Hi Ontbirders, Today in the drizzle in Guelph, I found at least two RED CROSSBILLS in Mayfield Park. They were in and out of the big spruces at the south end of the park. Also in the area were many PINE SISKINS... maybe there's hope for a good winter finch year down south!
Directions: Take exit 299 off the 401 and travel north (this becomes Gordon St.). Just before the university in the southern part of Guelph, turn east (right) on Stone Rd. Less than 1 km east of Gordon, turn south (right) onto Colborne St, then immediately east (left) into a dead end at Mayfield Park. Good birding, David Geale Guelph, ON "Free as a birder" ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 24 12:24:29 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from cathy.bmts.com (cathy.bmts.com [216.183.128.202]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73E1D47EA5 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:24:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from carlson (cheetah-tiv-ppp414.bmts.com [216.183.146.162]) by cathy.bmts.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i9OGWa5P028872; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:32:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Cindy Cartwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>, "Lionel Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:46:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-bmts-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-bmts-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Bruce Regional report X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 16:24:29 -0000 Sandhill cranes are being observed fairly often in open fields and = harvested cornfields as they migrate through the area. Rough-legged = Hawks are back and there has been a beautiful dark-phase along County = Road 3 south of Burgoyne for several days. Immature Shrikes have been = noted in several locations this weekend - County Road 3 at Burgoyne, = hwy. 6 at Ferndale, hwy 21 east of Southampton. Occasional shorebirds are still being found along the lake and numbers = of ducks are increasing. Northern Saw-whet Owls are migrating and can = sometimes be observed right at dusk along forested areas. Cindy Cartwright Saugeen Shores From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 24 14:37:01 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mailbox2.avalonworks.net (mailbox2.avalonworks.net [216.58.97.67]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3D0487AB for <[email protected]>; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:37:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [216.58.70.21] (i216-58-70-21.avalonworks.net [216.58.70.21]) i9OIjaIv044416 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:45:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:45:41 -0400 To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.75.1, clamav-milter version 0.75c on mailbox2.avalonworks.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: [Ontbirds]Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Pembroke X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:37:01 -0000 Hi All, A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO is frequenting the Pembroke waterfont. It has been seen for almost a week and seems content. Two 1st winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS were on the sand flat at the mouth of the Muskrat River beside the marina, also. Also, yesterday, in the pine forests along the Madawaska River, Centenial Lake and Black Donald Lake were large numbers of Red-breasted Nuthatchs in mixed flocks with chickadees, kinglets and creepers. I've never seen the numbers of RBNU's moving through. For the YBCU, from the band shell and Pointer Boat at the marina in downtown Pembroke, walk along the Kiwanas Walkway past the outdoor chapel. Between there and the next 100 metres stand back and wait for movement. The cuckoo has been staying between the path and the Ottawa River, often alighting on the path to pick up insects. Good luck and wear you binoculars at all times. Chris Michener Golden Lake, Renfrew County [EMAIL PROTECTED] Region 26 Coordinator Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas http://www.birdsontario.org/atlas/atlasmain.html Pembroke Area Field Naturalists: http://www.renc.igs.net/~cmichener/pafn.index.html
