Today (July 1st) the Dickcissels were still present at the site mentioned by Michael Carlson yesterday. When I arrived at approximately noon, I heard the song immediately after leaving the car. Unfortunately, soon after crossing the road, an endless procession of cars, trucks, and Harleys prevented me from hearing anything else. The backhoe at the construction site didn't help, either. I did spot a bird flying, then saw a male Dickcissel on a shrub, next to a female. While watching these birds, I heard, then saw, another Dickcissel fly over the road, heading south. A birder with a good scope and a digital camera could get excellent pictures from this point. The birds were roughly 100 m away from the road. County road 20 was extremely busy, so I tried to see the birds from the abandoned railway line north of the field. Unfortunately, this pretty trail is too far from the area where the birds are. The location is north of Essex country road 20, about 300 m west of McCain sideroad. Look for house #1119, located on the south side of the road, then look for the birds north of the road approximately opposite to the house. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 3 14:32:04 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6235363ADF for <[email protected]>; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:32:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from userd14f286784 ([65.95.229.52]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:32:04 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "M. Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:32:11 -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]Dickcissel near Uxbridge July 3 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:32:04 -0000
The Dickcissel found by Bob Yukich near Uxbridge yesterday was still singing and showing well today, Monday July 3. The bird is in the grassy fields beside the 4th Conc. Road, 2.3 km north of Ashworth Road, just north of the farm driveway at #11099. It sang from the top of a small roadside red maple on the east side and from bushes and hydro wires on the west side of the road. Sometimes it doesn't sing for a few minutes but always seems to start up again and gives great views. Directions: Uxbridge is north of Ajax and can be reached by Brock Road, Exit 399 from Hwy.401. Brock Road is Durham Region Rd. 1 - go north on it to Hwy.47 which then runs northeast into Uxbridge. Follow Hwy.47 through town to turn left (north) on Main Street (once again Durham Region Rd.1). After 7.5 km, turn left (west) on Ashworth Road, then north on the 4th Conc.Rd. for 2.3km to #11099. Margaret Bain Cobourg [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jul 4 10:27:03 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bellwecs3.srvr.bell.ca (bellwecs3.bellnexxia.net [207.236.237.115]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EF5FC63B05 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:27:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 5833 invoked from network); 4 Jul 2006 14:27:03 -0000 Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by bellwecs3.srvr.bell.ca with EntrustECS-Server-7.4;04 Jul 2006 14:27:03 -0000 Received: from bellwfep8.bellnexxia.net (HELO bellwfep8-srv.bellnexxia.net) (207.236.237.101) by bellwecs3.srvr.bell.ca with SMTP; 4 Jul 2006 14:27:02 -0000 Received: from toroondc550.bell.corp.bce.ca ([142.182.84.162]) by bellwfep8-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:27:02 -0400 Received: from toroondc911.bell.corp.bce.ca ([142.182.89.14]) by toroondc550.bell.corp.bce.ca with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:27:02 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:27:01 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Dickcissel - Durham Region - Mon July 3rd evening Thread-Index: AcafdennDDMn4u6GQeeAbGFzjf5Zfg=From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Jul 2006 14:27:02.0319 (UTC) FILETIME=[EAA32BF0:01C69F75] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Dickcissel - Durham Region - Mon July 3rd evening X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:27:03 -0000 Hi All, I had a chance after work last night and followed-up on Margaret Bain's post, I went to the spot where the Dickcissel has been seen and, within about 10 minutes of being there, the bird flew up to the wires by the road and began singing. It sat there for a good 10 minutes singing before it flew off to some dead trees on the west side of the road (just north of the barn), but it could still easily be heard from the road, sitting in a dead tree about 150m west. Interestingly, it then suddenly stopped singing and I watched it fly down and chase a similar sized bird, probably just a sparrow but just pointing it out in case there's a female Dickcissel around. The bird then flew over to the east side of the road in the field of grass (I believe that someone mentioned this as being called "Timothy Grass"?), it began feeding but continued to sing intermittently from low in the grasses, it flew a few times around that field of grass and then up to some bushes by the farmhouse, still on the east side of Concession 4, when I left around 7pm. I was in the area for about 45 minutes or so and the bird never stopped singing for more than 3 or 4 minutes (the longest wait was when I first arrived). Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: In Durham Region between Mount Albert and Uxbridge is the small village of Sandford on Road 11 (Sandford Road). From Sandford, go north on Concession 4 to Ashworth Road, about 2 km past Ashworth is a farm number 11099 on the east side, park in this area and listen for it's distinctive song.
