This morning at 11:30, in cool, sunny wind, we counted seven dowitchers at Townsend Sewage Laqgoons, one of which was Long-billed.
We also had a juv. Red-necked Phalarope in the north west cell. It was quite different from the Wilson's Phalarope juv. described by Kevin McLaughlin on Sunday (which was not seen today). Our Phalarope was dark on the back and boldly striped as described in Nat. Geographic Guide p.185, and had the characteristic bold black eye patch. There were many Lesser Yellowlegs, and just a few Greater; but the peep count was significantly lower than Sunday's count, with no sign of the Solitary Sandpipers nor Stilt Sandpiper, but at least a dozen Pectoral were seen. Directions : Take Highway # 6 south of Hagersville to HN 69 and turn right. Follow this road to the main intersection of Townsend which is a four-way stop. Turn left on the Keith Richardson Parkway and go to Regional Road 14. Turn right and go 700-800 metres to the lagoon entrance which is on the right ( north ) side of the road. Or: Go to Jarvis on 6 south, right on Hwy 3, right on Keith Richardson Parkway, left on Reg. rd. 14. Be nice to the truckers hauling in the HONEY and don't park in the truck trunaround at the entrance. Cheers, Ken Angie and Ken Williams 83 Edinburgh Ave. Hamilton, Ontario, L8H 2C6 905 547 8580 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 8 14:03:09 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from sunfep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3DD663E44 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:03:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from DFDY3391 (d141-164-19.home.cgocable.net [24.141.164.19]) by sunfep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id DA4421B47 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:03:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jim Heslop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: [Ontbirds]NF Tricolored Heron - YES Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:03:11 -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 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:37:02 -0400 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:03:10 -0000 The Tricolored Heron flew from downstream and landed at his favored fishing rock at 9:00 a.m. this morning as per Kayo's excellent diections below. Good summer birding! Jim Jim Heslop 76 Parker Ave Ancaster, Ont. L9G1A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane and Kayo Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:40 PM Subject: [Ontbirds]NF Tricolored Heron - YES The adult Tricolored Heron remains at the same location above the Falls in Niagara Falls. DIRECTIONS: Once in Niagara Falls drive along the Niagara Parkway above the Falls to Dufferin Island. Lots of tourists there at this time of the year and parking can be a real problem. Go to the south entrance road to Dufferin Island and park here. IT IS FREE. Walk back across the Parkway towards the Falls and look for the small GATE HOUSE HYDRO building (less than a 5 minute walk). It is just south of the much larger old Toronto Hydro Building (sometimes called the Engineerium building). There is a little parkette between these two buildings....walk along the NORTH side of Gate House building to the river edge. Look for the park bench closest to this small building, the heron was opposite this bench feeding on small fish standing on some very close shoreline rocks. Kayo Kayo Roy 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON L0S 1E3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
