Hi Ontbirders, I birded the Winchester Sewage Lagoon early this afternoon & found a Ross' Goose along with 60-70 Canada Geese. It remained for about ten minutes & then flew off towards the south. I was unable to relocate it. The water level in the lagoon is fairly high but there is enough shoreline to attract shorebirds. There were several Lesser Yellowlegs, two or three Greater Yellowlegs, a dozen Least Sandpipers, two Dunlin, a couple of Spotted Sandpipers, half a dozen Wilson's Phalarope, & a few Killdeer. The adjacent ploughed field was full of American Pipits & a lone Brown Thrasher flew along the treeline. Directions (courtesy Larry Neily): From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 96 (Boundary Road). Proceed 20.0 km SSE on Boundary Road (Regional 41) to Marionville Road at Marionville. Turn right or WSW onto Marionville Road and drive 1.3 km to Bisson Road. Turn left or SSE onto it and go 1.5 km to Ormond Road. Turn right or WSW onto it and proceed 5.9 km to Regional 31 at Harmony. Turn left or SSE onto Regional 31 and drive 5.2 km to Liscumb Road. Turn left or ENE onto Liscumb and proceed 2.3 km to the corner where Ottawa Street (County 3) joins on your right. Continue straight ENE along Liscumb Road, now also County 3, and in just less than a kilometre you will see the entrance to the lagoons on the right. Roger Clark (Ottawa) (613) 744-0314 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 8 18:11:40 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D48863D50 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 8 May 2006 18:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 72870 invoked from network); 8 May 2006 22:11:25 -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:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=cItDTpPy91/5l96vbwMOrCGxQnQjMr+G4KKklzt1nK1QtJDHzApVTleVwLEMSR4lZdY0xaKiOkjxKrMfxTQJnID5Z3O7SknPmheexC8ZcQ+F6OLoYLSaywoPF/SPh3GyjQDTHMbnceDrZ9LNTFvaNRRnquP3YpJtRqnUooxqWh0= ; Received: from unknown (HELO jennifer39m37d) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.139.191.55 with login) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 May 2006 22:11:24 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jen & Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontario Birds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 18:11:32 -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]Snowy Owl North of Strathroy X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 22:11:40 -0000
As of 1:45 pm today, there is still at least one Snowy Owl sitting in a = field off of Highway 81 north of Straythroy. It was very easy to see in = the brown corn field. If you are going north off of the 402 on exit 81, = it was sitting in a field to the right, just before the intersection of = Highway 81 and Highway 22. Directions: When travelling west from London, take the Strathroy exit = (Hwy 81/Centre Street) from Hwy 402. Go north on Hwy 81 to the first traffic light; this is the intersection at Hwy 22. Cheers, Jennifer Dow London From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 8 19:21:05 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.kent.net (indoors.kent.net [216.8.139.183]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4704E63489 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 8 May 2006 19:20:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from waterthrush (dyn216-8-134-143.ADSL.mnsi.net [216.8.134.143]) by mail.kent.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id k48NKPuO011082 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 8 May 2006 19:20:42 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Blake A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 19:20:21 -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]REEVE near Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 23:21:05 -0000 Hi Ontbirders, Last week we had a Ruff, but today I discovered a REEVE (female Ruff)! I first saw the bird at the Stewart Wetland about 4:30 p.m. This bird had me baffled as nothing obvious seemed to fit. I studied it for an hour, but upon consulting references at home, I realized it was a Reeve. (The one in Sibley fits closest, but my bird had greenish-orange legs). Stewart Wetland was loaded with shorebirds including about 80 Dunlin, both Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Semi-palmated Plover, Least Sandpiper. Directions to Stewart Wetland: Get on hwy 40 between Sarnia and Wallaceburg and find Langstaff Line which runs east/west just north of Wallaceburg. >From hwy 40 turn west and follow Langstaff Line to its very westerly end. You will see MacDonald Park in front of you on the Snye R. Turn left on St. Clair Parkway and go to the south end of MacDonald Park where there is a boat ramp. The wetland is here on the south side of the parking lot. You can walk on the dyke. Port Lambton can be found by turning right on the St. Clair Parkway at this location and heading north. Blake A. Mann Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent, Ontario boatmannATkentDOTnet
