I saw a pair of Osprey on one of the nests on Woodland Dr.,Orillia. on April 18/05
Directions to Woodland Dr.: Hwy 11 North, Memorial Ave. exit, Woodland Dr. is on the right. Greta Wells Orillia, Ont. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Apr 20 13:39:20 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP01.cez.ice (bayc1-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.161]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C04D634B6 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:39:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [70.48.70.101] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from Base ([70.48.70.101]) by BAYC1-PASMTP01.cez.ice over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:53:50 -0700 From: "Don Wigle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:50:54 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Apr 2005 17:53:51.0281 (UTC) FILETIME=[E9328210:01C545D1] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Swan near Merrickville southeast of Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:39:20 -0000 My wife and I participated in this year's Bird Studies Canada survey of red-shouldered hawks and spring woodpeckers. At one of our early stops we saw a swan fly over. It was definitely a swan but looked silvery-gray through binoculars. My first thought was that it might be a Trumpeter Swan since we have seen them on Big Rideau Lake about 30 km west of where we were. But the swan was silvery-gray so I wonder if it could be a Whistling Swan. I know that they migrate through Ontario but are considered rare in this region. To reach the area where we saw the swan, take county road 16 south about 8-9km from Merrickville, exit right onto County Road 41, go for about 2km and exit left on Weedmark (gravel road), continue about 3km to area with swampy forest on both sides of road (we stopped 5.6 km from where road 41 exits from road 16). Don Wigle Ottawa
