Ontbirders A good day around Long Point today.
The male Eurasian Wigeon reported by Maris Apse yesterday was still in exactly the same location today at 3.30. Hastings Drive was productive with a Song Sparrow singing in the thicket and a Rough-legged Hawk hovering over Big Creek Marsh. From the sand dunes at the west end of Hastings Drive we could see nine species of waterfowl, then two, then a flock of twelve Sandhill Cranes flying over the marsh. The wooded ravine in Port Ryerse was very active with a singing Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker and a flock of Cedar Waxwings. Maris's directions to the Eurasian Wigeon: Drive west of Hwy.#59 on Concession 7 - the wet field is on your right as soon as you cross the bridge over Big Creek. Hastings Drive leads west from Long Point Road (Highway 59) where it takes a sharp left turn at the shoreline of Lake Erie. Port Ryerse is located on Lake Erie a short distance west of Port Dover, and is well signposted. Steven Rowe and Wendy Dey From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 20 12:54:35 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from skunk.apca.gc.ca (mail-ext.pc.gc.ca [205.206.15.145]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0536C63B12 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:54:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from rat.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.57.24]) by skunk.apca.gc.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id k2KHsDaT008304 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:54:13 -0500 (EST) Received: From osc-notes.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.130.27]) by rat.apca.gc.ca (WebShield SMTP v4.5 MR1a P0803.345); id 1142877342625; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:55:42 -0500 Importance: High X-Priority: 1 (High) Sensitivity: To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.4 March 27, 2005 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:54:13 -0500 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on OSC-NOTES/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5.4|March 27, 2005) at 03/20/2006 12:54:12 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Snow Geese - east of Cornwall X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:54:36 -0000 Yesterdays posts about Snow Geese did not include birds that had been spotted by others in fields near Williamstown around noon. There was no number suggested but the flock was considered large. Because of the later timing and the fact that most of the other birds were headed in that direction, these would be additions to the total number sighted on Sunday, which may have exceeded 10,000. Brian Morin
