Yes, I'm starting to get around. A loosely-planned trip to get the King Eiders at Stoney Creek led to our going to the Niagara River to see what was happening there. We had to abort our plan to check out all the vantage points, but at the Queenston boat launch I found 2 Adult Little Gulls in the company of a hundred or so Bonaparte's. Both were still very much in basic plumage. No other good gulls or waterfowl of note there. Robert and I did find 12 King Eiders at our very first stop, at Grays Street. Other stops (Fruitland, Jones) yielded Red-necked Grebes, one male Surf Scoter, and hundreds of White-winged Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks. Randy Horvath, Windsor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Canada Personals From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 27 09:07:57 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts5.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7049F6437A for <[email protected]>; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:07:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from personaldil636 ([64.230.107.104]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:15:42 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Ott User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:15:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Amherst Island birds X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:07:57 -0000 This was mentioned in an earlier email about a possible Great Gray owl = being chased by crows earlier in the morning. I also witnessed this = amazing chase. I had heard some crows while looking for the owls in the Jack Pines in = the Owl woods. As I emerged from the Jack Pines I met a group of people = who told me they had seen crows chasing this large owl. They did not = get a good look at it but surmised it may have been a Great Horned Owl = due to its large size. As I was making my way out to the entrance area of the Owl Woods I heard = this loud cacophony of crows about 80 yards or so behind me. I saw at = least 10 crows perched fairly close together on branches. A few may = have been circling overhead. I didn't see what was causing the racket = but went to take a closer look after a few minutes. Some trees had = hidden my view but as I got closer I could see a large owl perched in a = tree facing and surrounded by a fair sized number of crows. I only = caught a glimpse of the owl but it reminded me of a Great Gray and it = took off with the crows in hot pursuit before I could see more detail = for an ID. =20 It was quite amusing to see, although I'm sure it was anything but for = the owl, this large owl flying with the crows right on its tail (I mean = they couldn't have gotten any closer). They chased it back toward the = woods (as opposed to the Owl woods entrance). There was a bit of = silence after that as I saw a few crows fly to the right and one fly to = the left. The one on the left must have spotted it again and the loud = cawing started again with the other crows joining in. =20 Again they were chasing it toward the Owl woods entrance area. I tried = to get a closer look at this and to try and ID the owl but I would only = see it for brief glimpses before the overhead branches obscured my view. = =20 As I was nearing the road I heard more cawing. The crows had chased the = owl out of the Owl woods, across the road and over a large field into = another wooded area. I saw about 11 or so crows perched in a tree all = looking in the same direction. It was an amazing thing to see and this = chase must have taken place for over 30 minutes if not more. The crows = got what they wanted and the owl got a little quiet time.=20 ***Some parts of the Owl woods trail is very muddy especially not too = far in from the entrance. Some parts are wet with water a few inches = deep. There are a fair bit of dry parts as well. In the Jack Pines = there is still area covered in snow and ice. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 27 09:40:48 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 5D1F763FB7 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:40:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO o6l2c8) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@69.198.207.165 with login) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Mar 2005 14:48:37 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "keith dunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:47:23 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 cc: christopher Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: John McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Kevin Shackleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: John & Brenda Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Tundra Swans York Region.Sunday March 27th X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:40:48 -0000 With the sounds of Redwings and Killdeer calling, a beautiful sunrise on a crisp early spring morning I came across 11 Tundra Swans in company with a male Wood Duck , a male Northern Pintail and some Mallards, male and female. They were splashing around in the flooded fields at the north end of Bathurst Street north of Alberts Marina on the west side, could not find any Great Gray Owls in the area today. Happy Easter Keith Dunn. Bathurst street runs north off highway 11 between Newmarket and Bradford.
