Today (July 23) while thrashing around in a cedar swamp in Halton R.M., I spished in an adult male Bay-breasted Warbler. The location was north of Speyside a bit east of Hwy. 25.
Although one could be tempted to enter this observation onto an Atlas Card (the habitat looked good!), it is, of course, a very early fall migrant rather than a potential breeding bird. But it does demonstrate that we have to be careful over the next couple of weeks due to the arrival of a few fall migrants. Such species to be aware of would include both Least Flycatcher and Northern Waterthrush (in areas where they don't normally breed), plus Tennessee Warbler and Swainson's Thrush to name a few. Alan Wormington ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jul 24 11:15:21 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.78]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DECAF481CE for <[email protected]>; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:15:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown (HELO Pentium42.rogers.com) ([EMAIL PROTECTED] with login) by smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jul 2004 15:26:11 -0000 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@pop.lndn.phub.net.cable.rogers.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:26:09 -0400 To: [email protected] From: "Andrew S. Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Final Word on Eurasian Collared-Dove X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:15:21 -0000 Just a quick update on the Dove in London, I have been doing some research on the web about possible breeders in the area, but I came up empty-handed. I did , however, find a page that may shed some light into my sighting and future sightings in Ontario. The Ring-Necked Dove is the most common dove kept in captivity. It also has many mutations, including the fawn, that look nearly identical to a Eurasian Collared Dove, including the blue border to the collar, black flight feathers, etc.. I think this scenario is more likely. My bird makes a convincing Collared Dove, but lack of captive birds makes the Ring-Necked Dove more likely. I encourage others to look into the Oakville bird, as to not make the same mistake. And all this time, I was worried about confusing it with a Ringed Turtle Dove! Sorry for the confusion, Andrew Ross London, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED]
