[Ontbirds]Wasaga Beach Piping Plovers

2008-06-23 Thread Bruce Wilson
This was posted yesterday by Mary Little on the Simcoe Nature Board. good news/bad news about Wasaga PIPLs Posted on June 22, 2008 at 08:57:02 PM by mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mary little Good news: The second nest (nest B) of piping plovers started hatching today at noon. By 2pm: 3 of 4 eggs

[Ontbirds]Black Vulture at Tobermory

2008-06-23 Thread Tom Thomas
Hello, Yesterday afternoon while birding the Garbage Dump near the airport at Tobermory,Tim King and I along with Gill Arden and Bob Zarnke spotted a Black Vulture. We were scanning the birds foraging in the garbage piles, when two of us saw this large bird coming in to land,

[Ontbirds]Wasaga Beach Directions

2008-06-23 Thread Bruce Wilson
Sorry. I forgot to post the directions. The birds at Wasaga Beach are easy to access. Follow Main Street from Highway 92 and cross the bridge. Take the first right onto Jenetta Street. Take Jenetta to Spruce Street (2nd left) and turn left. Park in the parking lot on the right where Spruce

[Ontbirds]Western Meadowlark - Palgrave

2008-06-23 Thread Todd Pepper
I was in Toronto for meetings today and took a side trip to Palgrave on the way home to see if the Western Meadowlark was still around, since there have been no reports since last Thursday. It was still in the same place (directions below) at 2:00 p.m. sitting on the hydro line exactly 300