Anyone coming to Bobcaygeon this weekend for the Dickens of a Christmas might look for a very large flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS which have been visiting a diminishing crop of Mountain Ash berries in front of the CIBC building on the corner of King and Bolton ( main street), There were about 150 of them swooping down from nearby taller trees yesterday competing with a smaller flock of Starlings and again this afternoon. Also seen nearby were PURPLE FINCH ( 7). A pair of COMMMON MERGANSERS remain In the Bobcaygeon River seen best between the bridges.
North of Bobcaygeon on Oliver's Road ( opposite # 107) a flock of 12 WILD TURKEY was observed this afternoon. They were foraging under a wild apple tree on the right hand side going north on the road .Also seen nearby were 5 female PINE GROSBEAK picking at gravel on Bick Street West .Further up Oliver's Road a flock of SNOW BUNTING have been regulars in the field on the left beside the barn at Sunset Ridge Farm. This am they were all lined up on the frosty fence enjoying the sunshine. At 177 Anderson Line ( turn right at the corner of Oliver's Rd and Anderson), PINE GROSBEAKS can often be seen in the tall white spruce lining the lane. EVENING GROSBEAKS and a RED BREASTED NUTHATCH are at the feeders west of the red brick house at the same address ( Spruce Lane Bed and Breakfast) on occasion . Directions: Bobcaygeon is 32 kms from Lindsay ( take Hwy 36) in the City of Kawarha Lakes.Turn at King Street ( the only traffic lights) to find Bolton Street. Anderson Line is two kms. north of the intersection of Hwy 36 and 49 ( the road to Kinmount) on the left. # 177 is 1 km west and Oliver's Road is just west of that property. John Bick RR # 3 Bobcaygeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 8 19:29:53 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from heracles.kos.net (heracles.kos.net [64.201.45.10]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D8646405B for <[email protected]>; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 19:29:53 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 30156 invoked from network); 9 Dec 2005 00:29:52 -0000 X-Mail-Scanner: Scanned by qSheff 1.0-r4 (http://www.enderunix.org/qsheff/) Received: from unknown (HELO D3ZD7M31) (64.201.46.76) by heracles.kos.net with SMTP; 9 Dec 2005 00:29:47 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Terry Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 19:27:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: [Ontbirds] Quinte Area Bird Report for weekend ending December 08, 2005 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:29:53 -0000 Clear DayWEEKLY BIRD REPORT FOR PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR Thursday, December 08, 2005 It is snowing, and the temperature has been -10 C all day. But is anyone listening? A female BALTIMORE ORIOLE showed up at a feeder at 2617 County Road 13 at South Bay on December 4th, and was there again on the 7th. At 642 Elmbrook Road, north of Picton, an EASTERN PHOEBE appeared at the residence of a bird bander on December 6th, and along Elmbrook Road there was a NORTHERN FLICKER. At Bloomfield, a GREAT BLUE HERON was seen in flight on Tuesday, and another was seen the same day along the shore at Beach Street in Wellington. Feeling right at home with the waterfowl in Wellington Harbour the same day was a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, and three others were at Prince Edward Point on the 4th. There was also a dead AMERICAN WOODCOCK at Prince Edward Point this week and a FOX SPARROW on the 5th, and the Brighton area produced a BROWN CREEPER and a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET on the 6th. Today, along the east extension of the Bayshore Trail in Belleville, there was a GRAY CATBIRD and a SONG SPARROW. A BELTED KINGFISHER was seen at Wellington on the 5th. As the lakes and bays become frozen, waterfowl are becoming more concentrated once again in some of the more popular viewing areas. CANADA GEESE continue to exploit any of the areas remaining open, showing up at locations like Prinyer's Cove, Consecon Lake, Athol Bay, and Wellington Harbour, to name just a few. On Wednesday, there were about 150 CANADA GEESE mingling with 57 MUTE SWANS, 40 BUFFLEHEADS and 200 MALLARDS at Wellington Harbour. As we were leaving, close to 900 CANADA GEESE arrived from the west, presumably from huge corn fields off Hubb's Creek Road. TUNDRA SWANS have dropped from a previous high of 125 birds at South Bay to only a dozen or so. Elsewhere, MUTE SWANS continue to pop up here and there as they move around to wintering grounds. The SNOW GOOSE at Tremur Lake off Wooler Road, just north of Trenton, alternates between there and the Trent River in the town itself. And so it goes, the ice conditions dictating the waterfowl to be encountered in any given area. At West Point today, there were 40 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and double that number in nearby Athol Bay. A SURF SCOTER and 6 BLACK SCOTERS were found at Prince Edward Point on the 5th, as were close to 50 HORNED GREBES and a RED-NECKED GREBE. However, signs of winter are upon us as birds typical of the season show up. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS during the week were seen at Carrying Place and Hillier, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK showed up at Prince Edward Point on the 5th, and BALD EAGLES during the week were reported from the Tweed area, Glenora (2), and an adult bird was seen near the Stirling Flying Club. Winter birds who put in an appearance at feeders during the week included a PINE SISKIN at South Bay, and three on Old Orchard Road off Redersville Road (County Road 3). A female WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL turned up at a feeder in Picton yesterday, and there were 12 COMMON REDPOLLS seen at Barcovan on the 6th - all giving us a glimpse of what may be in store for us in the weeks to come. There have been RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES at feeders in Picton and Bloomfield, and COMMON GRACKLES are still about in the Easterbrook Road area. An interesting sighting last weekend was that of the two COMMON RAVENS that have sort of settled in at an address along the Elmbrook Road area, where one was seen carrying a stick and disappearing into a nearby quarry. A BARRED OWL was seen on Crookston Road in the Madoc area on December 3rd, and WILD TURKEYS during the week were seen at South Bay, Ridge Road, Greer Road, and Sandbanks in Prince Edward County. East Lake has always been the place to go to see LITTLE GULLS and the popular site did not disappoint again this year, with a total of 8 being seen there on the 4th, although these were seen at the northeast end, while the most dependable sites have always been near the headwaters of the Outlet River off the Glendon Green Boat Launch, and near the mouth of the Outlet River. And that's it for this week from Prince Edward County and the Quinte area. Our thanks to Jim Dunlop, John & Janet Foster, John Squire, Chris Keen, Joanne Dewey, David Bree, Duncan Munro, Doris Lane, Nick Quickert, Ted Cullin, Eileen Robbins, Henry Pasila, Trudy Kitchen, Henri Garand, Marilyn Holland-Foster, John Charlton, Cheryl Anderson, Donald & Judith McClure, Lloyd Paul, Fred Chandler and Frank Artés & Carolyn Barnes for their contributions to this week's report. This report will be updated on Thursday, December 15th. Bird sightings may be forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] at any time before the Thursday 6:00 p.m. deadline. This report also appears for a period of seven days on the NatureStuff website, under BIRDING, where this week's featured photo of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS is by Laura Pierce of Waupoos. Terry Sprague Prince Edward County [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.naturestuff.net
