Bird Studies Canada's Marsh Monitoring Program (MMP), in conjunction with Terry Sprague, Environment Canada, the Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan and Quinte Conservation are looking for outdoor adventurers to be trained as amphibian and/or bird monitors (no prior experience necessary) for wetland areas in the Bay of Quinte region. The workshop takes place at Quinte Conservation on Tuesday evening, March 28th, commencing at 7:00 p.m. Quinte Conservation is located just west of the Wallbridge/Loyalist Road traffic lights on Highway 2, Belleville. Kathy Jones, BSC's Aquatic Surveys Volunteer and Data coordinator will be giving a multi-media presentation on the program. For more information please contact Kathy Jones by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit Terry Sprague's web site at http://www.naturestuff.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=31 . Pre-registration is not required for this event. Kathy Jones Aquatic Surveys Volunteer and Data Coordinator Bird Studies Canada P.O. Box 160, Port Rowan ON N0E 1M0 Phone: 1-519-586-3531 ext. 212 Toll Free: 1-888-448-2473 ext. 212 Fax: 1-519-586-3532 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web Page www.bsc-eoc.org From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 16 11:45:35 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP09.BAYC1.HOTMAIL.COM (bayc1-pasmtp09.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.169]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D5AE639FB for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:45:14 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [64.230.52.175] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from algodell ([64.230.52.175]) by BAYC1-PASMTP09.BAYC1.HOTMAIL.COM over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:46:23 -0800 From: "Steve Ansell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:44:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcZJGN8Ph3aoDFUMSISTGbfwo0lDww=X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Mar 2006 16:46:24.0296 (UTC) FILETIME=[29531A80:01C64919] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Gyrfalcon - Ottawa X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:45:35 -0000
This morning a grey morph GYRFALCON flew over the northwest corner of Clyde Woods and across the Clyde Quarry in Ottawa. This is quite possibly the same bird that has been reported a couple of times over the last month in the Central Experimental Farm area, as the colour looked very similar to the previously posted photo at: http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/rba06.htm#Gyrfalcon2 Directions: From Hwy 417 in Ottawa, exit south onto Maitland Ave, then turn left on Glenmount Ave to access the north end of this section of Clyde Ave. The bird was seen over the road here and to the northwest over the quarry. Steve Ansell Ottawa, ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 16 16:08:32 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from sunfep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA0A063897 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:08:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from cogeco.ca (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by sunfep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E6791B8A for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:08:13 -0500 (EST) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailer: Cogeco Webmail - complaints to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( 172.166.50.67 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) X-Originating-IP: 172.166.50.67 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:08:12 -0500 Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, March 16th, 2006 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:08:33 -0000 On Thursday, March 16th, 2006 this is the HNC Birding Report BLUE-WINGED TEAL SANDHILL CRANE AMERICAN WOODCOCK EASTERN MEADOWLARK BREWERS BLACKBIRD Turkey Vulture Tundra Swan Wood Duck American Widgeon Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Northern Harrier Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Bald Eagle Northern Shrike Ring-necked Pheasant Killdeer Snowy Owl Common Raven Eastern Bluebird Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle The warm weather of last weekend filtered in more migrants as a second wave of birds came through. This week our new birds include BLUE-WINGED TEAL, an early record one on Sunday, one on Monday. On Sunday the teal were found on West River Road south of Mt Healy and on Monday, Blue-winged Teal were found up in the Saltfleet Area. Saltfleet was definitely the hotspot this week as the find of the week was three BREWERS BLACKBIRDS, birds which are elusive in the Hamilton Study Area . Three birds were found on the west side of 5th Road East, North of Green Mountain and south of Powerline Road. There have been many mixed flocks of blackbirds here containing Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles and Brown-headed Cowbirds. Those who sift through the rif raf may be rewarded. Other birds found in areas from 5th Road East to 10th Road East include Killdeer, Ring-necked Pheasant , EASTERN MEADOWLARK, Rusty Blackbirds, many fields full of Northern Shoveler, American Widgeon, Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal and in the quarry on Green Mountain and 10th Road East some migrating Ring-necked Ducks were found. Another great area this week for flooded fields full of waterfowl was along River Road south of Cayuga where Northern Pintail, American Widgeon, Green-winged Teal and Ring-necked Ducks provided an excellent mix for viewing. Tundra Swans still made appearance through the week with about 150 of them going over Fifty Point and a flock of 60 sitting off of Bayfront Park. The familiar Peent of American Woodcock was heard this week near Middletown Road and 5th Concession in Flamborough and at the traditional spot of York Road at the RBG Northshore Trails. A reminder of winter this week with the sighting of two Snowy Owls. One owl has been seen in the Eastport Drive area sitting on the lamppost and again at the Red Hill Valley Creek Outlet. The other bird is still present at the Hamilton Airport being seen again today. People really get irritated when you put carry on luggage down, haul out the bins and view birds while boarding but I did it anyway. This bird has been present here for the winter. Another great spot this week was the Niagara Peninsula Hawk Watch were a banner day of Bald Eagles occurred this week, Turkey Vultures, Northern Goshawk, many Red-tailed Hawks, the first Red-shouldered Hawk of the season were all birds seen in the week along with more SANDHILL CRANES. The Common Ravens were spotted again in the same area of Brock Road between 4th and 5th Concession perhaps setting up shop for the season. At the Dundas Marsh last Sunday Ring-necked Ducks, Gadwall, Canvasback and Wood Duck were reported along with Carolina Wren and Eastern Bluebird. Another surprise bird this week appeared at the Dundas Hydro Ponds a single SANDHILL CRANE. In the odds & sods department a Winter Wren was seen at the RBG Boardwalk and a Northern Shrike was reported from 4th concession east of Brock Road and from Shell Park in Oakville. A group of 8 (5m, 3f) Hooded Mergansers were seen near St. George. Thats the news this week, the cold weather has given us a break in migration but its still good to look for any goodies that might have traveled this way. Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC Hotline 905-381-0329 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 16 16:41:39 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.80]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 32FE763C0C for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:41:19 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 87855 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2006 21:41:19 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=R8zaehv5oabcOm4S7zCahIfskFa513aeKnbizg8qnRpg2j8N2HL3Co7BFd3EGOCgXG+vk5A7tNSv9DtlpVMbvMJue6ZASvO5JtICgn1bIrYemmY56AAteeGgNnEKVqwKzedjKhXts9Ss49Mcos3wd+3Xbrf8EQ6qAzT7Gcn+BSA ; Received: from unknown (HELO perks) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@70.25.192.215 with login) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Mar 2006 21:41:19 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Don Perks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:41:16 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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]Tundras Brittania and the 8th. X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:41:39 -0000 This afternoon there were 150 tundra swans in the floodwed field north of the Brittania Rd. and just east of the 8th Line in Oakville.There also 1 drake ointale 11 Am.wigeon,150+ mallards,several blacks.From the Q.E. at exit 118 take Trafalgar Rd north to Brittania Rd turn right to the 8th Line and look.The shoulders are very narrow along Brittania here so be very casreful.You can also drive north along the 8th and look east at the flooded areas. Always good for shorebirds in April . Good luck Don Perks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
