Hi all, What a glorious sunny day for birding. I got a late start but ended up at Halls Rd. around 12noon and it was pretty quiet. As I sat on the North Feeder trail waiting for the Ring Necked Pheasant to come out from under the evergreen, the Barred Owl showed his face. He just suddenly popped out of the evergreens on the South side of the trail and sat on a branch for a minute before trying to take a mourning dove. Several people were able to witness a nice display as the Barred was very active in his search for food. No sooner had he missed the Dove, he listened and watched intently at the ground and the sky and flew off to another branch. At no time over a span of 15 minutes or so did he relax. He came out close to the road and took off right over us a couple of times to perch on another branch. I didn't see him catch anything but I'm sure those who stuck around might have seen something because he looked like he was on a serious mission for food.
After the Barred showed up, the Pheasant flattened himself as low to the ground as he could under the tree - before that he was up and alert. (I understand he has had a close call with the Barred before). We also saw the little Mink? from the hollow tree a couple of times and what appeared to be a pair of Red Tails Hawks. Mark Cresswell Whitby, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 14 17:12:57 2005 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 CD60A63EC3 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:12:56 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 15798 invoked by uid 525); 14 Mar 2005 22:18:24 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 14 Mar 2005 05:03:24 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (11 Mar 2005) 68 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:12:57 -0000 Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 11, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 2 2 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 0 2 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 1 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 66 89 120 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 3 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0 0 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown UA 0 0 0 Unknown UB 0 0 0 Unknown UF 0 0 0 Unknown UE 0 0 0 Unknown UR 0 0 0 Total: 68 94 128 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 12:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Dave Copeland Observers: Weather: Observations: 2-TV came by very high and dissappeared over the eastern horizon ahead of snow showers. =======================================================================Report submitted by Bill Smith () Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at: http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/
