At 0702 this morning, November 21st, the Sepasphorus Hummingbird made its first appearance of the day to feed at the backyard feeders in Niagara Falls. The bird returns about every 15-20 minutes, and often will rest in one of three adjoining trees. She really favours a Bitter Sweet bush near the feeders where she can often be first seen before going to one of three feeders.
The homeowner (Janice) is thrilled beyond words about the interest this bird has generated, and is thoroughly enjoying the excitement/actions/comments of birders present every time the bird appears. She also told me she has never met so many well mannered and pleasant people. Other than some inquiries by neighbors as to why she is having so many visitors, there have been NO complaints from any of them. Go if you can....she is a neat bird, and Janice a treat to meet. Directions: Take the QEW to the Thorold Stone Road exit in Niagara Falls. Now turn left (east) to Dorchester Road, then right (south) one block to Pettit Avenue. Take a left here and continue for about 1/2 km to Sherwood Road (directly across from First Baptist Church on the right hand side). Turn left and proceed one block to Peach Avenue to 4579, the second or third house on your right. Kayo Kayo Kayo Roy 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON L0S 1E3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 20 08:01:42 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.niagara.com (mail.niagara.com [209.5.56.12]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BCC748C1F for <[email protected]>; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:01:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from KayoRoy (adsl-87.niagara.com [209.5.62.87]) by mail.niagara.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with SMTP id iAKD2plY027354 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:02:51 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Diane and Kayo Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:02:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]NF Selasphorus Hummingbird - YES X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:01:42 -0000 Correction.....my message should read November 20th NOT November 21st. Its early!!!! Kayo Kayo Roy 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON L0S 1E3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 20 08:14:42 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp.vianet.ca (smtp.vianet.ca [209.91.128.40]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BEF2C480FE for <[email protected]>; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:14:42 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 32749 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2004 13:15:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?209.91.149.218?) (209.91.149.218) by smtp.vianet.ca with SMTP; 20 Nov 2004 13:15:51 -0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.0.2006 Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:15:16 -0500 From: Ron Tozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Two more Great Gray Owls in Algonquin Park X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:14:43 -0000 The third and fourth Great Gray Owls of this fall in Algonquin Park were observed during the last two days. On November 18 (Thursday), a Great Gray was discovered and later photographed at km 36.7 on Highway 60, at the Centennial Ridges Trail road. That bird was not seen yesterday (November 19), but another Great Gray Owl was reported at km 18 on the Cameron Lake Road (closed to public travel) on Friday. It appears that a significant flight into southern Ontario of these owls of the northern boreal forest may be underway. Directions: Algonquin Park is three hours north of Toronto, via Highways 400, 11 and 60. Follow the signs, which start in Toronto on Highway 400. From Ottawa, take Highway 17 to Renfrew, then follow Highway 60 to the park. Kilometre markers on Highway 60 in the park go from the West Gate (km 0) to the East Gate (km 56). Permits and information are available daily at both gates throughout the winter. The Visitor Centre (km 43) is open weekends, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from now until January 30, and until 5 p.m. after that. Birders are welcome to observe the Visitor Centre feeders and ask staff about recent sightings during the week, as well. Ron Tozer Dwight, Ontario
