On Thursday, August 17, 2006 this is the HNC birding report: Red-necked Grebe Great Egret Blue-winged Teal Common Merganser Osprey Northern Harrier Broad-winged Hawk Ruffed Grouse Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Wood Pewee Red-eyed Vireo Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow House Wren Blue-bray Gnatcatcher Blue-winged Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Wilsons Warbler Canada Warbler Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee Baltimore Oriole
Activity has picked up over the past week with the number of migrating passerines picking up as cool nights signal Its time to go!. Warblers, vireos, flycatchers were seen in many of the local haunts this week. At Shell Park in Oakville last weekend, Least Flycatcher, House Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow, Magnolia, Black-and-White and Canada Warbler, Northern Waterthrush along with a number of Northern Orioles were seen. At Shoreacres/Paletta park, Yellow-bellied and Least Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow, Chestnut-sided Magnolia Warbler, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush, Wilsons Warbler and Canada Warbler. At Woodland Cemetery Broad-winged Hawk, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Chimney Swifts, migrating swallows mostly Barn and a few Cliff and Ruby-throated Hummingbird seen here at lunch hour on Tuesday. At the Northshore Trails, Solitary Sandpiper, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Warbling Vireo, Blackburnian and Canada Warbler and American Redstart were seen yesterday. At Courtcliffe Park in Carlisle Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Mourning Warbler and American Redstart were reported here on Tuesday. On Seventh Concession East of Valens in Flamborough, Ruffed Grouse, Blue-winged Warbler, Yellow-rumped, Chestnut-sided, Blackburnian Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Eastern Towhee gave a different mix from the locations above. Shorebirds are still around. No reports from Smithville this week but the ponds at the North Service Road and Guelph Line are lower in water levels. Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated, Least and Spotted Sandpiper and Blue-winged Teal were seen here this week. In the odds and sods department a Red-necked Grebe has hatched down at Bronte Harbour, Great Egret, Common Merganser and Osprey were seen near Wilkes Dam in Brantford, Blackburnian Warbler at LaSalle Park and Common Nighthawk were seen over Lampman Park in Burlington and at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton last Saturday which along with a streaker gave brief highlights to a dismal loss against the Argos Thats the news for now, keep up the reports its getting busy! Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe 905-381-0329 HNC Hotline From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 17 11:39:49 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx2-7.spamtrap.magma.ca (mx2-7.spamtrap.magma.ca [209.217.78.166]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CD9663A58 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:39:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail3.magma.ca (mail3.internal.magma.ca [10.0.10.13]) k7HFdkrH013137 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:39:46 -0400 Received: from desktop (ottawa-hs-64-26-167-146.d-ip.magma.ca [64.26.167.146]) by mail3.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with SMTP id k7HFdjB1008001 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:39:46 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jacques Bouvier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:30:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response 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 V6.00.2900.2962 X-magma-MailScanner-Information: Magma Mailscanner Service X-magma-MailScanner: Clean X-Spam-Status: Subject: [Ontbirds]YES- Little Blue Heron at High Falls, Casselman X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:39:50 -0000 The bird arrived at the High Falls Conservation Area at exactly 8:07 this morning. It landed just below the dam (weir) on the north side of the river. In the area between the dam and the broken down bridge it stalked and caught fish (perch) in one area and then flew a short distance, landed and resumed its feeding activity. It did this repeatedly until 9:10 a.m. at which time it flew up and perched in a tall willow on the north side of the river in line with the old bridge. When I left at 9:15 a.m. it was still at the top of the willow. I took a few good pictures which I will post on my blog later today (address below my signature). DIRECTIONS to HIGH FALLS : From Hwy 417 take exit 66 towards Casselman. Go about 2 km on Rue Principale St. to the South Nation River. The High Falls Conservation Area is on your right. Start looking from the north side of the river just above the weir, if not visible from there go to the south side. Jacques Bouvier CP/Box 184 St-Isidore, ON K0C 2B0 (613) 524-1154 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jacquesbouvier.blogspot.com
