detachment has it now, 4601
Industrial Parkway, Alliston, thanks to Constable Brian O'Neill.Those wishing
eBird checklists should email separately.It was a fun day with a group of keen
and knowledgeable birders.Regards, Kevin Shackleton
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Sandpipers and
Semi-palmated Sandpipers in the 1st lagoon.. I did have a Greater Yellowlegs
the day before in the 3rd lagoon.The lagoons are marked "No Trespassing", but
birders are tolerated. The lagoons are at the east end of Cedar Street off Old
Yonge St. in Holland Landing. Kevin
, the intrepid leader.Thanks to all who attended and
chipped in birds to the day's total of 84 species including 15 warbler
species.Email me privately for the eBird checklists. Kevin Shackleton
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There are about 100 Tundra Swans and about 40 Pintails near the north end of
McKinnon Rd. The area is mostly frozen. A few American Black Ducks are mixed in
with the Mallards.
McKinnon Rd runs N off Hwy 90 just east of the town of Angus.
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At least 150 Tundra Swans in the field n w of Hochreiter Rd. Northern Pintails
in view as well.
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Howard Davidson and I checked Windermere Basin for the recently reported Snowy
Egret. It was seen directly across from the lookout, a bit far for
photographs, but the black bill, black legs and small size were easily
seen.Windermere Basin is off East Port Drive west of Red Hill Creek in
11:15 a.m. Dikccissels still north and south of the Mattamy Velodrome. GPS
does'nt show Pan Am Blvd. Go west on Louis St Laurent from Bronte S.
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Initially, 16 participants joined substitute leader Kevin Shackleton for a
leisurely stroll through the Nature Conservancy of Canada property at Happy
Valley in King Township. Birds were mostly heard during the walk, but on the
return to the starting point a male Hooded Warbler was seen
The field trip began at Tiny Marsh at 7:15 a.m. with three eager participants
joining yours truly. We scoured the Beaver Trail west of the main building for
150 minutes and found 50 species including l good ooks at Alder, Willow and
Great-crested Flycatchers and Eastern Kingbird and a Canada
The Ruff is still here at1:55 pm.
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In the flooded field west of Bathurst St N of Hochreiter Road are 72 Tundra
Swans. There is one Great Blue Heron in the small heronry on the Simcoe County
side of the Holland River. There are about 14 nests best viewed from past the
dike on the north side of the field with the Swans.
Kevin
A Ross's Goose reported late yesterday is still in an old corn field north of
Ravenshoe Rd and west of Woodbine Avenue.Take the 404 to the end at Woodbine,
go north about 500 m to Ravenshoe and turn left at the lights. The goose is
about 100 metres n of Ravenshoe and 500 metres from Woodbine.
The number of Tundra Swans in the flooded field west of Bathurst St, north of
the Queensville SR have been building since February 24. I was told there were
350 to 400 yesterday afternoon. The change in the weather means the flooded
fields are developing a skin of ice. I estimated there were
26 Tundra Swans are on the flooded field west of Bathurst St and north of
Hochreiter Rd. Hochreiter Rd is north of Queensville SR.
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Seen today just after noon across from the slips of the marina. Approachable
from the west just off the main path.
The park is south of the intersection of Kipling and Lakeshore in Etobicoke.
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Tiny Marsh off the east/west dike east of the north/south dike from the Tiny
Flos TL.
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Still in the first field S of 26 on east side of Glengarry Landing.
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10 am. Had the pair of Harlequin Ducks at this small park off Lakeshore at
Cairncroft.
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east on Davis Drive to Yonge and then north to Bathurst.
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12:30 p..m.
Howard Davidson and I had a 1st year male and a female Common Eider straight
out from the pier with a raft of scaup.
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Mea culpa.
The often reported King Eiders were at Bronte Harbour this morning, not the
Common Eiders I reported earlier.
Yours truly,
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Km12 and 11 as we
headed west at about 2:15 p.m.
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as we drove along Concession 6,
Sunnidale after viewing the Bald Eagle nest from Concession 6 and 15/16 Side
Road and getting three sparrow species in minutes at Pine Grove Road, Essa.
Our sponsors will receive full reports in due course.
Team Leader
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The goose is present at 7:40 a.m. On the east side of the wetland. See below
for directions.
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Ron Fleming and I have found the Great Gray this morning at 8:15.
