While walking along the nature loop at the Darlington Nuclear Plant this morning, I saw several Killdeer and heard an American Woodcock - they must have just arrived since my last walk there on Monday. Both were seen/heard on the west side of the loop. The Red-Winged Blackbirds were making quite a ruckus this morning - a week ago I counted 9 and on Monday I stopped counting after 100. The area to the south-east of the wetland has the most dense population. A male Cardinal was seen again in the northwest section of the loop - I've seen him in that general area many times but not singing as beautifully as he was today. The Red-tailed Hawk, which is often seen in the north-east area, was very vocal this morning. Spring is in the air!
~ Bettina The nature loop is located at the Darlington Nuclear Plant in Bowmanville - 401 to either Holt Road or Courtice Road - south to Baseline Road - watch for signs for the Waterfront Trail From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 30 12:17:18 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from cathy.bmts.com (cathy.bmts.com [216.183.128.202]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B38463F8E for <[email protected]>; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:17:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from carlson (cheetah-tiv-ppp817.bmts.com [216.183.134.39]) by cathy.bmts.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id j2UHMr31026475 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:22:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Cindy Cartwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:22:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Bruce Region report X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:17:18 -0000 Song Sparrows, Brown-headed Cowbirds, and Tree Swallows have all arrived = in the area in the past few days. If you have Bluebird boxes and = haven't already, it's time to clean out the mouse nests - the bluebirds = should be here any day now. The number of Great Blue Herons in the = heronry on Chantry Island is increasing daily. There is still one adult = Bald Eagle hanging out at Baie du Dore near Inverhuron. Wild Turkeys = seem to be everywhere. Warm temperatures are creating flooded fields but area lakes remain = covered with rotting ice. Sap is flowing and sugar shanties are busy. Good birding, Cindy Cartwright Saugeen Shores From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 30 12:55:23 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from pat.uio.no (pat.uio.no [129.240.130.16]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31EDA648E3 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:55:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-mx1.uio.no ([129.240.10.29]) by pat.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DGhXW-00010K-QP for [email protected]; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:03:38 +0200 Received: from mail-web2.uio.no ([129.240.10.19] helo=webmail.uio.no) by mail-mx1.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DGhXU-0003fr-Cr for [email protected]; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:03:36 +0200 Received: from d226-31-99.home.cgocable.net ([24.226.31.99]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user frodejac) by webmail.uio.no with HTTP; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:03:36 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:03:36 +0200 (CEST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-UiO-Spam-info: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.774, required 12, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82, AWL 0.87, NO_REAL_NAME 0.18) Subject: [Ontbirds]GEESE, lots of GEESE! X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:55:23 -0000 Hi Ontbirders, On a late mission to see the Townsend's Solitaire in Ottawa I made my way up to the Rothwell Neighbourhood this morning. I was unsuccessful in locating the Solitaire and made my way back towards Kingston via Hwy 416 south to Hwy 401. Driving along Hwy 416 and the first strech east on Hwy 401 past Brockville, I witnessed massive flocks of geese swarming the skies, coming up from southeast aiming towards Cornwall. I estimate seeing at least 25,000 to 30,000 CANADA GEESE and managed, by numerous stops at exit ramps, to count at least 70 SNOW GEESE among them. I also had a flock of 11 NORTHERN PINTAILS passing over with the geese. The day probably has more to offer, so... Good Birding, Frode Jacobsen Kingston
