[Ontbirds] HSR: Cranberry Marsh (03 Oct 2004) 3 Raptors, many passerines
Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2004 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0384 Osprey 0 0108 Bald Eagle 0 0 34 Northern Harrier 0 0 71 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 3624 Cooper's Hawk0 0 58 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 3 Broad-winged Hawk0 0890 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0210 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0382 Merlin 1 1 32 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 13 Unknown 0 0 73 Total: 3 4 2882 -- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Jerry Walsh Observers:Bill Scott, Doug Lockrey, Rayfield Pye, Ron Pittaway Weather: Overnight drop and temp. seems to be a forerunner for the autumn; light southerly winds along the lakefront, and a sunny sky brought out 15 observers, BUT very few migrating hawks. BP rising, then falling; cloudless sky-; temp. 5-14C Observations: 2 Sharp-shinneds, 1 Merlin Blackk-throated Green W., Palm W., 1 PINE SISKIN, several Am.Pipits, Hermiot Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, 2 Brown Thrashers, Golden-crowned Ruby-crowned Kinglets, E.Phoebe, Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Great Egrets, both Nuthatches Dowithcer at the Sobeys's Pond area to the northeast Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.gtrw.ca
[Ontbirds] Siskin, Thrasher among many passerines at Cranberry Raptor Watch-Oct.3/04; Long-billed Dowitcher at Sobey's
As many as 18 observers came to help out at the Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch on Sunday, Oct.3; the weather was not conducive to a hawk flight (2 Sharp-shinneds, 1 Merlin over a 4-hour period in the AM). Along the pathway the following were among the many passerines noted; 2 Brown Thrashers, 1 Hermit Thrush, 1 Swainson's Thrush, 1 Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Palm W., 1 PINE SISKIN, sevberal Am. Pipits, both Nuthatches, and 5 species of Sparrows. To the west of Sobey's Warehouse ponds was a Dowitcher--probably a Long-billed. CMRW-- exit 401 onto Salem, south to Bayly, east through Lakeridge to Hall's Rd., south to the second roadside parking lot north of the lakefront. Sobey's is to the west of the Iroquois Sports Complex in southwest Whitby, just north of Victoria St. Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW
[Ontbirds]More death and carnage at Presqu'ile; alleged eiders
Greetings all, The last two days have been tough on birds at Presqu'ile. Dead birds continue to wash up - some from presumed botulism, and some are cripples from yesterdays hunting on the islands. Yesterday walking from Beach 1-4 I found: 4 Horned Grebe 2 Red-necked Grebe 1 Mallard 2 Redhead (1 barely able to fly but wounded) 9 Greater Scaup 1 Ww Scoter 1 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Sanderling 1 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semi Plover 6 Rb Gull 1 Herring Gull The grebes, shorebirds and gulls were all thin and wasted, suggesting illness whereas the waterfowl were fat. Some of the ducks had snapped wings and or legs and were obviously cripples that had not been retrieved, probably due to the very high surf (which of course begs the question as to why they were shooting them in the first place if they couldn't retrieved them). Today on Gull Island there were more new dead birds: 2 Com Loon 2 H Grebe 4 Dc Cormorant 1 Greater Scaup (cripple - not sick) 1 GBB Gull 1 Black-b Plover 1 Sanderling Live shorebirds were restricted to Gull Island and included 1 Golden Plover, 9 Black-bellied, 38 Dunlin, 2 Pectoral and 17 Sanderling. The beach was a dead loss with a dozen kite driven surfboards and carts flushing everything off the beach, as well as a few dogs running around. Making matters worse, someone (likely park staff) has been driving their ATV's up the natural beach. Oh for the days when Ontario Parks actually cared about wildlife in parks. Cheers, Doug McRae
[Ontbirds]Sorry, forgot about the eiders
Hi again, I forgot to mention about the eiders in my post of a few minutes ago. The warden in charge of the duck hunt (running it and identifying the birds shot) told me that he found three eiders (species unknown) washed up on the beach several hours before I walked the beach. He said he didn't collect them but I never saw them which makes me a bit suspicious of the ID, especially since it would be about a month early for an eider anyway. I wonder if they were scaup as some of the scaup were entangled in algae and waterlogged making them look quite dark. Anyway, consider it reported for what it's worth! Doug McRae Directions: Presqu'ile is best reached by taking the Brighton exit from Hwy. 401, then continue south to the town of Brighton. From there watch for and follow the Provincial Park signs.