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In the closing days of 2012, and with me still short of my goal of 300 species,
Jean Irons suggested I contact Bruce DiLabio to try to get either or both
Lapland Longspur and Gray Partridge in the Ottawa area. I flew in today and
the weather goddess was smiling on me as my flight in was not
Bruce Brydon and I visited the river from about 12:30 p.m. To 3:15 p.m..
We stopped at the control gates, the old barge, the Whirlpool, Adam Beck and
Queenston Boat Launch.
We had one Iceland and one Glaucous at Adam Beck and one Little Gull at
Queenston.
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The male Harlequin is swimming along the far shore of the western side of the
port of Collingwood at 10:30 a.m. Come into Collingwood on Hwy 26 and look for
the old grain elevators on your right and follow the road out to the look out.
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The bird is easy to spot on the north end of the Bell building on the east side
of Pharmacy, north of Eglinton.
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The Glossy Ibis returned to feed at about 8:00 a.m.
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to the north of Owen Sound.
Kevin Shackleton and Christine Shackleton
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in the south. Three 500ml bottles of
pop were almost $15.00.
The locals are not birders. We left our field guides in hopes that they might
be able to say where we or the next birders to visit might find more species.
I hope to return in the not too distant future.
Kevin Shackleton
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There are 35 Black-bellied Plovers at the far side of the flooded field south
of the 11th. There are several Baird's Sandpipers closer to the road in some
smaller puddles. Lots of Pectorals, Lesser Yellowlegs and a few Greater
Yellowlegs.
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dabblers.
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With humblest apologies to Doug, I should stick to trying to ID birds, not
birders. It was Doug Lockrey, not Doug McCrae.
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At 12:30 pm today I had a singing Dickcissel across from the Sinclair-Campbell
Project on Hwy 42 and 700 metres west of Hwy 59. The bird was posted on eBird
earlier.
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arrived too late in the morning for the Louisiana Waterthrush.
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The Cattle Egret was at the corner of Lake Dr. and Ravenshoe Rd at 6:50 pm.
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The Prairie Warbler is still singing where Norm located it 11 am today. I
dragged a wooden pallet to a spot opposite where I heard it singing. It can be
heard from the gasline Norm described.
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Wood Ducks, many Northern
Shovelers, Mallards, Gadwall and American Widgeon.
Both lagoons are posted for trespassing, but the gates are open and the berms
are very drivable.
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by sIghting of a Sandhill
Crane family at about 2:20 p.m.
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of Blue
Trail.
The entrance to the park is off Hwy 11 before the turn off for Atikokan.
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River sewage lagoons where we found
75 Wilson's Phalaropes, 1 Red-necked Phalarope, 3 Semi-palmated Plovers, 4
Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper and many Least and Semi-palmated
Sandpipers.
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in the reeds of Rainy River.
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Purple Finches as
well as a female and a feeding male Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Iain added Philadelphia Vireo to the trip list. We also found a silent
Swainson's Thrush.
The quest for 300 species by the Old Timers Co-operative Birding Team continues.
Iain Wilkes, Ric Muise, Bruce Brydon and Kevin
near the western shore, a female Wilson's Phalarope and an
American Kestrel chased off by a RWBB.
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Western Meadowlarks at the corner of Worthington #3 and Byrnes Rd.
Black-billed Magpies, Sedge Wren, 2 Sandill Cranes. Lots of Clay-coloured
Sparrows.
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11a.m. 3 Sharp-tailed Grouse along the roadside, 3 Short-eared Owls along the
three line to the east. Sedge Wrens calling all along the road. A pair of
Sandhill Cranes. One singing LeConte's Sparrow.
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Swallows.
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and
calling Soras that could not be drowned by reving stock car engines.
No Eared Grebes
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Iain Wilkes, Ric Muise, Ryan LeBlanc and Kevin Shackleton had an adult Golden
Eagle soaring near Mt McKay.
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Mills Block Forest is at the John St. Road and Community intersection west of
Thunder Bay.
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Sorry, should be Black-throated Green Warbler.
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Snowy Egret still here at 8:40 a.m.
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The bird is still present at 7:00 am May 17.
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10:30 a.m. Adult Golden Eagle flew east to west over the Log Pond/Maintnance
Yard.
