I have just learned that there was a CHAFFINCH at Silver Islet, Thunder Bay District, in early May 2004. I have sent a photo to the OFO bird photo web site. We also had a European Goldfinch here at about the same time, and there was a Great Tit just south of the border at Grand Marais, Minnesota. Apparently there were a number of European "vagrants" around the great lakes this spring. Where did they all come from?
Nick Escott 650 Alice Ave. Thunder Bay ON P7G 1W9 345-7122 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jun 25 21:30:45 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from maildir.nt.net (rad3.nt.net [209.226.51.11]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21F6348366 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:30:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bellnordiq.ca (ntl-217-20.telebecinternet.net [142.217.217.20] (may be forged)) by maildir.nt.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5Q1XuBw018725; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:33:56 -0400 Received: from smtp4.bellnordiq.ca (smtp4 [192.168.150.24]) by bellnordiq.ca (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i5Q1b1S00485; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:37:01 -0400 Received: from yoursz6x6sefxo (Timmins4-31.nt.net [209.226.89.31]) by smtp4.bellnordiq.ca (8.12.11/8.11.6) with SMTP id i5Q1afss010148; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:36:42 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nicholas Escott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "ontbirds" <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]Chaffinch Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:36:36 -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 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 01:30:45 -0000 Gidday Nick! Am very interested to here your report of European goldfinches in the Thunder Bay area this spring. I too have heard of 2 over here in the Hearst area in May also. One just east of Hearst at a birdfeeder, and one in Oba (small village about an hours drive south of Hearst), also at a birdfeeder. Both observers had a very long look at their rare visitors. Hearst is a small community of 6000 located on TransCanada Highway 11, 6 hours north of North Bay and 6 hours east of Thunder Bay. I would appreciate any insight you get out of this or your posting Nick. Thanks. :-) Marc Johnson Lot 10 Concession 7 Kendall Twp Hearst ONT., P0L 1N0
