Posting for Langis Sirois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Late Monday, I learned that an Ash-throated Flycatcher had been found in Bois-de-Liesse nature park in Pierrefond in the west end of Montréal. I saw it yesterday and according to the Québec rare birds site it was seen again this morning. The bird was discovered Saturday, closely studied by numerous observers and even by experts from Mexico (using photos taken by amateurs) and there seems to be no possible doubt about it identity.
There were a great many e-mail on Ornitho-QC, but I do not know if there were any on Ontbirds. I am sending this information to you in case you decide that it is worth posting. The directions are: TransCanada highway 40 to Montréal; in the west end, take the Henri-Bourassa exit (a few kilometers after Montée-des-sources) and go north on Henri-Bourassa, over highway 40. Take the first street on the left, Douglas B. Flocani, (there is a sign indicating Bois-de-Liesse before you arrive to that street) and drive to the end of that street (about one kilometer); you arrive in the park; there is a pay parking lot on the right; some park outside. The bird has been seen at numerous places in the vicinity of the parking lot. This morning, according to Québec rare bird site, it was seen behind the parking lot of the company Miranda which is adjacent to the park, south-west of the park's entrance. The bird seems to have a preference for the forest edges, perching on low branches of bushes and going to the ground to, presumably, to catch insects. Very easy to see when it is around because it stays almost always in the open. Yesterday we could see small butterflies flying around. One observer said he saw the bird swallow a small berry. This bird may therefore survive for a while. Langis Sirois, Ottawa --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 24 18:40:58 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47B8F47FD5 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:40:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from mcranford (trt-on76-057.dial.allstream.net [142.154.109.57]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with SMTP id 567D5B483C for <[email protected]>; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:11:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:16:07 -0500 To: [email protected] From: Langis Sirois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(by way of Mark Cranford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Ontbirds] =?iso-8859-1?q?Ash-throated_Flycatcher_in_Montréal?X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:40:58 -0000 Hi Mark Late Monday, I learned that an Ash-throated Flycatcher had been found in Bois-de-Liesse nature park in Pierrefond in the west end of Montréal. I saw it yesterday and according to the Québec rare birds site it was seen again this morning. The bird was discovered Saturday, closely studied by numerous observers and even by experts from Mexico (using photos taken by amateurs) and there seems to be no possible doubt about it identity. There were a great many e-mail on Ornitho-QC, but I do not know if there were any on Ontbirds. I am sending this information to you in case you decide that it is worth posting. The directions are: TransCanada highway 40 to Montréal; in the west end, take the Henri-Bourassa exit (a few kilometers after Montée-des-sources) and go north on Henri-Bourassa, over highway 40. Take the first street on the left, Douglas B. Flocani, (there is a sign indicating Bois-de-Liesse before you arrive to that street) and drive to the end of that street (about one kilometer); you arrive in the park; there is a pay parking lot on the right; some park outside. The bird has been seen at numerous places in the vicinity of the parking lot. This morning, according to Québec rare bird site, it was seen behind the parking lot of the company Miranda which is adjacent to the park, south-west of the park's entrance. The bird seems to have a preference for the forest edges, perching on low branches of bushes and going to the ground to, presumably, to catch insects. Very easy to see when it is around because it stays almost always in the open. Yesterday we could see small butterflies flying around. One observer said he saw the bird swallow a small berry. This bird may therefore survive for a while. Langis Sirois, Ottawa