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Take Kent Bridge Road south from 401 to Rondeau and follow the signs for the
provincial park.
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No luck on the Cattle Egrets at 10:30.
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Still here at 7:15 south of the Visitor's Centre near the grey monument with
Scripture on it.
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The Long-billed Dowitcher was present again this afternoon at about 3 p.m.
There were numerous Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. Swallows feeding over the
pond were mostly Tree, with one Barn and a Northern Rough-winged. I did not
have any luck finding the Northern Three-toed Woodpecker.
Kevin
At 9:30 a.m. The Barrow's is in a mixed flock offshore from138 Indian Rd,
Asphodel Heights.
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The White-winged Dove is behiind 1532 Pinewood Cres. at 1:23 pm this afternoon.
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My wife and I paid a visit to the park. Red-breasted Nuthatches at the Spruce
Bog suet feeder, Evening Grosbeaks at the feeders behind the Visitors Centre.
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a mangy looking coyote and after that no shorebirds, but Bruce's
tip was a couple of days old so they have been around for a while.
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for an electric fence. The birds were there at 8:30 a.m. and
Rodney had seen 8 earlier in the morning.
I stopped my car at 17 406233E/5083263N.
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Ontario Nature sign. Continue down the driveway past the
white house (please respect the privacy of the tenants). You may park in front
of the larger house at the end of the driveway in order to access the existing
trails.
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and go north.
From the Kirkfield Lift Lock on Kirkfield Road 6, drive 2.5 km north, turn
right (east) on McNamee Road, then immediately left onto Wylie Road.
Bluebird Box 10 is 1.8 km north and Sedge Wren Marsh is about 2.8 km north
of the intersection.
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.(telephone # 905 623 9722) Visitors warmly received.
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chilly with a breeze out of the north west.
Direction: Hwy/CR 48 north to the centre of Kirkfield then north on CR 6 to
McNamee Road where a right turn is made and a short distance traveled to Wylie
Road. Then turn left and go north to the marsh.
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, on utility poles or on buildings.
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and the house is the 3rd on the left #3218.
Elmer was a very gracious host and mentioned that there had been another Varied
Thrush at Cold Creek last January.
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is on the west side of
Pine Valley Drive between Major Mackenzie Drive and Rutherford Road.
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for Snowy Owl without success, but did
have two Northern Harriers and a Rough-legged Hawk.
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Mid-afternoon Saturday November 6, 2010
Lawson Tract, Oxford County
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How to Get There
From Ingersoll Exit 216 on Hwy 401, go south approximately 4 km on Culloden
Road (County Rd 10). Turn left (east) on McBeth Road (3rd S. of the the 401)
and drive 1.5 km. Watch for #363685 on the
and the Holland River just east of Main
St/Second Concession, East Gwillimbury. Green Lane runs east and west from the
north end of Highway 404. The Holland River is west of the 404.
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This afternoon from 2:15 to 4:00.
1 Broad-winged Hawk over the main road.
1 Marsh Wren in the cattails by the boat launching ramp.
2 Pied-billed Grebes in the reservoir near the dam.
1 Turkey Vulture soaring over the woods below the dam.
6 Northern Flickers near the Critters Shelter.
Kevin
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Line, I found one Buff-breasted, 10
Black-bellied Plovers and many Killdeer.
Exit Hwy 400 north bound at Highway 88 and go west to Hwy 27. Go north to 10th
Line and then west until you have gone about 1 Km west of 15 Sideroad New
Tecumseth.
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at Green Lane. Go east on Green
Lane to Woodbine and the north on Woodbine to Ravenshoe Road. Turn east on
Ravenshoe and go about 1 km and the flooded section of the field is on your
left.
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into the stubble in
nearby fields.
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) to Ravenshoe Road and turn right
(east) for about 500 metres. The flooded area is to the north.
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) to Ravenshoe Road and turn right
(east) for about 500 metres. The flooded area is to the north.
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. Within minutes the bird flew into view
and perched at the top of the tallest of a grove of spruce trees. It remained
there for at least 10 minutes. I left at 8:30 p.m.
Kevin Shackleton
Directions (from the east):
Travel west on Rd 109 from Orangeville. Turn north on Reg Rd 25.
Turn west
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There numerous Horned Larks and a flock of about 50 Snow Buntings near the
south end of Yonge Street as it nears the marsh.
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