Dear Fellow Birders, I apologize for the lateness of this report. Yesterday myself and several birders from Long Point did a trip up the Niagara River. Starting at Niagara-on-the-Lake nothing much was seen there or at the Queenston sand docks, however at Adam Beck we had one adult California Gull, but nothing other than low numbers of Herring Gulls and Bonaparte's, and at the Whirlpool we had a 1st winter Iceland Gull. At the control gates we had plenty of waterfowl including both scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, Canvasback, A. Wigeon, Horned Grebe and Common Loon. Just below the control gates we had a probable 1st winter Thayer's Gull. Then just above the falls we had a Lesser Black-backed and Glaucous Gull on the rocks. Overall the gull numbers were much lower than what we were expecting, although we did have 9 species, hopefully the next cold front will bring more to the area. Also of note the day before (Thurs) I had a female King Eider, all three scoters, and decent numbers of expected waterfowl off of Stoney Creek. They were seen from a private residence, but can be seen from the area between Green and Grays Rd. I do have one question for birders in the Hamilton area, what is the status of Windemere basin? I have been away for several months and when I went by there on Thursday there is a sign at the front of the entrance saying 'NO ENTRY'. It seems that the area might be off limits now, but I appreciate any information on this. Thanks!
Directions: All of the locations along the Niagara River can be reach from the Niagara River Parkway, except the sand docks which you are at the foot of Dumfries St in Queenston, which is accessed from the Parkway. Stoney Creek - Exit the QEW at Centennial Parkway exit 88, and go north and make a left at the lights, this is the North Service Rd. Follow this to either Grays or Green Rd and make a left and follow these to the lake. Mike Boyd Oakville, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 20 15:36:49 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32C9849374 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:36:48 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 31722 invoked by uid 525); 20 Nov 2004 20:42:07 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 20 Nov 2004 03:11:07 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (20 Nov 2004) 0 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:36:50 -0000 Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 831 14749 Osprey 0 0 83 Bald Eagle 0 16 61 Northern Harrier 0 22 270 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 129 5500 Cooper's Hawk 0 82 365 Northern Goshawk 0 23 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 247 401 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 27843 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1558 2750 Rough-legged Hawk 0 34 63 Golden Eagle 0 38 40 American Kestrel 0 1 1369 Merlin 0 4 62 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 15 Unknown 0 106 239 Total: 0 3091 53838 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Visitors: Bob Hall-Brooks Carl Pascoe Weather: Another wash out day. South winds, ovecast, fog with occasional light drizzle and light rain. Observations: No raptor movement. 412 American Goldfinch 1 American Tree Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco Predictions: A much better day tomorrow. It should start off overcast with decent visibility and moderate west winds. By 8:00 a.m. cloud becoming scattered and wind veering to the northwest and remaining moderate. Early morning temperature 5C climbing to 9C in the afternoon. Sunshine! Finally! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
