Newsflash: Regarding the Point Pelee & Region wind turbine proposal, it appears that our letter-writing efforts have borne fruit ... I have just learned that the Minister of Natural Resources has rejected the petition for that location! Thanks to at least 50 of Biro's literate Heroes ... and congratulations to the birds of Canada! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Oct 5 14:34:52 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s26.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s26.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.162]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C395A63DC8 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 14:33:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.186.67]) by bay0-omc2-s26.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:32:07 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:32:06 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 70.53.123.21 by by16fd.bay16.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:32:05 GMT X-Originating-IP: [70.53.123.21] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "STAN LONG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:32:05 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Oct 2006 18:32:06.0537 (UTC) FILETIME=[8F738790:01C6E8AC] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Markham - American golden plovers X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:34:52 -0000
2pm this aft at Reesor Pond in Markham - a small flock of 8 American golden plovers - some birds were in basic while some were bright ie: gold backed which suggests juveniles so perhaps a mixed flock - on North spit - Reesor Pond is just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham - cheers - Stan Long From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Oct 5 15:40:29 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E06663B27 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:40:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 23334 invoked by uid 30); 5 Oct 2006 19:36:02 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 05 Oct 2006 15:10:02 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Cranberry Marsh (05 Oct 2006) 1240 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:40:29 -0000 Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1070 1108 1359 Osprey 0 7 152 Bald Eagle 5 8 46 Northern Harrier 5 9 151 Sharp-shinned Hawk 65 224 1274 Cooper's Hawk 6 16 71 Northern Goshawk 0 0 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 4 Broad-winged Hawk 6 6 973 Red-tailed Hawk 72 77 313 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 10 647 Merlin 0 1 21 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 11 Unknown 4 7 59 Total: 1240 1474 5091 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Dan Kaczynski Observers: Alf Lisk, Dennis Barry, Jerry Ball, Margaret Carney Weather: medium N winds; rising BP. 16 C--"should be a great day" Raptor Observations: 1070 TV, 5 BE, 5 NH, 65 SS, 6 CH, 6 BW, 72 RT, 7 AK, 5 UR Non-raptor Observations: winter wren =======================================================================Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw
