A group of birders refound the the Black-backed Woodpecker this morning as per the following post:
The BB woodpecker was relocated today (Monday) at 10am by Denys Gardiner and seen very shortly after by a total of 9 local birders. From the directions yesterday..... when you get to the large cement block, turn left. A sidetrial appears to the right after about 30-40m. Take this sidetrail heading south for about 300m when a side trail to the right appears. Take the side trail to the right and the bird was on a tree right on the path about 150-200m on, in the area where the trail bends substantially to the left. Obviously it can occur anywhere from where we saw it, north to the cement block. Good luck. Directions to Hyde Tract: >From Hamilton take the 403 to Hwy 6 North. Proceed north on Hwy 6 to Safari >Road and then turn west on Safari. Before you get to Hyde Tract, there is a large marshy area on both sides of the road(approx 14-15km from Hwy 6) The parking lot to Hyde Tract is on the left hand side. If you hit Kikwall Road, you've gone too far. From the parking lot proceed along the main trail. This trail has a couple of smaller branches but stay to the right on the main trail past the house ruins and then onto the large cement block. Follow directions suggested above and listen carefully for the tapping. Cheers, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC Hotline From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 2 13:30:46 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from s0-ott-xsmtp2.nrn.nrcan.gc.ca (S0-OTT-XSMTP2.NRCan.gc.ca [132.156.36.49]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9569E6401E for <[email protected]>; Mon, 2 May 2005 13:30:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: by S0-OTT-XSMTP2.NRCan.gc.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <K1LZHGCX>; Mon, 2 May 2005 13:44:18 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Pratt, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 13:44:09 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Horned Owl Nest at Britannia Woods X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 17:30:46 -0000 Many Ottawa area birders will be aware of the great horned owl nest near Mud Lake, in Britannia Woods. I was recently advised by a friend who lives close by that the owlets seen earlier in the nest, have died. John Pratt NRCan Legal Services Unit 580 Booth Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0E4 (613) 992-2488
