A bird that appeared to be a female Lazuli Bunting was caught and photographed this morning at Old Cut banding station, on Long Point.
I am going through the numerous photos I took this morning to find the ones best showing the bird's features, and I'll send them to the OFO website for posting. The bird had obvious wing bars, as well as other characteristics that all pointed towards Lazuli Bunting (including a slightly larger size than Indigo Bunting). Old Cut is located on Old Cut boul., near the end of Highway 59 on Long Point. I am unaware whether the bird was seen again after its release, but I thought I'd spread the word quickly. Cheers Denis Lepage Denis Lepage, Senior Scientist/Chercheur sénior National Data Center/Centre national des données Bird Studies Canada/Études d'Oiseaux Canada PO Box/B.P. 160, Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0 519-586-3531 ext. 225, fax/téléc. 519-586-3532 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jun 1 16:42:31 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from edam.execulink.net (edam.execulink.net [199.166.6.57]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC2E63D4D for <[email protected]>; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from none-sc5roldlld (ppp230.ac2.56k.execulink.com [209.213.229.230]) by edam.execulink.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j51L0k115217 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:00:47 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:00:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.12a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Subject: [Ontbirds]lazuli bunting at Long Point X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 20:42:32 -0000 I found the bunting in the Old Park & when I left at 4:30 it was still visible. It was on the ground, eating dandelion seeds, in the area west of the stacked rows of picnic tables at the bottom area of the ridge that runs east & west through the park. The Old Park is currently closed & there are lots of dandelion heads to keep it well fed. The picnic table stacks are visible from #59. It was moving in a westerly direction. It had all the identifying marks earlier reported but try as I might, I could not see a band on its leg. Its legs were always hidden in the grass. The Old Park is on highway #59, about 6 roads west of Old Cut Blvd. Diane Salter Walsingham
