At the point of Lakeshore Promenade Park this am - 1 Tufted titmouse - newly arrived on a southerly breeze [by the look of it] - one Black-crowned night heron, Two blue-winged teal & four Horned grebes - the park is accessed by any one of three roads S of Lakeshore Rd - those directly S from Cawthra Rd in Port Credit
Stan Long From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 28 17:04:37 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (unknown [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2FE9642D6 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:04:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 12190 invoked by uid 30); 29 Apr 2005 00:13:19 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 28 Apr 2005 05:04:19 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (25 Apr 2005) 6 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:37 -0000 Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 25, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 3985 4820 Osprey 1 29 30 Bald Eagle 0 7 54 Northern Harrier 0 67 86 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1013 1130 Cooper's Hawk 1 75 151 Northern Goshawk 0 4 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 128 640 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3164 3164 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1081 2472 Rough-legged Hawk 0 64 100 Golden Eagle 0 3 4 American Kestrel 0 24 34 Merlin 0 8 12 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown UA 0 4 7 Unknown UB 0 33 117 Unknown UF 0 1 2 Unknown UE 0 0 0 Unknown UR 0 24 41 Total: 6 9716 12879 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Jim Coey Observers: Mike Street Weather: Strong westerlies threats of rain made for a bad count day. Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bill Smith () Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at: http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/ Site Description: Beamer Conservation Area is located on top of the Niagara Escarpment above the town of Grimsby, Ontario. The site is 1km south of the south shore of Lake Ontario, 20km east of Hamilton, 40km west of Niagara Falls. Directions to site: To get to Beamer CA, take the QEW to Exit 72, follow Christie St./Mountain St. to the top of the escarpment, turn right on Ridge Road West, and go 1.6km to Quarry Rd. Turn right on Quarry Rd. and drive 100m to the conservation area. Parking is normally available inside the park. If parking at the entrance or on the roads, do NOT leave valuables in your car.
