Hello all, Sunday afternoon(3rd)during the tail end of the storm there were two adult little gulls flying over the inner bay of Long Point with about 50 Bonaparte's.
The spring migration has really started to pick up here at Long Point with 131 birds banded on opening day (April 1) and our species totals for the day are typically between 60 and 70 species despite the weather! For a more detailed summary of the birds in the area please visit the LPBO sightings board at: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/lpbo/sightings.html A posting updated to April 3rd should be up by the end of the day. Stu Mackenzie LPBO Program Coordinator To get to Long Point follow Hwy # 19 and 59 south from the 401! Hwy # 59 ends at the Point. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 4 10:53:55 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from stcshb1.statcan.ca (stcshb1.statcan.ca [142.206.3.26]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46437644D6 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:53:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stcsha1.itsd.statcan.ca (egapb1.stc.ca [142.206.214.221]) by stcshb1.statcan.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j34F1RB5027613 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 11:01:27 -0400 Received: from stcsha1.itsd.statcan.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) j34F0tkN010568 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 11:00:55 -0400 Received: from stcembh.statcan.ca (afsij02rs-01.itsd.statcan.ca [142.205.234.55])j34F06lY007853 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 11:00:06 -0400 Received: from stcem01.statcan.ca ([142.205.234.62]) by stcembh.statcan.ca with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:59:16 -0400 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:59:16 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Great Grey Owl in Ottawa region Thread-Index: AcU5Jt0ue3d4KaHIQB2jz0DCFiMO/w== X-Message-Flag: From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Apr 2005 14:59:16.0588 (UTC) FILETIME=[DF2F32C0:01C53926] Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Grey Owl in Ottawa region X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 14:53:55 -0000 Yesterday, Sunday April 3, in the late afternoon, my wife and I decided to see if we could find any lingering Great Grey Owls in the Ottawa area. The formerly very productive March Valley Road produced no owls at all for us, but we did find one very soggy individual on the Dunrobin Road just north of Kilmaurs Road. Paul Matthews Ottawa From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 4 12:32:38 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.82]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 00F0863C62 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 12:32:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown (HELO doug) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.112.239.215 with login) by smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Apr 2005 16:41:43 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 12:41:06 -0400 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 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: [Ontbirds] Phoebe, 10 Golden-crowned Sparrows and others--Hall's Rd., Whitby--April3,4 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 16:32:38 -0000 Maybe, just maybe, the arrival of spring's tide of birds, is not far off. Apr.3's wild winds and rains was not condusive to birding, let alone birds-- along the north path off Hall's Rd. I did spot "our" Barred Owl, very much rain-dishevelled --might it stay for a while longer!!?!! At least 10 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS flitted about in the trees along the pathway. On both Apr. 3 and 4--3 Wood Ducks lifted from the waters near the north platform as I approached the latter. Apr.4-- EASTERN PHOEBE, just to the north of this pathway; many Grackles, Red-wingeds, Robins, several Song Sparrows, 2 Swamp Sparrows. The Am.Tree Sparrow population is dwindling. Over the fields to the west of and east of Hall's --2 N.Harriers (1 male), and roosting in one tree near Lakeridge Rd.--2 Red-tailed Hawks, constantly harassed by Crows. On the ice of the east side of Cranberry Marsh--several Common Mergansers and a Trumpeter Swan. Exit the 401 at Salem Rd. (in Ajax), south to Bayly, east through Lakeridge Rd. to the first street (Hall's Rd.), hence south. Doug Lockrey, Whitby www.pickeringnaturalists.org