[Ontbirds]Nelson's Sharp-Tailed Sparrow - Amherst Island
Spent the morning on Amherst Island and located 3 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS by the ponds on the KFN property. Twelve species of shorebirds were observed which were being harassed by both a MERLIN and a PEREGRINE FALCON. In the Owl Woods was 1 LONG-EARED OWL. Good Birding Bruce Ripley 613-544-2872 Directions To Amherst Island - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt Publishing [Pg. 36, E54 E55] Located 18 km. west of Kingston. Exit off Hwy. 401 at exit 593 (County Road 4, Camden East) and drive south to the very end (Millhaven). Turn right on Hwy. 33 and drive 100 metres until you see the sign for the Amherst Island ferry. The ferry (20 minute trip) leaves the mainland on the half hour and leaves the island on the hour. Cost is $5.00 Canadian round trip. There are no gas stations on the island. The East End K.F.N. property is at the easternmost part of the island. Enter through the corral which is at the south end of the Lower Forty-Foot Road. To reach the Owl Woods, turn left (east) at the four-way stop sign by the general store and drive 3.4 kilometres along Front Road to the (seasonal) Marshall Forty-Foot Road. Marshall Forty-Foot Road is across the road from house #2320. Drive along Marshall Road to the mid-way point, where there is an S in the road (1.2 kilometres , look for the K.F.N. kiosk). Park in the gravel lane or off the road edge.
[Ontbirds]PINE SISKINS. HUNGRY HOLLOW.
This morning there was a PINE SISKIN calling in Pete Chapman's yard. This afternoon there were four feeding with Goldfinches on his feeders. Hungry Hollow is in the Ausable river Valley east of ARKONA in Middlesex County. About 20 minutes north of highway 402. Good Birding. Alf. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Ontbirds]Sharp Tailed Sparrow Tommy Thompson park
Their wear not to many birds to be found out on the spit this weekend , Saturday be for the rain I was happy to find a Long E Owl , 48 Mute swans , 1 Merlin ,17 W T Sparrows and 4 W C Sparrows , and 6 shorebird speeches And to day will looking for a rear plant I flush up a Sharp Tailed Sparrow this is only the second I have seen in the park the first being 10 years a go ( Oct 29 1994 ) Also seen to day 1 sharp shin hawk, 47 mute swans and 5 shorebird, speeches Tommy Thompson park Is found a the foot of Leslie st south of the lake shower boulevard and is only open on weekends and holidays. Craig Craig Bev McLauchlan Toronto, Ont, Canada, World From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 3 18:47:29 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from helios.kos.net (unknown [64.201.45.11]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED610487A6 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:47:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 4365 invoked from network); 3 Oct 2004 22:52:47 - Received: from unknown (HELO D3ZD7M31) (64.201.46.141) by 64.201.45.11 with SMTP; 3 Oct 2004 22:52:47 - Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Terry Sprague [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ontbirds ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:52:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Subject: [Ontbirds]Quinte Area Bird Report X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:47:29 - Clear DayWEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA for Sunday, October 03, 2004 Signs of the fall season are surely upon us as the trees give way to a phantasmagoria of colour. The Salmon River today, from Roblin to Croydon, was awash in brilliant reds and yellows for the entire distance. Several BELTED KINGFISHERS and one GREAT BLUE HERON were seen and WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, DOWNY WOODPECKERS and one BLUE-HEADED VIREO could be heard singing from the silver maple swamp. BLUE-HEADED VIREOS (3) were also present today at Goodrich-Loomis Conservation Area, north of Brighton, as were several BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, both GOLDEN-CROWNED and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and both WHITE and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. At Albury, across the Bay of Quinte from Trenton, there has been a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER for several days, and an EASTERN PHOEBE was present there yesterday. The Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area at the southeastern tip of Prince Edward County has also been hopping this past week, and some good finds have turned up there. NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS are already passing through in good numbers and the September total was 123, by far the best ever as normal totals for that month averages 10 to 15 birds. The best day of banding was on September 30th when 304 birds of 36 species were caught. TURKEY VULTURES (75) flew over on the 29th, and the following day, 125 CANADA GEESE went over. Out on the lake, 320 GREATER SCAUP were seen on Thursday as was a RED-NECKED GREBE, 6 SURF SCOTERS and 11 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. In the bushes at Prince Edward Point, up to 12 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS have been seen. Late migrants have included GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and two TRAILL'S FLYCATCHERS on the 29th. Kinglets have increased with up to 350 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and 150 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS being counted in a day. