On May 2 at 6pm I found a Yellow-breasted Chat in Shell Park, Bronte( south-west Oakville). The bird was along the creek between the two bridges opposite the concrete water outlet. The bird was very skulky as I could not find it 10 minutes later. Among the 11 species of warblers in the area were Orange-crowned, Chestnut-sided and my first female Black & Whites. A male Indigo Bunting, Chimney Swift, Catbird, Veery, Least Sandpiper were also new for me today. Off Bronte Harbour were about 3,000 cormorants, being harassed by many Herring Gulls and one juvenile Glaucous Gull. Quite a sight! Directions; lets see if I can get it right this time. At the QEW in Oakville take the Burloak Drive exit south to Lakeshore Road, turn left or east at the lights and proceed abotu 1.5 km to the Shell Park entrance on the left. Another kilometer further is Bronte Harbour, accessed by either West River St. or Bronte Road on the right. Good Birding, Mark Jennings 3066 Northview Cr., Burlington, Ont. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 3 00:39:10 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD17B48693 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 3 May 2004 00:39:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tony ([64.230.112.175]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 3 May 2004 00:40:30 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Tony Beck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 00:40:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: [Ontbirds] Ruff (Reeve) - Eastern Ontario X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 04:39:11 -0000
Hello Ontbirders Bernie Ladouceur, Daniele Mitchell, Alex Stone, Andrew Sonea, and myself, went birding today to many locations east of Ottawa. We had a tremendous day, ending with a total of 120 species before dinner. The highlight was a female Ruff (Reeve) originally spotted by Bernie at 3:30pm in the Southwest cell of the Embrun Sewage Lagoon. Other highlights during the day (and there were many) included 10 species of warbler, 10 species of sparrow, several Wilsons Phalaropes, several Evening Grosbeaks, a Sandhill Crane, and a Red Crossbill. To reach Embrun Sewage Lagoon from Highway 417 (The Queensway), 39 km east of Ottawa, take exit 79 (Regional 5), labelled Limoges / Embrun. Proceed 2.5 km SSE on Regional 5 to Regional 3 or Notre Dame Street. Turn right or WSW onto it and drive 2.8 km to St.-Joseph Road on the east edge of the town of Embrun. Turn left or SSE on it and go 1.5 km to Route 400. Turn left or northeast onto Route 400 and after about a kilometre the Embrun Sewage Lagoons will be on your left (directions courtesy of Larry Neily). Cheerio And Good Birding Tony http://www3.sympatico.ca/beck.tony/
