Hello all, I observed an adult White-fronted Goose,today [March 15] in a flooded field ,near Beachville.It was with 150 Tundra Swans as well as various waterfowl [GW Teal,N Pintail, A Wigeon etc.] Although the bird sported a brilliant orange-red bill and extensive underbelly barring, I will refrain from speculating on the subspecific ID ,as that appears problematical.
To find the bird ,take County Road 6 north from the 401 to CR 9,east to Beachville,north on the 43rd Line about 1km.Look on the east side of the flooded fields for the Swans and other waterfowl. Cheers James Holdsworth From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 15 18:01:27 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web32207.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32207.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.138]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CAED063DE5 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:01:06 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 2520 invoked by uid 60001); 15 Mar 2006 23:01:06 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=ouwqtKBiqgoQYvcACsQXksxgMaR0IMSDU/br7M2TQHHc3HS8f6NQK1/XLJOJu+5UXxctbkeeKlOefk2ZrvjS9365tZGiWtKY8d33g7UOJJiT7R8aC8LvZ2Gl7rnZ/B9tl318g8HPRtXEpiD8UhOjnaJm0Xi54pTL2oUG8sp0dPM= ; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [209.239.11.66] by web32207.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:01:06 EST Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:01:06 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Skevington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Eurasian Wigeon, Little Gulls in Long Point area X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:01:27 -0000 Hello OntBirders, Today, my Dad and I saw a male Eurasian Wigeon at Lee Browns west of Long Point. Lee Browns Wildlife Area is ~6 km SW of Highway 59, along Co. Rd. 42. (W of Long Point). The bird was in a pond in the field SE of the main fenced pond. We also saw a flock of 7 Little Gulls at Port Rowan overlook. This site is NE of Highway 59 along Co. Rd. 42. Drive into Port Rowan and where the road bends N away from the water is a pull off overlooking the lake. Park here and watch. Bonapartes and Little Gulls pass the area in numbers on good days. This is a great spot to see Little Gulls this time of the year (sometimes over 100 in a day). Otherwise, the birding was good in the Long Point area with thousands of ducks, geese and swans (all expected species including the first few Blue-winged Teal of the year). Tens of thousands of Canvasback along the Long Point causeway highlighted the spectacle. Good birding, Jeff Jeff Skevington, Invertebrate Biodiversity Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada K.W. Neatby Building, C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave. Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada Work Phone: 613-759-1647, FAX: 613-759-1927 Home Phone: 613-832-1970 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] alternate e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 15 19:31:35 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from hotmail.com (bay103-f34.bay103.hotmail.com [65.54.174.44]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43B4A640E9 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:31:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:31:14 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 65.54.174.200 by by103fd.bay103.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:31:09 GMT X-Originating-IP: [69.41.192.210] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Ken Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:31:09 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Mar 2006 00:31:14.0990 (UTC) FILETIME=[EF0F84E0:01C64890] Subject: [Ontbirds]Re Tundra Swans near Stratford X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:31:36 -0000 Folks Since people are reporting Tundra Swans, I thought I should point out that there are easily two hundred Swans in flooded fields off Line 44 6 km north of Stratford just off Highway 119. Must fly Ken Clarke Stratford, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