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS are occasionally being seen as are NORTHERN PARULAS and SCARLET TANAGERS. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS are starting to pick up as are WESTERN PALM WARBLERS and the sparrows, noticeably DARK-EYED JUNCOS, WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS , and a few WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS are becoming more frequent around the banding station. On Wednesday, an immature PARASITIC JAEGER floated along the beach, and a BICKNELL'S THRUSH was trapped on the 27th, and was retrapped again the following day. The Prince Edward Point Observatory's first Annual Bird Report (covering 2003) has now been published and copies can be obtained for only $10, either from the Membership Secretary or in person from the Bander-In-Charge at the Observatory. Other interesting sightings during the week included a RUFFED GROUSE in full display and strutting along a roadside near Picton on October 1st. The two SANDHILL CRANES that first turned up in fields near the entrance to Beaver Meadow Wildlife Management Area in mid-August, have since moved a kilometre north and can usually be seen pasturing with a herd of cattle near a creek along County Road 10 at the bottom of the hill just south of Mowbray Road. They have been there most of the week and were last observed yesterday at this location. And that's it for this week from Prince Edward County and the Quinte
[Ontbirds]Renfrew County: N.Sharp-tailed Sparrow Little Gull
Hi Everyone Today, October 3, 2004 I lead a field trip into Renfrew County. We first birded Westmeath Provincial Park and after some hard searching we were rewarded with excellent views of a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Along the shoreline we encountered a few flocks of American Pipits, Horned Larks and 1 Lapland Longspur. The water level along the Ottawa River was low and there were 5 species of shorebirds, 2 Gr.Yellowlegs, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Black-bellied Plover, 1 Sanderling and 9 Dunlin. We had 1 Pine Siskin fly over calling. Later in the day we birded Lake Dore and observed 1 adult winter plumage Little Gull in a flock of Bonaparte's Gulls. The loon numbers were up with 108 Common Loon but few Horned and Red-necked Grebes due to the rough water conditions. Interesting ducks including 9 White-winged Scoter and 8 Red-breasted Merganser. good birding Bruce Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/ Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Directions: From Ottawa take Hwy. 17 north to the first Pembroke exit and follow to County Road 21. Turn right and travel to County Road 12 and turn left Follow to Sand Point Rd. and turn left and go to end of road for access to the river. You can walk the beach east into Westmeath Provincial Park checking the vegetation for the sparrow. To reach Lake Dore, go north of Eganville on Hwy 41 for 5 km., then left on Point Church Rd. Drive along the road looking for clearing along the lake shore to view the water. If you require any additional information, please email me privately. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 3 19:01:54 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4])by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A3A948987 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:01:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jean-bapu1sw48i.sympatico.ca ([64.229.211.175]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:07:13 -0400 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:07:20 -0400 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: Jean Iron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:01:54 - Shorebird Enthusiasts, The Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) of Environment Canada has just re-issued the Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan. The 48 page plan includes 27 maps and 14 photographs. The executive summary states that Ontario provides vitally important staging and breeding habitat for Western Hemisphere shorebirds. Of 29 shorebird species commonly occurring in Ontario, major staging concentrations of 14 species amass in the hundreds of thousands. Of 40 species of shorebirds that breed routinely in Canada, 22 regularly breed in Ontario, including significant proportions of the populations of seven species. The plan gives the occurrence, status, habitats, population estimates and trends of the breeding and migrant shorebirds in the province. Did you know that Ontario has an isolated breeding population of Marbled Godwits in James Bay and that Hudsonian Godwits in the Hudson Bay Lowlands may represent 50% of the Canadian breeding population, much of that in Ontario? Key staging sites used by migrating shorebirds, such as Presqu'ile Provincial Park, are identified. This is an important government document. It outlines the steps needed to conserve shorebirds and their habitats in Ontario. Senior author is Ken Ross of the Canadian Wildlife Service. Partners with CWS in the plan are the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Bird Studies Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and Gateways Centre. Ross, K., K. Abraham, R. Clay, B. Collins, J. Iron, R. James, D. McLachlin, and R. Weeber. 2003. Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan. Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Cat No. 0-662-33933-9. ISBN CW66-222/2003E. Hard copies of the shorebird plan are available in person or by e-mail, phone and fax from: Canadian Wildlife Service 4905 Dufferin Street Downsview, ON M3H 5T4 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 416-739-5830 Fax: 416-739-5845 or view the plan online http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/plans/shorebirdplan-e.html Ron Pittaway Ontario Field Ornithologists E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Ontbirds]OFO Convention-Oct. 2,3
