We saw a Rough-legged Hawk sitting on a hydro pole around noon along Hwy 2 on the south side just past the lights for the new NoFrills supercentre on the east side of Brighton. We saw what was probably the same Hawk along Hwy 64 just east out of Brighton yesterday. That's about a mile or less south of Hwy 2. We've seen at least 4 ravens while driving along Hwy 2 in the past week or so, and we also had a flock of Waxwings land in a tree in our front yard on Walt St in Smithfield. We were pretty certain at least one was a Bohemian. Red-tailed Hawks continue to hunt daily in the meadow below our house and of course are often harrassed by crows. Brighton is about 3 miles south of the 401 from exit #509, approximately 90 miles east of Toronto. Sorry about the "miles" but I can't think in kilometers! Vera Fitz-Gerald Smithfield ___________________________________________________ Try the New Netscape Mail Today! Virtually Spam-Free | More Storage | Import Your Contact List http://mail.netscape.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 8 15:54:04 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (unknown [209.226.175.97]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5691F63A16 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 15:54:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([64.228.96.8]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 15:53:49 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:56:18 -0500 From: Doug Innes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:07:10 -0500 Subject: [Ontbirds]Varied Thrush west of Campbellville X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:54:04 -0000
As of Sunday, January 8, this is the third day visiting. It's feeding mainly on the ground around our feeders. Doug Innes, Campbellville, ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 8 16:47:31 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB8B063A66 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 16:47:30 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 52152 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2006 21:47:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?70.30.57.72?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@70.30.57.72 with plain) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Jan 2006 21:47:30 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:47:26 -0500 From: Mark Cranford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontario Birds <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Ivory Gull at Point Pelee X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:47:33 -0000 Posting for Steve Pike who not subscribed to Ontbirds under the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today at approx. 1:45pm Adam and Rosalie Hall discovered an imm. Ivory Gull at the 1st. bridge overlooking the North end of Hillman Marsh (the second bridge is closest to Lake Erie). The Bird was feeding away and alone from the 1000's of Ring-bill's and Herring Gulls that were in the deeper water, the Ivory Gull was along the edge of the Cat-tails and close to shore. The Bird was last seen flying East over the Cat-tails towards North East Hillman at 3:10pm. The Bird looked somewhat sluggish and possibly ill, so I would think there is an excellent chance of re-finding it. Rosalie and I were able to capture excellent full frame images that I will post later tonight on my web site. Hillman Marsh is North East of Point Pelee National Park along Lake Erie. Thanks you Adam and Rosalie for my NUMBER 1 DREAM PELEE BIRD!! Good luck! Steve Pike. -- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 8 17:19:29 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mailout1.igs.net (mailout1.igs.net [216.58.97.34]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64ACC63F31 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:19:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from GillianMartin.glen-net.ca (i216-58-28-1.cybersurf.com [216.58.28.1]) by mailout1.igs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E434158EB for <[email protected]>; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:19:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:19:25 -0500 To: [email protected] From: Martin Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Meadowlark - Glengarry Co. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:19:29 -0000 Hello, The Meadowlark continues to come to the feeders near the road at 19901 Fallowfield Road, northeast of Williamstown. I haven't been able to rule out that the bird is not a Western Meadowlark and would welcome other opinions. It has some yellow (not much) in the malar stripe, the lines on the flanks seem quite broken, and the bird does not flush when the occasional traffic passes within several metres of the bird (although all the other birds do). Directions: Fallowfield Road runs west off 34 about 8 to 10 minutes north of the Lancaster exit off the 401. From Ottawa, exit 417 for Cornwall, south to Monkland, east to Alexandria, south to Fallowfield Road, then west to 19901. Martin Bowman Willaimstown, ON
