Hi, everyone,
This message has been approved by Mark. The University of Guelph
Arboretum Hawk Workshop has a waiting list this year so we are offering
another session on Wednesday, September 13 from 9-4. There are still a
few openings left for this session if anyone is interested. The cost is
$50. To register, please call Bev at 519-824-4120 ext. 52358. For more
details on this course or upcoming courses (winter birds, owls, ducks,
tree i.d., shrub i.d., astronomy, watercolours....), please go to our
website at www.uoguelph.ca/arboretum.
Cheers, Chris Earley
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Chris Earley
Interpretive Biologist / Education Coordinator
The Arboretum, University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 Canada
phone: (519)824-4120 ext. 52201
fax: (519)763-9598
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website: www.uoguelph.ca/arboretum
"The chief aim of interpretation is not instruction, but provocation."
- Freeman Tilden
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Mark Cranford
ONTBIRDS Coordinator
Mississauga, Ont.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Holland Landing update
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I did a quick check of the Holland Landing lagoons this morning and found less
than 100 shorebirds - a marked decline from last Saturday's peak of approx.
500. Most of today's birds were juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs but there were
still 18 Stilt Sandpipers (juveniles going into first basic, I think). I could
not find the American Avocet. The last report I heard of it was from Chris and
Keith Dunn who had it Thursday, as well as a juvenile Merlin chasing peeps and
yellowlegs. There is still a large number of ducks - mostly Green-winged and
Blue-winged Teal - but joining them now are at least 15 Northern Shovelers and
about 50 Wood Ducks, many of which have molted back into alternate plumage.
I did not have an opportunity to check the Schomberg lagoons or the Beeton sod farms. Earlier in the week, though, while cycling near Ballantrae, I had a group of four Ravens noisily fly by. Theo Hoffman believes this group is likely the parents and two offspring of a family that nested in the nearby North Tract (Vivian & 48) this summer.
Ron Fleming, Newmarket
Please e-mail privately if you need directions.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Willet,Rattray Marsh
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Dear Ontbirders:
As a follow-up, or continuation, of others' emails, the Willet was at
Rattray Marsh as of 11:15 this morning . Also seen, among many species
of shorebirds, was a juvenile Stilt Sandpiper.
The woods around the boardwalk were very active, with at least 10
species of warblers.
Good birding
John Carley
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DIRECTIONS copied from Mark Cranford
Rattray Marsh is in Mississauga. From the QEW exit at Southdown Road,
travel south to Lakeshore Road (old Highway 2). Turn left (east) and
drive through Clarkson Village. Turn right (south) on Bexhill Road
(just past the 5th or 6th stop light east of Southdown). Park at the
bottom of the street near a laneway access to Rathway . At the bottom
of the hill follow the boardwalk east( LEFT) to the lake then walk the
shore west to the outlet.
