Hello Ontbirders At 5:30 today I saw a male Snowy Owl sitting on a fencepost while driving down Frank Kenny Rd between French Hill and Regimbauld roads. I also saw an American Kestrel hunting in the same area. I did not check for the Great Grey Owl sighted along Giroux. Directions: From the 417 turn right (South) on Trim Road exit and then turn left (East) on Innes Road, turn right (South) on Frank Kenny Rd. Alex Stone Ottawa On. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 22 19:57:46 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts5.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0A0963C97 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:57:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from blinding ([70.48.13.57]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:57:31 -0500 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.384 [268.2.6/287]); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:57:35 -0500 From: "Jacques Giraud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:57:34 -0500 Organization: Concentrated Consulting Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcZOFMV81nBON9OhTG6XvcJEGIv1JQ== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] King Eider, Horned Grebe, Golden Eagle on March 21, 2006 at Hamilton and Stoney Creek X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:57:46 -0000
It was generally a good day of birding despite the cold weather. =20 1. At LaSalle Park, a single horned grebe in winter plumage was present. There was a good variety of species as well. 2. At Beamer Point, an immature golden eagle was spotted around 2:00 PM. 3. At the bottom of 50 Road, there were large flocks of long-tailed ducks and scoters. Mixed in with the scoters was a single male king = eider. =20 Directions: =20 Lasalle Park - take the Waterdown Road exit off the 403. Follow the = signs. =20 Beamer Point - Beamer Conservation Area is located on top of the Niagara Escarpment above the town of Grimsby, Ontario. The site is 1km south of = the south shore of Lake Ontario, 20km east of Hamilton, 40km west of Niagara Falls. To get to Beamer CA, take the QEW to Exit 72, follow Christie St./Mountain St. to the top of the escarpment, turn right on Ridge Road West, and go 1.6km to Quarry Rd. Turn right on Quarry Rd. and drive 100m = to the conservation area. Parking is normally available inside the park. If parking at the entrance or on the roads, do NOT leave valuables in your = car. =20 50 Road =96 exit south north on 50 Road and walk to the end of the road. =20 Good Birding Jacques Giraud
