[Ontbirds]Dickcissel in Bronte Park
Birders, This morning Donna Sheppard and myself found a singing male Dickcissel in the north section of Bronte Creek Provincial Park. This was at 8:30 a.m. Directions: Dundas street west of hwy 25, just east of Tremain road. You can park on the south side, there is a small pull off area with a chain across the drive. Walk the hedgerow path along the hydo corridor south until you reach a large open area where the hedgerow stops for a bit.This is the traditional spot where the Grasshopper Sparrows are. There is a pole on your right with the number 85 on a metal plate. The bird was singing from a tree about 20 feet up on the east side of the path and was very approachable. Good luck, Joyce LeChasseur Oakville. Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jun 8 14:12:30 2005 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D88643CF for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 14:12:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sympatico.ca ([64.228.53.4]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net ESMTP [EMAIL PROTECTED] for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 14:31:46 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:31:47 -0400 From: Stan Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-SYMPA (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en,fr-CA MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org ontbirds@hwcn.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Markham White-rumped SPs X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 18:12:30 - 2pm this aft at Trib C in Markham - a mixed flock of shorebirds: 6 White-rumped 7 Semipalmated SPs : Trib C lies in Markham, 2km east of the 9th Line along Hwy 7 to Reesor Road south thereon a short distance - find Trib C on west side where 2000 or so gulls are loafing nb - site is under construction with heavy equipment on the move
[Ontbirds]Dickcissel in Bronte Park
I relocated the singing male Dickcissel in the northern part of Bronte Park at 2:45pm, today (Wednesday, June 8). Directions: The hydro right-of-way extends directly south of Tremaine Road, which is west of Hwy 25 (Bronte Rd) on Dundas St., very close to the Burlington/Oakville boundary. The turn-off for parking, a road with a chain across it, is on the south side of Dundas EAST (not west, as in the original post) of Tremaine Rd. about 150m away. A large local attractions highway sign is right beside it on the south side of Dundas. Park and walk the road/tractor path south. It turns east, south, then east again to join up with the hydro right-of-way and the Bronte Park horse trail. Continue south to the hydro pole with two guy-wires; it is the 12th pole south of Dundas. The bushes and trees directly after and to the left of the trail at this point, where it makes a short detour to avoid a gully, was where the bird was singing. It preferred the bare branches on the south-east side of the trees. I saw no sign of a metal sign with a number 85 on it, but if you walk farther down the path, you come to a big Trans-Canada Pipeline on the left with a big #14. You may need to search this whole area. I'm not sure of the permission required for access to this area, as it is part of Bronte Provincial Park, which you normally need to pay admission to, so beware. Dundas is very busy as well. Stephen Cheesman 905-335-1160 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Ontbirds]Dickcissel in Bronte Park - slight correction
Note: I should have said WEST (not east...) in the previous post. My apologies. I relocated the singing male Dickcissel in the northern part of Bronte Park at 2:45pm, today (Wednesday, June 8). Directions: The hydro right-of-way extends directly south of Tremaine Road, which is west of Hwy 25 (Bronte Rd) on Dundas St., very close to the Burlington/Oakville boundary. The turn-off for parking, a road with a chain across it, is on the south side of Dundas WEST (not east, as in the original post) of Tremaine Rd. about 150m away. A large local attractions highway sign is right beside it on the south side of Dundas. Park and walk the road/tractor path south. It turns east, south, then east again to join up with the hydro right-of-way and the Bronte Park horse trail. Continue south to the hydro pole with two guy-wires; it is the 12th pole south of Dundas. The bushes and trees directly after and to the left of the trail at this point, where it makes a short detour to avoid a gully, was where the bird was singing. It preferred the bare branches on the south-east side of the trees. I saw no sign of a metal sign with a number 85 on it, but if you walk farther down the path, you come to a big Trans-Canada Pipeline on the left with a big #14. You may need to search this whole area. I'm not sure of the permission required for access to this area, as it is part of Bronte Provincial Park, which you normally need to pay admission to, so beware. Dundas is very busy as well. Stephen Cheesman 905-335-1160 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
