Shortly after 0700 this morning, Monday November 22nd, the Selasphorus hummingbird was observed feeding at the Haines backyard feeders. Yesterday after a 5 hour drive, two birders from Ohio enjoyed watching the hummer for a good part of the afternoon. On Saturday, Diego Garcia-Bellido and his wife Ibella from Madrid Spain, visiting friends in Toronto where they heard about Janice's bird, wasted little time in driving to the Falls to observe the hummingbird. I understand they went for the bird FIRST....then the visit to the gorge!!
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 Roy 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON L0S 1E3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 22 11:06:14 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx1.magmacom.com (mx1.magmacom.com [206.191.0.217]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2869B48E2F for <[email protected]>; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:06:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail4.magma.ca (mail4.magma.ca [206.191.0.222]) by mx1.magmacom.com (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iAMG7gTg012681; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:07:43 -0500 Received: from oemcomputer.magma.ca (ottawa-hs-64-26-167-137.d-ip.magma.ca [64.26.167.137]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail4.magma.ca (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iAMG7cal006559; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:07:40 -0500 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:07:09 -0500 To: [email protected] From: Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 21Nov04... Ross' Goose, Tufted Titmouse, Summer Tanager X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:06:14 -0000 - RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 21 November 2004 * ONOT0411.21 - Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Snow Goose ROSS' GOOSE Cackling Goose Canada Goose Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup White-winged Scoter Barrow's Goldeneye Ruddy Duck American Coot Dunlin Bonaparte's Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker TUFTED TITMOUSE Bohemian Waxwing SUMMER TANAGER Pine Grosbeak Red Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 21 November 2004 number: 613-860-9000 for the status line : press 2 for rare bird alerts: press 1 to report a sighting: press # coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que. compiler : Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - NOV 21 2004 AT 7:30 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. A somewhat lean week for bird reports, but with two definite highlights! An adult ROSS' GOOSE was discovered at around 11:15 AM today (Nov. 21st) with a flock of approx. 130 Snow Geese at a pond in a farm field south of Reid's Mills. This is on the east side of Stagecoach Rd, which becomes Regional Road #1 at Reid's Mills. The pond is on the east side, between property #s 1215 and 1255. The ROSS' GOOSE was still present at 4:00 PM. A TUFTED TITMOUSE has been coming to a feeder in Hallville, south of Ottawa, for the past 3 weeks. It has evidently been visiting regularly and was most recently seen at 4:00 PM on the 21st. Please call the Rare Bird Alert Line (option #1 on the Bird Status Line) for detailed directions and instructions for viewing this bird. In the Constance Bay area, there were 2 juvenile Red-throated Loons along with 5 Common Loons on the 16th, and the 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers continue to persist at the old burn site off Whistler Rd, most recently reported on the 20th. The SUMMER TANAGER at 51 Starwood Rd. has not been reported since the 14th. Any information regarding its continued presence would be appreciated. Waterfowl sightings (other than the ROSS' GOOSE) were for the most part unremarkable in terms of diversity, but several Snow Geese are still around, including the flock on Stagecoach Rd. and approx. 165 still at the large pond on Moodie Dr. south of the Trail Rd. Landfill on the 21st. Multiple 1000's of Canada Geese continue to stage on the Ottawa River and a group of 9 Cackling Geese were seen from Andrew Haydon Park near the mouth of Graham Creek on the 15th. A few Ring-necked Ducks, Greater and Lesser Scaup, 3 White-winged Scoters and a late Ruddy Duck were present at the Moodie Dr. pond on the 21st, and a male Barrow's Goldeneye was on the Rideau River between Strathcona Park and the Rideau Tennis Club on the 16th. At the Winchester sewage lagoons on the 14th there were 9 very late Bonaparte's Gulls, 1 American Coot, and 1 Dunlin. Among the predominantly Herring Gulls in the fields along Barnsdale Rd. and Moodie Dr. on the 21st, there was one adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and 1 immature Glaucous Gull. The 1st Snowy Owl of the season was reported on the 21st, from Concession 20 northwest of St-Isidore east of Ottawa. Two Short- eared Owls were seen on Earl Armstrong Rd. at the "S"-curve west of Bowesville Rd. shortly before 5:00 PM on the 21st, and a female Black-backed Woodpecker was found in a Tamarack plantation along County Rd. 8 north of Clarence-Cambridge Rd., also on the 21st. A group of 5 Bohemian Waxwings were at Britannia on the 20th, and several finch species continue to move through the Ottawa area including Pine Grosbeak, Common Redpoll and Pine Siskin, and the first local report of a Red Crossbill came from the Torbolton Forest in Constance Bay on the 16th. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
