Further to Dave Milsom's post, the Peregrine's were very accommodating today, the pair sitting on the cable bundle, then separating for awhile. It seems they could be around for awhile as were able to watch the pair attempting copulation on the cable bundle, this only happened once in the 2 or so hours we were there. This is encouraging behaviour as this is the time for them to mate - hopefully they'll be successful this time around. They seem to have their favourite perches and it'll be interesting to see where the nest or nesting box will be found.
Among other notables, Redheads, Common and Red Breasted Mergansers, Long Tails, large numbers of Scaup, and 2 White Winged Scoters, Bufflehead, Greater Black Back Gulls. We missed the Eagle, but wondered if the Gulls were "staking" out their territory on the "nesting" berm. This too presents an awesome opportunity to view their nesting habits and antics. Over at Pier 24 (sorry, I don't recall the name of the road) there were about 6-8 Cormorants on the shoreline. Have a safe week, Sue and Dan Suess, Mississauga Directions - Toronto/Mississauga area - 403 to QEW through Oakville & Burlington, around the junction taking the QEW Niagara bound - exit at Hwy 2/Northshore/Eastport Drive Exit, take Eastport Drive to the lower level bridge, proceed over the canal and turn right into the laneway to the parking lot where the Old Limestone Lighthouse is located. From Niagara area follow QEW (Toronto bound) to the North Shore Blvd exit at the Burlington/Hamilton Skyway, at the traffic lights turn left and follow the road to the right which takes you to Eastport Drive, just before the bridge turn left into laneway to the parking lot at the Old Limestone Lighthouse. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 13 22:32:19 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.80]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2CB5C64416 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:32:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO DH4R1N51) ([EMAIL PROTECTED] with login) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Mar 2005 03:38:01 -0000 From: "Alfred Raab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:37:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcUoRzUGCmL1L1hSRByVscSlLjcCDA== Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Grey Owl - Bruce Peninsula X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:32:19 -0000 One Great Grey on Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 9 am. Directions: From Wiarton go north on Hwy 6 about 25 km to Little Pike Bay Road, go west on Little Pike Bay Road for 5km. The owl was at the edge of the woodlot on the north side of Little Pike Bay Road. Alfred Raab Brampton
