Upland Sandpiper, Rough-winged Swallow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Broad-winged Hawk, Brown Thrasher, Swamp, Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, and Chipping Sparrow have all arrived in the area in the past 10 days. Large numbers of White-throated Sparrows are being observed. Sandhill Cranes are still being heard overhead. The heronry on Chantry Island is full of Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets.
A Lark Sparrow was reported in Kincardine at the cemetary at the south end of town. Follow the most easterly road into cemetary and drive south to the curve in the road and on your left is a large grassy area where it was feeding. A Snowy Owl is still being observed on County Road 17 just east of Port Elgin on the rail fence beside the Links golf course. Good birding, Cindy Cartwright Saugeen Shores www.ontariohummingbirds.ca Other sightings: Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Great Egret Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Tundra Swan Mute Swan Wood Duck American Wigeon Mallard Black Duck Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Hooded Merganser Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Lesser Scaup Greater Scaup Bald Eagle Osprey Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin American Kestrel Snowy Owl Great Horned Owl Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Sandhill Crane Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Yellowlegs sp. Pileated Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Purple Martin Golden-crowned Kinglet Varied Thrush American Robin Eastern Bluebird Eastern Meadowlark Brown-headed Cowbird Song Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco House Finch From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 28 13:33:59 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.bmts.com (mail.bmts.com [216.183.128.202]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37F6863AD3 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:33:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Cindy (ppp148-102.bmts.com [216.183.148.102]) by mail.bmts.com (8.13.6/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3SHODOJ014886 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:24:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Cindy Cartwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:30:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Bruce Region report X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:33:59 -0000 Upland Sandpiper, Rough-winged Swallow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Broad-winged Hawk, Brown Thrasher, Swamp, Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, and Chipping Sparrow have all arrived in the area in the past 10 days. Large numbers of White-throated Sparrows are being observed. Sandhill Cranes are still being heard overhead. The heronry on Chantry Island is full of Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets. A Lark Sparrow was reported in Kincardine at the cemetary at the south end of town. Follow the most easterly road into cemetary and drive south to the curve in the road and on your left is a large grassy area where it was feeding. A Snowy Owl is still being observed on County Road 17 just east of Port Elgin on the rail fence beside the Links golf course. Good birding, Cindy Cartwright Saugeen Shores www.ontariohummingbirds.ca Other sightings: Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Great Egret Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Tundra Swan Mute Swan Wood Duck American Wigeon Mallard Black Duck Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Hooded Merganser Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Lesser Scaup Greater Scaup Bald Eagle Osprey Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin American Kestrel Snowy Owl Great Horned Owl Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Sandhill Crane Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Yellowlegs sp. Pileated Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Purple Martin Golden-crowned Kinglet Varied Thrush American Robin Eastern Bluebird Eastern Meadowlark Brown-headed Cowbird Song Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco House Finch From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 28 13:55:40 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp109.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp109.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.225.207]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 553BC63E47 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:55:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 41303 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2006 17:55:26 -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=ST7yNS99IaKvFKxQHeza71Ni/zY5WrKqMJyrMHF2Mp3UZO+keYqNdfKwiZh4n16LkzsqbDHWQhWhx4cqaS1ufH5Gg5moUtBIsn3MhA/DEi7Yp7bOJAFufsaq2AA0uUXKkE2dlLQBlcFgdAmXTRnQHqYyHZy3e4aRmUhyyH0JTkQ ; Received: from unknown (HELO Tysuehoar69) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.141.116.52 with login) by smtp109.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Apr 2006 17:55:25 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Tyler Hoar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:55:23 -0400 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 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Subject: [Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon, Little Gulls, etc. at Oshawa Second Marsh X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:55:40 -0000 Eurasian Wigeon The drake found last Sunday is being seen daily and has now settled into the south east corner of the marsh. Usually it associates with the 5-7 American Wigeons in the marsh. If this bird is not immediately visible, do not give up. It seems to enjoy foraging in the emergent vegetation and disappears for several minutes. Little Gulls There were 54 birds present this morning. At one time there were 43 birds doing courtship display flights above the marsh. Some birds are remaining in the marsh all day unless the local Peregrine comes by. Most birds however still leave the marsh by 9am to join the growing rafts of Bonaparte's Gulls offshore. Other birds seen in the Oshawa Second Marsh area 1600 Bonaparte's Gulls Terns: Caspian, Common and 1 Forster's Waterfowl 19 species in the marsh including 2 Northern Pintail, 9 Ruddy Ducks, Canvasback, Northern Shovelers and Hooded Mergansers 1 Red-throated Loon in Lake Ontario off Darlington Provincial Park Also in Lake Ontario offshore of the marsh were White-winged Scoters, Common Loons, Horned Grebes and Red-necked Grebes Virginia Rails, Soras, American Coots and Common Moorhens present and calling in the marsh. 1 Pair of Pied-billed Grebes were observed nest building 1 Wild Turkey in the field west of the marsh Passerines Cool Hollow and Ghost Road woods area were quiet this morning. 1 Gray Catbird in Cool Hollow 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers on territory in the west side of Ghost Road woods Directions Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit(419) in Oshawa. Go south on Farewell St. Colonel Sam Drive. Turn East onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot close to the marsh. The east (GM) platform is visible from the NW corner of the lot. For a trail map of the Oshawa Second marsh area visit www.secondmarsh.com and check the link for a trail map of the area.
