Sorry for the delay in posting . . . Yesterday, January 18, at about 1:00
p.m. my brother Robert and I were surprised to find an adult Turkey Vulture
in Point Pelee. The bird was roosting in a tree adjacent to the main road a
bit north of the Visitor Centre. It was kinda spooky in that I had
The bird did a fly-by this morning at 10:20 a.m., circled over the open
water, flew west over Humber Bay, stooped on some unseen prey by Humber Bay
East and disappeared west along the lakeshore. It will return.
My impression was of a falcon, larger than a Peregrine, looking very much
like the
Ontbirders,
After missing it yesterday, Jean and I finally saw the confusing falcon
around 11 a.m. at Humber Bay East in Toronto. There's been much debate
whether it's a Prairie Falcon. Jean has two photos of it on her website via
her signature below. We and many others saw it flying low
We were down in the Niagara region both Saturday Sunday (had to go back after
missing the California Gull on Saturday).
Saturday Jan 17
Started at Adam Beck Generating Station and had 5 ICELAND GULLS (3 first years,
2 adults) and a first year THAYER'S GULL, no Bonaparte's or Lesser
To Hamilton birders,
Female Blue-winged Teal on the Desjardin's Canal
today. And who ever asked me for a description of her
please see my photograph's on www.flythecat.com/james
James
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I apologize for this late posting.
Last Thursday (Jan. 15) morning at approximately 8:30 a.m. I observed a
Black-crowned Night Heron and a Great Blue Heron at the Desjardins Canal on
the east side of Olympic Drive in Dundas.
Directions are as follows: from the 403 in Hamilton take the Main
Falconers love to hybridize birds, with one of the most common crosses being
between Gyr and Peregrine. I can see Gyrfalcon in this bird, but what else
may be impossible to determine, given the range of possibilities (including
non-north American races of Peregrine, and similar species, such as
Ontbirders,
Go to my website again via signature below to see two new photos 3 and 4 by
Chris Escott showing the underwing pattern of the mystery falcon in
Toronto. Please note that in life this bird is a paler and warmer colour
than in the four photos. We've had a few e-mails about this bird
The Band-tailed Pigeon has survived this second cold snap and is coping well
with the snow in London. It is also expanding the number of feeders that it
will use as it has been reported at another location.
When I saw the bird on Sunday, Jan. 18, it seemed to be in jeopardy of
losing its nominal
Report to OntBirds, from the week's sightings for the Kingston Region, as
reported the compiler.
Page numbers and location Quadrants noted in square brackets [...], are for
named sites. They refer to the MapArt Publishing Ontario Road Atlas, 2003
Edition.
Page numbers and Quadrants in Open Brace
Based on the photos, the mystery falcon is an immature Gyr-Peregrine hybrid.
It may have been lost from the bird control program at Pearson Airport.
Martin Geleynse
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