The OFO Convention weekend was a big success thanks to the hard work of Maris Apse, Don Barnett and the rest of the OFO Executive. Thanks to our speaker, Bruce Mactavish, and all the trip leaders, to Ron Tozer, to Jim Rising, and especially to all who participated. Special accolades to Jean Iron, retiring President, for her 9 years of stalwart service. Fieldtrips yielded a total of 125 species as of noon today. The weather was not conducive to lake-watching but many interesting species were found, including an Avocet at Van Wagners Beach, Hudsonian Godwit and Stilt Sandpiper at Grimsby Sewage lagoons, several Sharp-tailed Sparrows at Dundas Marsh, a probable Red Phalarope off 50 Point, a good number of warblers (eg. Parula, Orange-crowned ) and sparrows, ducks and shorebirds. Other late migrants were Barn, Tree swallows, Eastern Pewee, Marsh Wren, Great Egret, Red-throated Loon, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Dave Milsom [EMAIL PROTECTED] References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 3 19:24:59 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1D44822D for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:24:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 554 invoked by uid 525); 3 Oct 2004 23:20:59 - Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 03 Oct 2004 07:10:59 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (03 Oct 2004) 399 Raptors X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:25:00 - Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2004 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 325785 2021 Osprey 1 2 71 Bald Eagle 0 0 30 Northern Harrier 0 1188 Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 98 3818 Cooper's Hawk6 7 92 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 7 Broad-winged Hawk0 0 27842 Red-tailed Hawk 1 3221 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel15 16 1236 Merlin 0 1 34 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 10 Unknown 0 0 38 Total: 399914 35608 -- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Bob Hall-Brooks Observers:Olga Klekner Visitors: Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Ontario were all represented on the Tower today. Thank you to all who made counting so enjoyable. Weather: From cold to moderate temperatures today, sunny, few if any clouds, winds variable to South West, gusting to 10 mph. Observations: Turkey Vultures to the north with occasional Sharpies and Kestrels and a Coopers or two. Blue Jays reached 44,000 today, Goldfinches totalled 1890. The Passerine banders netted their first Phoebe and their first two Juncos. Predictions: Who knows what tomorowmay bring. I just know that Olga Klekner, our newest counter, will make everyone who shows up welcome. Report submitted by Bob Hall-Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Information on southern Ontario's hawk migration and the Holiday Beach Conservation Area site -- Southwestern Ontario is largely an area of flat, featureless farmland. There are only two geographic features of note in the region. One is the proximity of the Great lakes, which influence bird migration in the area to a great extent, The second is the shape of the province, roughly funnel-shaped with the narrow end to the southwest. These features confine south-bound bird migrants, especially hawks, to specific flight corridors. Holiday Beach Conservation Area was formerly a Provincial Park, but is now administered by the Essex Region
[Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (03 Oct 2004) 1406 Raptors
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2004 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture1190 2207 6537 Osprey 2 4221 Bald Eagle 4 10153 Northern Harrier 2 8291 Sharp-shinned Hawk 157315 4674 Cooper's Hawk7 10223 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 11 58 Broad-winged Hawk2 2 185377 Red-tailed Hawk 30121936 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 2 American Kestrel 4 13892 Merlin 0 1 42 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 23 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total:1406 2707 199431 -- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers:Calvin Brennan, Dave Mendus Weather: Today was essentially a cloudless day with light to moderate west-southwest winds. Observations: The flight was dominated by Turkey Vultures, appropriate enough for the annual TV picnic, with what was perhaps a surprising lack of other birds. The highlight of the day was one of the last birds counted: a juvenile Golden Eagle, the second tallied for the season thus far. Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
[Ontbirds]Renfrew County: N.Sharp-tailed Sparrow Little Gull
