At 11:45 p.m., Jean Iron (with Ron Pittaway, Rob Dobos and Kevin (friend of Jean & Ron's))spotted a California Gull off the beach sitting in the water in front of Hutch's restaurant. The bird stayed for about 45 minutes and then flew east toward Confederation Park out of sight. There were a number of gulls at Confederation so people may check there. Thanks to Jean!
Directions Directions: From the QEW highway, take the Hwy. 20 exit (Centennial Parkway); go north to the North Service Rd.; turn left and follow it onto Van Wagners Beach Drive; park at Hutch's Restaurant and scan the lake from anywhere near here. Cheers, Cheryl From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 20 14:03:26 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 20CA4485DC for <[email protected]>; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:03:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO doug) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.112.18.37 with login) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Nov 2004 19:04:37 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:06:16 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: [Ontbirds]Cranberry's Golden-crowned has brough 1500 visitors; White-fronted Goose at Pickering townline-Nov.20 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:03:26 -0000 For the 14th consecutive day the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW has made appearances near the platform of the south pathway at Cranberry Marsh in Whitby. This farwest bird has been appreciated by so very many visitors, and today the cold strong winds brought it in more frequently. For those who have not yet seen the bird, bear in mind that your wait may range from 2 minutes to over an hour, but it is well worth it. Today it "posed" in a Red-osier Dogwood for 3 minutes before hopping down on to the pathway to feed. Other birds there--1 Fox Sparrow, many Tree Sparrows, 1 Song Sparrow, a few White-throated Sparrows, House Finch and an imm. N.Shrike. >From the west--exit 401 at Salem (in Ajax), south to Bayly, east through LakeRidge to the first street(Hall's Rd.), south to the second roadside parking area. >From the east--exit Brock St., Whitby, south to Victoria, west over to Hall's Rd. At 11a.m. I took a break to visit the wetlands on the Pick. townline-- in the midst of many Canada Geese was the Greater White-fronted Goose. If there are few Geese (they tend to fly in afrer mid-AM) he probably will not be there. Exit 401 at White's Rd. in Pickering-- north to Finch Ave., west 2 km., driving alongside Amos Pond, turn north up the Townline, over the RR tracks--wetlands on the west side. Doug Lockrey, Whitby,ON
