Today Sunday September 26th 04 I went out to Claireville conservation area here
in Brampton and found the SNOW GOOSE (white morph) in amongst a large flock of
Canada Geese. After viewing it for about 15 minutes a large portion of the
Canada Geese took to wing and the Snow Goose went with them headed north out of
the park, possibly going back to Professors Lake where i believe a resident
there feeds the Canada Geese. Last time I was there all the Geese flocked to
the west end of the lake seeming to await at the backyard of one of the houses
there. Also of note at Claireville was a Golden Plover amongst the Killdeer and
assortment of other shorebirds.
Claireville Resevoir can be entered by going south off Steeles Ave at highway
50, first road on the right ( it has barriers across but a gap in the middle
more than big enough to drive through). Drive down this road till you go over
the train track bridge and come to a closed gate, park there and go over the
gate, just past the gate is a roadway going to the right, follow this track
down to the water, you can go left at the water to come to the main pond (
cormorants, mallards and ring billed gulls being the main things that way), or
turn right and follow the shoreline back under the rail tracks to find the
river and sandbars. Snow Goose was to the right and nearly back to Steeles Ave.
Keep an eye out on the road in for the Northern Mockingbirds ( they breed there
and always a couple around).
A photo of the Snow Goose can be seen at:
http://www.istanley.photosite.com/Birds/2004-09-22_075.html
Good Birding to all.
Ian
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (26 Sep 2004) 1305 Raptors
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SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 647 1883 1883
Osprey 10 207 207
Bald Eagle 13 127 127
Northern Harrier 15 256 256
Sharp-shinned Hawk 282 3606 3606
Cooper's Hawk 19 134 134
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 23 23
Broad-winged Hawk 111 185289 185289
Red-tailed Hawk 93 328 328
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 108 656 656
Merlin 2 36 36
Peregrine Falcon 3 13 13
Unknown 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2
Total: 1305 192560 192560
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Jeff Schultz
Observers: Calvin Brennan, Dave Mendus, Paul Cypher
Weather:
Today saw mostly sunny skies and generous amounts of cloud, ideal
conditions for hawk watching. Winds were generally light throughout the
day coming from the north-northeast in the morning switching to
south-southeast late in the day.
Observations:
The flight was split in the morning with both count sites manned at that
time. Point Mouillee was used exclusively in the afternoon once the
northern flight line dried up until the switch in wind occurred when a
return to the boat launch was made. Numbers were much improved over recent
days as was the diversity, the day being highlighted by the sighting of a
partially albino Red-tailed Hawk.
Warbler observations continued to be an added bonus for all those assembled
to see the raptor migration with a good number of species seen near both
count locations.
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submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
