Cattle Egret - Port Elgin

2003-11-01 Thread Mike Pickup
The Cattle Egret was still in the same location today at 10:50 am. In talking to the farmer who owns the property today, he tells me the bird first showed up yesterday morning. He says it has been feeding in the field. The seems quite healthy and moves around a lot. Today I saw the bird flying

Kettle of 9 Hawks at Leslie and York Mills

2003-11-01 Thread Bob Ross
A few minutes ago I saw 9 hawks slowly drifting south from the corner of York Mills and Leslie. They were quite high, and all looked like Broad-winged or Red-shouldered Hawks to my untrained eye. Anyone else see them? They might be just passing High Park about now. Please reply privately.

32 Great Egrets at Point Edward

2003-11-01 Thread B. A. Mann
Hi Birders, The day started out with a good NNW wind, but it later died out. We had one interesting spectacle of a group of Great Egrets coming in off Lake Huron. We saw some white specks a few kilometres out over the lake just below the horizon. They turned out to be a tight flock of 32 Great

HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (01 Nov 2003) Raptor counts (total=991)

2003-11-01 Thread reports
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2003 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

Re: Radio-collared Peregrine in Brampton

2003-11-01 Thread Martin Geleynse
The bird is almost certainly Tee-Dee, a male anatum peregribe. He was released and fitted with a tranmitter this summer in Kitchener by the Canadian Peregrine Foundation and the Ontario Hawking Club. Updates on his movements can be had by visiting http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca. Its nice

Lake Erie shore - Gnatcatcher, Dead Loons

2003-11-01 Thread Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter
Betsy and I birded the Erie shore from Rock Point Provincial Park to Fort Erie today. Several places near the shore were full of songbirds, especially Rock Point. The best bird was a very late BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at Rock Point associating with a large flock of both kinglets, chickadees,

Western Kingbird still at Pembroke, ON - Nov. 1

2003-11-01 Thread Larry Neily
The Western Kingbird was still being seen by birders in the morning and early afternoon of November 1, 2003 in the field adjacent and to the east of the construction site of the new Miramichi Lodge along the Ottawa River just west of downtown Pembroke. Quickest access is from Riverside Park,

Black Vulture at Prince Edward Point

2003-11-01 Thread John Blaney
Nineteen participants in a Quinte Field Naturalist outing got a good look at a black vulture at 11:40 a.m., Nov. 1 among the red-tailed hawks and turkey vultures near the banding station at Prince Edward Point. The bird did not reappear. John Blaney Belleville 1-613-962-9337 [EMAIL PROTECTED]