I checked the lagoons this evening, and although hot enough to want to go swimming, but having left my bathing suit at home, I settled for getting good looks at the Eared Grebe in Exeter.. This bird was in the second cell, at the north end of the cell, hanging out with some Ruddy ducks. This grebe is well on his way to non-breeding plumage... Although posted, the lagoons are accessible with a free Access Permit which you should display on your dashboard while visiting. (As I have noticed OPP cars checking my truck, in the past)... Permits are available from the Town Office, inside the library building at the corner of Main and Sanders St, during normal business hours. The lagoons are west from the north end of town, off highway 83 (Thames Rd). Turn south at the first Mile and 1/4 which is Airport Line Rd (at the cemetery). Drive to the second gate on the left and park, not blocking the entrance... Walk in, see the bird and enjoy the sunset.... Good Birding, Rick Thornton, Exeter, ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 3 13:11:40 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep9.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFBE364098 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:11:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from videoedge (d141-150-198.home.cgocable.net [24.141.150.198]) by fep9.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id B79227329 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:11:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:11:38 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:11:40 -0000
On Thursday, August 3rd, 2006, this is the HNC birding report: Great Blue Heron Great Egret Turkey Vulture Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Osprey Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Yellow-billed Cuckoo Great Horned Owl Yellow-throated Vireo Quiet again here in the Hamilton Study area this week, too hot to bird (didn't think there was such an excuse!). The cold front moving through now should pick things up again. Shorebird reports this week come from Dry Lake which is on Dry Lake Road down near Hagersville and Clanbrassil in the south part of the Hamilton Study Area (best found by a map book). Here water levels are down with mud exposed. In the lake this week were Great Blue Heron, many Wood Ducks, Killdeer, Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted and Least Sandpiper, along with one Short-billed Dowitcher. This could be a productive spot over the next few weeks should water levels remain this way. On the return on 4th Line near Hagersville, 140 plus Turkey Vultures were circling over a field, amazing sight even for Turkey Vultures. No Blacks unfortunately, I checked thoroughly!!! Water levels are up at Grimsby Sewage Lagoons and Smithville Sewage Lagoons with a Lesser Yellowlegs appearing as a Phalarope as it swam around the back cell. Also seen here were Least, Solitary and Spotted Sandpiper along with Blue-winged Teal. Near the Grimsby Sewage Lagoons down Kelson Road a Great Horned Owl has been heard hooting during the day. The storm ponds on North Service Road at Guelph Line had a couple of Lesser Yellowlegs, again with high water here and last Friday at the storm ponds on the 407 at the 403 a Great Egret and Greater Yellowlegs were seen here at 110 kph. In the odds & sods, six Osprey were seen this week traveling high over the city of Hamilton in the Dundurn Park area. In the Westdale Forest this week a Yellow-throated Vireo was seen and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was seen up in Saltfleet on the trail between 10th and 11th Road East. That's the news for the week, keep reporting your sightings and enjoy the long weekend!!! Cheryl Edgecombe 905-381-0329 HNC Hotline