Hi Everyone Today, October 3, 2004 I lead a field trip into Renfrew County. We first birded Westmeath Provincial Park and after some hard searching we were rewarded with excellent views of a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Along the shoreline we encountered a few flocks of American Pipits, Horned Larks and 1 Lapland Longspur. The water level along the Ottawa River was low and there were 5 species of shorebirds, 2 Gr.Yellowlegs, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Black-bellied Plover, 1 Sanderling and 9 Dunlin. We had 1 Pine Siskin fly over calling. Later in the day we birded Lake Dore and observed 1 adult winter plumage Little Gull in a flock of Bonaparte's Gulls. The loon numbers were up with 108 Common Loon but few Horned and Red-necked Grebes due to the rough water conditions. Interesting ducks including 9 White-winged Scoter and 8 Red-breasted Merganser. good birding Bruce Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/ Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Directions: From Ottawa take Hwy. 17 north to the first Pembroke exit and follow to County Road 21. Turn right and travel to County Road 12 and turn left Follow to Sand Point Rd. and turn left and go to end of road for access to the river. You can walk the beach east into Westmeath Provincial Park checking the vegetation for the sparrow. To reach Lake Dore, go north of Eganville on Hwy 41 for 5 km., then left on Point Church Rd. Drive along the road looking for clearing along the lake shore to view the water. If you require any additional information, please email me privately. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 3 20:21:22 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from simmts8-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts8.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.166]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 783134813D for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:21:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost ([67.71.63.197]) by simmts8-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:24:42 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:33:45 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v482) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.482) Subject: [Ontbirds]pine siskin, port hope X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:21:22 - Since everybody is reporting their pine siskins, I feel emboldened to say that I too saw a pine siskin (I'm never confident of my IDs unless other people are seeing them too), this one at my mother's niger feeder on the west side of Port Hope on Saturday Oct. 2. My sister and my mother saw it also. Take the 401 to the western exit for Port Hope (there are only two) and turn right onto Toronto Road (Highway 2). I'm afraid I can't invite you to my mother's back yard, but Port Hope is pretty nice, and if you turn right at the first traffic light, you can follow Rideout Street/Lakeshore Road all the way to Newcastle, a drive that usually yields good birds and has spectacular scenery. Kathryn Mills Toronto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Ontbirds]High Park Hawkwatch Sept 20-26 Sept 27-Oct3
This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: September 20 to September 26 September 27 to October 3, 2004 Station co-ordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, H Currie, N. McHugh, D. Milsom H. Shapiro This report will contain results for the High Park Hawkwatch for the last two weeks. Results are disappointingly the same for each - pleasant weather resulting in few hawks migrating past our watch. We did observe first of the year for Golden Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk and Rough-legged Hawk. Our totals for the past two weeks and the year so far are: Species Sept20-26 Sept27-Oct3 Year to Date Turkey Vulture...37...180..416 Osprey-.2...16 Bald Eagle2.5...18 Northern Harrier..1.1...14 Sharp-Shinned Hawk...65...108..619 Cooper's Hawk.4.8...47 Northern Goshawk..-.-- Red-shouldered Hawk...-.22 Broad-winged Hawk13.1.1360 Red-tailed Hawk..2460..202 Rough-legged Hawk.-.11 Golden Eagle..1.-1 American Kestrel.1038..113 Merlin1.-7 Peregrine Falcon..3.6...23 Other(Swainson's Hawk)-.-- Unidentified..-11...38 Total...161...423.2877 High Park Site Description High Park is a 400 acre wooded park dominated by a Black Oak Savannah located just west of Downtown Toronto near Keele and Bloor. The park is operated by the City of Toronto Parks Department. The Count site (Hawk Hill) is located on a small hill at the north end of the Grenadier Restaurant parking lot. It is located about 1.5km (1 mile) north of Lake Ontario, at an elevation of 110 metres above sea level and 38 metres above Lake Ontario. The site location is N 43 degrees 37 minutes 03.8 seconds, W 79 degrees 28 minutes 56.5 seconds. This station is at the highest point and near the centre of the park; a steep slope that descends to a large pond is immediately west of the station. Full time counts have been recorded here since 1993. The following are partners in our raptor migration monitoring in the Greater Toronto Region: City of Toronto Parks and Culture Department, Toronto Ornithological Club, and Local Naturalist's Clubs. More information including a summary of our past observations is available at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw/ Observations for this season are not yet available. -- Howard Shapiro email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
