This morning(9am) there was 1 Snow Goose amongst 2-3 Hundred Canada Geese on the 2nd Line of Innisfil,East of the 20th Sideroad.This may well be the Snow Goose that I reported on the 11th .It was feeding in the 2nd Field East of the Train Tracks.Something spooked the Geese about 1/2 an hour later causing them all to fly to Cooks Bay for Sanctuary.An hour later they all started to fly back to the same field in smaller Flocks,and once again flew back to Cooks Bay after being Spooked again. Further east on the 2nd Line were 4 Eastern Bluebirds in an Apple Tree next to a Plaque dedicated to Sir Byron Walker(Co-founder of CIBC). Hwy 11 or 400 to Hwy 89.East on Hwy 89 to first Stop sign. North on 20th Sideroad to 2nd Line.East on 2nd Line.
Cheer's Garth From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct 27 14:52:27 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 6CAA363BCF for <[email protected]>; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:52:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 30019 invoked by uid 30); 27 Oct 2006 18:36:52 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 27 Oct 2006 14:10:52 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (27 Oct 2006) 30 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:52:27 -0000 Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 30683 31423 Osprey 0 14 111 Bald Eagle 1 43 94 Northern Harrier 19 308 738 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 4178 8615 Cooper's Hawk 2 357 541 Northern Goshawk 0 5 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 69 69 Broad-winged Hawk 0 473 7728 Red-tailed Hawk 2 712 872 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6 Golden Eagle 0 2 6 American Kestrel 0 328 2082 Merlin 0 38 115 Peregrine Falcon 1 33 98 Unknown 5 11 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 3 Total: 30 37255 52520 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Visitors: A brief visit from a father and young son from Oshawa today. Weather: Intermittent light drizzle becoming light rain by the end of the watch. Visibility variable from 2 to 8 km, dropped to less than 1 km by 11:30. Broken to overcast stratus fractus at 400 feet below an overcast layer of stratus. Easterly winds at 5-10 kph. Raptor Observations: Harriers, a few Sharpies, Cooper's and Red-tailed and one Peregrine who crossed the line to perch on the Eagle tree where it remained. A first year Bald Eagle was escorted through by our local trio. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of Sparrows, including a good number of Fox, in the park along with Thrushes, Kinglets and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Ring-necked Duck was the new species on the marsh. Predictions: Windy, windy, windy. Overcast with light rain or light drizzle changing to light rain showers around dawn. Temperature remaining steady near 6C. Northwest winds at 25 kph increasing to 25 gusting to 45 by mid morning and 40 gusting to 55 by late morning. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
