I will be out of the office starting 10/22/2005 and will not return until 10/26/2005.
I will respond to your message when I return. If you require immediate assistance please contact Linda Lee at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by phone at ext. 70327 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 22 16:06:32 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web88012.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88012.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.231]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7BEDB64562 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:06:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 60119 invoked by uid 60001); 22 Oct 2005 20:11:42 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=bxF8twxwIFQYNzDe4q1PbdRbDJhodUrmmxhCN1MEgl69RsGXCbSfvucGRr9vu6ElpOv2Ekkd7u0YY6V5Tp7XwqFN/fdY8f5kyW22N0LWouHNADg2fjg29G3KMHsiUxQg+g/b48LGXSEDhOBYP+Ib8DBG5HiDKt8/S0rBW/sPHHs= ; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [70.29.34.81] by web88012.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:11:42 EDT Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:11:42 -0400 (EDT) From: RON FLEMING <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: OFO Bird Sightings <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: Keith Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Kevin Shackleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Mike Van den Tillaart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ontbirds]E. Meadowlark and other Migrants - Newmarket X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:06:32 -0000 When the local forecast of "cold and rainy" weather morphed into a less discouraging reality of "cool and grey", Mike Van den Tillaart and I decided to ride over to the Cawthra-Mulock nature reserve in northwest Newmarket this morning. Parking our mountain bikes, we hiked through the property from 9:00 - 11:00 and found some interesting birds. The best sighting was of a late EASTERN MEADOWLARK in the fields north of the "square silo". In the same area we had a male NORTHERN HARRIER crossing from east to west and a smallish raptor winging determinedly away from us that left opened discussion about whether it was an accipiter or a falcon. In the end we had to leave its status as "unidentified raptor". In the valley on the north side of the now-dry creek we added our first Tree Sparrows (40+) of the season and a small flock of FOX SPARROWS (6). There were a few juncos, numerous Golden-crowned Kinglets and at least 60 American Robins there as well. Keith Dunn phoned me later in the day to report another small flock of Fox Sparrows on the east side of Silver Lakes Golf Course in north Holland Landing. Ron Fleming, Newmarket Directions: The CW Nature Reserve is just north of Green Lane in northwest Newmarket, on the west side of Bathurst Street. It is not specifically public, but rather a reserve intended for those who contribute to Ontario Nature, the organization to whom this land was granted by the property owners. Newmarket and Holland Landing are about halfway between Toronto and Barrie.
