At 10 am this morning, Sunday, October 15, a basic-plumaged Red Phalarope was found feeding with numerous other shorebirds on the broad mat of algae on the west side of Cobourg harbour. A scope is a good idea to confirm the phalarope's relatively heavy bill. Other shorebirds included 6 Black-bellied Plover, 7 Pectoral Sandpipers, a Sanderling, a Dunlin, and Killdeer. Several species of common waterfowl in the harbour include a small raft of Redhead.
Directions: Exit Hwy 401 at Division St., Cobourg, Exit 474, and drive south to the harbour. Drive west around the harbour to the large parking lot near the boatyard and walk out on the west headland. Margaret Bain, Cobourg [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 15 16:01:42 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E074B63484 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:01:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 45070 invoked from network); 15 Oct 2006 20:01:39 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=JOFHwQGk0r6eLc0VTppiLoYnxtcrkVPPdASFQI6EJ8gWOCkieEgaEs9TGKt5TzaoUpRkmQ4K5aQOyOGwXnLQUksPZC7RavsWJuaircsOvqMzzovlO9zAwqTOuN7UDMg3knrFUUumaNTnZhq2O5aRzbwBI3JdQeJA9UCoGSYhxVo ; Received: from unknown (HELO douglus0kdu880) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.141.178.44 with login) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 Oct 2006 20:01:38 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:01:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Palm warbler, meadowlark, bluebird AND 97 raptors at Cranberry--Oct.15 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:01:42 -0000 Oct.15 at Cranberry Marsh RW brought at least 25 people to help with the count or to visit. Among the non-raptors--PALM WARBLER, 8 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, several E.BLUEBIRDS, E.MEADOWLARK, as well as 5 MONARCH BUTTERFLIES Observations made over 5.5 hours-Oct.15 Observation time--8am to 1330pm (hawktime) Counter--Rayfield Pye Observers--Jim McKnight, Jim Munroe, John Stirrat, Gord Gallant, Greg Stuart, Don Lloyd, Karl Jennewein, Ron Stephenson, Jean Iron, Ron Pittaway, Alf Lisk, Doug Lockrey and others Highlight raptors- 1 imm. Bald Eagle, 3 Peregrines, 1 late Osprey (RECORD YEAR FOR OSPREYS--155, 15 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS HIGH; ALSO A RECORD YEAR FOR BALD EAGLES--48, 1 over the previous high) Day's Count TOTAL Turkey Vulture 37 1593 Osprey 1 15B5 Bald Eagle 1 48 N. Harrier 1 158 Sharp-shinned 35 1357 Cooper's 7 86 Northern Goshawk 0 12 Red-shouldered 0 4 Broad-winged 0 974 Red-tailed 5 330 Rough-legged 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 American Kestrel 2 652 Merlin 1 23 Peregrine 3 14 Unidentified 4 81 TOTAL 97 5488 >From the west--Exit 401 at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, east through >Lakeridge Rd., one block to Hall's Rd., south towards the lake, parking at the >entrance to the south pathway. >From the east--Exit 401 at Brock St. in Whitby, south to Victoria, west past >the Lynde C.A. parking lot to Hall's Rd.-- Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 15 16:39:17 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com (bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.163]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD30063B04 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:39:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [65.95.154.201] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from dianaoffice ([65.95.154.201]) by BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:39:14 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Mike Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:39:12 -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 V6.00.2900.2962 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Oct 2006 20:39:14.0794 (UTC) FILETIME=[FA60ACA0:01C6F099] cc: Rayfield Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Iroquois Soreline Oct. 15/06 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:39:18 -0000 ISRW Whitby On, Canada Oct. 15/2006 Totals Day Month Year T.Vulture 225 533 787 Osprey 0 0 17 B.Eagle 0 0 17 N.Harrier 1 32 35 S.Shinned 26 145 481 Coopers 4 17 32 N.Goshawk 1 2 2 R.Shoulder 0 9 20 Broad-Wing 0 7 9,610 R.Tail 33 62 116 R.Legged 0 0 0 G.Eagle 0 0 0 A.Kestrel 0 9 43 Merlin 0 1 6 Peregrine 1 1 3 UR 0 2 14 Total 291 792 11,189 Hrs. 5.5 28.5 87.5 Observers; Jane&H Kroes & Mike Williamson Observations: Of the 225 TV`s seen 158 came through in just over 15 minutes! Report submitted by Mike Williamson Info. on Iroquois can be found at torontobirding.ca click on GTRW & click on Iroquois
