The 5 Greater White-fronted Geese are back on the west side of Cobourg harbour this morning, Friday January 13th. Cobourg harbour is at the south end of Division Street, Exit 274 from Hwy.401. From the foot of Division Street drive west around the harbour to the large parking lot on the west side (lots of construction going on around the harbour). Margaret Bain Cobourg [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 13 09:54:17 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts10.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.54]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4CFB64439 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:54:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([64.230.65.42]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net ESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:54:16 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:54:23 -0500 From: Langis Sirois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-SYMPA (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: fr-CA,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Hermit Thrush - Kanata (Ottawa) X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:54:17 -0000
Hi everyone Yesterday morning, Tony Beck informed ontbirds subscribers that he had received information from Brian and Christine Puttock that a Hermit Thrush was visiting their property at 131 Palomino Drive in Kanata, and that they welcome birders. I had the chance to go in the afternoon and to see the bird around 4:20PM. I talked to Mr. Puttock who was very gracious and welcoming. He told me that he hopes other birders will be able to see this rare winter bird. Birders are welcome to walk towards the backyard along the fence on the left side of the garage. To avoid frightening the bird, walk slowly and quietly on the narrow pathway, particularly when you reach the point when you can see part of the backyard. The bird usually feeds under the feeder near the fence about 5 meters from the left edge of the backyard. Staying at the corner of the house will give you a better chance to see the bird when it comes to feed. If you go in the backyard, even a couple of feet pass the corner, you might not have a chance to see it. Mr. Puttock told me that the bird sometimes associates with Juncos and that it also goes to his right side neighbours' backyard. Although Mr Puttock did not say that they would prefer that you let them know that you are there, I would advise that you do. I saw the bird thanks to their help; I think they will be happy to help you as well. They are birders themselves; some might have met them in the field. Good weekend and good luck. Langis Sirois, Ottawa Directions from Ottawa Take the 417 in the West direction, exit at March-Eagleson and go South on Eagleson. Palomino Drive is the first street on the left (East of Eagleson) about one kilometer South of Robertson.
