>From sunup until 9am birding in Thickson's Woods and adjacent meadow was quite >successful. After 9 the many arriving birders had to work hard. The leaves >are, alas, creating sight problems. Try to hook up wih anyone who knows the >songs. The following were among those noted:
warblers--CANADA, Bay-breasted, Cape May, Tennessee, Common Yellowthroat, Am. Redstart, BLACKPOLL, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Black-and-White, WILSON'S, MOURNING, Blackburnian, Yellow, Nashville, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped, OVENBIRD flycatchers- Least, Great Crested Baltimore Oriole Catbird Vireos--Warbling, Red-eyed, Blue-headed Thrushes-- Veery, Wood, Swainson's Rose-breasted Grosbeak SCARLET TANAGER Sparrows-- Lincoln's, White-crowned Shorebirds-- Spotted, Lesser Yellowlegs I invite any who would like to thoroughly enjoy botanizing (and a little birding!!) on a small property just one concession north of highway 7 to join me and others on Saturday, May 20 at 9:30am. E-mail me for directions. For Thickson's--exit Thickson Rd. from the 401, south toward the lakefront, turning east along the road that fringes the pine woods. Doug Lockrey, Whitby From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 18 06:19:43 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (unknown [64.233.162.201]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E5C063F50 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 18 May 2006 06:19:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id i11so62293nzh for <[email protected]>; Thu, 18 May 2006 03:19:43 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s¾ta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; b=d/A2pemIUlK6prgpszpXTbSEiKGNLygYUl6VKNv4+qcUNReahoMbRHVLjJxnLscoaHXnr6hzAiKFLeR6yR7jvX0HfNLGKbjdC5x99neOURof7pDfpkLquKEWh+75Iw/G85m/qtbjnM2AgcbFEtVgz75zlnk6PWHCJEoPwnA8YjAReceived: by 10.36.32.14 with SMTP id f14mr349334nzf; Thu, 18 May 2006 03:19:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.126.19 with HTTP; Thu, 18 May 2006 03:19:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 06:19:43 -0400 From: "Mike Street" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ONTBIRDS <[email protected]>, "HMANA BIRDHAWK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Google-Sender-Auth: d58679f377dd28be Subject: [Ontbirds] Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch Season Ends With 100+ Eagle Count X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:19:43 -0000 The 2006 Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch season came to a close with a total of 14, 322 raptors counted, including - for the first time ever - more than 100 eagles. The century mark was reached on May 12 when Ann and Brian Gray counted two Bald Eagles. Icing on the cake was provided by a Golden Eagle and two Bald Eagles seen on May 15, the last day of the season, by Bill Smith and Mike Street. (May 15 report follows below.) The Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch wishes to thank all official counters and the many hawkwatchers who helped during the season. We look forward to seeing all of you again starting March 1, 2007! Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: May 15, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 138 5934 Osprey 0 5 65 Bald Eagle 2 7 85 Northern Harrier 0 8 96 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 112 1753 Cooper's Hawk 1 10 202 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 679 Broad-winged Hawk 1 89 2026 Red-tailed Hawk 1 67 3097 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 102 Golden Eagle 1 2 13 American Kestrel 1 2 63 Merlin 0 1 13 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 9 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Unknown UA 0 0 27 Unknown UB 0 1 89 Unknown UF 0 2 6 Unknown UE 0 0 6 Unknown UR 0 3 50 Total: 7 452 14322 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Mike Street Observers: Bill Smith Weather: Northeast winds helped bring the few birds seen into easy viewing range. Raptor Observations: Golden Eagle (almost adult) and first Bald Eagle (third-fourth year) were within a minute of each other. Second Bald Eagle (almost adult) came a half-hour later. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors heard/seen included a singing Scarlet Tanager, eight species of warbler, a pair of Brown Thrashers gathering nest material and a Great Blue Heron. Report submitted by Mike Street ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at: http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 18 11:28:01 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 F0EFB63CE9 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 18 May 2006 11:28:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rat.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.57.24]) by skunk.apca.gc.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id k4IFRxgj028673 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 18 May 2006 11:27:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: From pp-vrc-multi.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.142.37]) by rat.apca.gc.ca (WebShield SMTP v4.5 MR1a P0803.345); id 1147966188296; Thu, 18 May 2006 11:29:48 -0400 To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:27:45 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on PP-VRC-MULTI/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 05/18/2006 11:27:58 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]May 18 Point Pelee Migration Report X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 15:28:01 -0000 Overnight rains made for what seemed a slow night for migrants. A little bit of searching produced some great pockets of birds. Highlights included at the Tip a 1st summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a flyby WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was on the Tip Trail. A male CERULEAN WARBLER WAS on the east side of the Tip Road just south of the halfway stop. There were four separate CAPE MAY WARBLERS from the half way stop south towards the Tip. The Loop woods had a WILSON'S WARBLER, and a TENNESSEE WARBLER was located in the Sparrow Field. Post Woods also produced a MOURNING WARBLER and a CERULEAN WARBLER. The highlight on the Woodland Nature Trail included a late LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. Pockets of birds in Tilden Woods included a MAGNOLIA, NASHVILLE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, and BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, along with AMERICAN REDSTART, and SCARLET TANAGER. OVENBIRD were also quite numerous along the northern section of Tilden Woods. The nine AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen again this morning from the Marsh Boardwalk tower. Birders said they looked to the North East to see them. Outside the Park on Mersea County Road 1 there was a LAUGHING GULL, a LITTLE GULL, and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. Good Birding Friends of Point Pelee John Haselmayer, Karl Konze, Ross Mackintosh, Dave Martin, Pete Read, and Marianne Reid **************************************************************************** Point Pelee National Park of Canada and the Friends of Point Pelee bring you the Festival of Birds 2006 from April 29 - May 22. The Friends of Point Pelee offer daily birding hikes, including evening hikes from Wednesday to Sunday, May 6 - 22. Visit www.pc.gc.ca/pelee or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. ***************************************************************************** Janice Sarkis General Manager, Friends of Point Pelee Phone (519) 326-6173 Fax (519) 326-7925 www.friendsofpointpelee.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
