are noted on the map with a f. 3. Common loons are denoted by a l 4. Horned grebes are denoted with a h 5. Red-necked grebes are denoted with a r 6. Savannah sparrows are denoted with a s 7. The green area at the top of map is The Bowl, an excellent migrant trap especially for warblers and a good place to remember.=20 =20 In total, I saw 41 species of birds, no warblers. There were a few = hermit thrushes, lots of kinglets (both species) and a few brown creepers. =20 Col Sam Smith Park is located at the base of Kipling Ave in Toronto. See = the map for location. =20 Good birding Jacques Giraud
