June 22 - Rock Point Provincial Park there were 3 least Sandpipers, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, and a pair of Orchard Orioles feeding begging nestlings. Since Least Sandpipers are rare enough to require a written verification report between June 10 to 27, and June 22 is closer to June 27 these Least Sandpipers could be considered the first fall migrants. (Rock Point is on the north shore of Lake Erie about 30 miles east of Fort Erie, Ontario, the source of the Niagara River, and Buffalo, NY. Coming from the east take Regional Road 3 to Niece Road and proceed on Niece Road a mile to Rock Point P. P. Just before (east of) the Regional Road 3 intersection to nice was the location of the CATTLE EGRET. It was north of Regional Road 3 and in a symbiotic relationship with about 20 Cattle. In Wainfleet Bog there were: 3 Ovenbirds, 11 Eastern Towhees, 6 Veerys, 2 Mourning Warblers, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Brown Thrasher. Wainfleet Bog is in the Town of Wainfleet (west of Port Colburn and east of Rock Point PP) and can be reached by going north on Erie Peet Road (all the way to the end) which is off Highway #3. Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson (& Jim Pawlicki) Tonawanda, NY From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jun 22 21:48:11 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com (imo-d22.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.208]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C432764010 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:48:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r1.7.) id 1.60.581c971a (57341); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:49:55 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:49:55 EDT Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] Cattle Egret, 3 Least Sandpipers, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, NE Lake... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:48:11 -0000
In a message dated 6/22/2005 7:09:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: June 22 - Rock Point Provincial Park there were 3 least Sandpipers, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, and a pair of Orchard Orioles feeding begging nestlings. Since Least Sandpipers are rare enough to require a written verification report between June 10 to 27, and June 22 is closer to June 27 these Least Sandpipers could be considered the first fall migrants. (Rock Point is on the north shore of Lake Erie about 30 miles east of Fort Erie, Ontario, the source of the Niagara River, and Buffalo, NY. Coming from the east take Regional Road 3 to Niece Road and proceed on Niece Road a mile to Rock Point P. P. Just before (east of) the Regional Road 3 intersection to nice was the location of the CATTLE EGRET. It was north of Regional Road 3 and in a symbiotic relationship with about 20 Cattle. My good friend Gerry Lazarczyk has pointed out that the directions should read: (Rock Point is on the north shore of Lake Erie about 30 miles WEST of Fort Erie, Ontario, the source of the Niagara River, and Buffalo, NY.) ---- not east. Bill Watson From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jun 22 22:08:30 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 135F96484B for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:08:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pete3k7xxjb5or (ppp111.a1-1.56k.execulink.com [209.239.1.111]) by edam.execulink.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j5N2AI102905 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:10:18 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Pete Read" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:10:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcV3mKmp3R8pg4PrQoWRy+0tCBETHw== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Female McCown's Longspur NW Ontario June 21 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 02:08:30 -0000 Hello Birders Pete Read and his Atlas partner, Josh, have made a positive identification of a female McCown's Longspur in breeding plumage at Weagamow I.R. sewage lagoons about 200 km north of Sioux Lookout in NW Ontario. A bird with a white tail was first seen by Josh yesterday and both men went back in the early evening to look for it again. It was seen in the same spot, but was not refound today when they looked for it during a rain shower. The bird was seen in a grassy area near the lagoon and adjacent to a two acre dry grassy ball diamond area and close to the airport. Pete was within 15 feet of the bird for eight minutes and called out field marks as Josh checked each feature in a bird book. Every field mark pointed to a female McCown's Longspur. Pete and Josh will continue looking for the bird as they complete their atlassing assignment. They will contact me if they find it again. Pete has spoken to the Band Council about this rare bird. The First Nation Peoples are very guarded about outsiders coming in, but they have agreed to take people if they contact Pete, and Pete, in turn, contacts the Band Office. Weagamow is only accessible by air. There is a small hotel and store that would benefit from tourist dollars. I will post information if and when the bird is found again. My phone number is 519-472-2887. Sue Read
