July 14 - A beautiful adult male in breeding plumage White-winged Scoter was observed this morning about 25 yards from the shore of Rock Point Provincial Park complete with distally orange and proximally yellow bill with a gray knob. Also five shorebird species including 7 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Least Sandpipers, and one Semipalmated Sandpiper. Also an impressive 471 Bonapart's Gulls, about 2,500 Double-crested Cormorants, and Caspian Terns. Also on Lake Erie at the end of Stonemill Road in western Fort Erie were 9 Mute Swans and a Gr eat Egret. Rock Point Provincial Park is located in Dunville on the north shore of Lake Erie 25 miles west of Fort Erie, Ontario, and 30 miles west of Buffalo, NY at the source of the Niagara River. Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 15 11:53:47 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web60109.mail.yahoo.com (web60109.mail.yahoo.com [216.109.118.88]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DA8D5480F3 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:53:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [216.8.132.136] by web60109.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:03:12 EDT Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:03:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Randy Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Merlin in Windsor X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:53:47 -0000
About 20 minutes ago (11:35 a.m.) as I left my office with a co-worker, John, I was startled to see a female Merlin flying toward us, crossing Wyandotte Street in the city's downtown core area and landing high in a maple tree just 30 metres or so away. We were en route to get a quick junk food lunch for John and didn't have time to stick around and watch it, but it sure brightened up my day, and led to a nice talk about falcons with John. I've been having good luck in recent years with finding Merlins in Essex County during the winter, but I've never seen one locally in the summer, and the earliest fall migrant (?) I can recall was a late-August male at Point Moulliee three years ago. Oh, to get away from my copy editing job and start fall birding again! Randy Horvath, Windsor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 15 12:25:18 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from webshield.swchsc.on.ca (mail.sw.ca [142.76.1.49]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADD82486E8 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:25:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown(142.76.72.217) by webshield.swchsc.on.ca via csmap id 132c132e_d67e_11d8_89e1_0002b3a35074_27114; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:43:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: by swentimc001.swchsc.on.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <N7R6Q9SK>; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:34:39 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Coady, Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:34:39 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [Ontbirds]Harlequin Duck summering at Humber Bay Park in Toronto X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:25:18 -0000 Ontbirds subscribers, It may be of interest to some of you to note that a first-summer male Harlequin Duck (first found back in mid-March at the mouth of the Humber River by Bob Yukich) is presently summering at Humber Bay Park East along with males of both species of scaup. The Harlequin Duck is usually found in the first embayment to the east of the parking lot at Humber Bay Park East - rather a novelty item in southern Ontario in mid-summer. Directions: >From Lakeshore Blvd. West and Parklawn Rd. follow the road south (staying to the right where it forks) to the sole parking lot at Humber Bay Park East. The bird is usually found in the first embayment to the east of this parking lot. Glenn Coady From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 15 15:40:54 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from hotmail.com (bay13-f31.bay13.hotmail.com [64.4.31.31]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 673BF48248 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:40:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:50:23 -0700 Received: from 209.5.88.85 by by13fd.bay13.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:50:23 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.5.88.85] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "markus lise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:50:23 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Jul 2004 19:50:23.0365 (UTC) FILETIME=[F78D9B50:01C46AA4] Subject: [Ontbirds]Shorebirds by Whitby X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:40:57 -0000 Hello Fellow Birders, Sighted the first Greater & Lesser Yellow Legs, Least Sandpipers & kildeer in the shallow pond just south of Sobeys and north of Victoria south west of Whitby. Directions: Take Highway # 12 exit off Highway # 401 south to Victoria and turn west till Gordon St. and turn north and west again one block. An area that is flooded has several Shorebirds. Markus J. Lise Newcastle, On _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
