Birding this morning in very windy conditions at Owen Point and Gull (soon to be an island again if the wind keeps up!) in Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Don Shanahan and I had great views of a Juv. Pomarine Jaeger. We also saw a Little Gull, a few Black-bellied Plovers, two or three Dunlin, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 30+ Snow Buntings and a Phalarope sp. that did not stay around to be identified.
Maureen Riggs Box 1578 Brighton, On K0K 1H0 613-475-3604 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Directions: To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, take the Brighton exit #509 off the 40l and continue south on County Road 30 through the town and follow the Park signs. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 29 15:50:19 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 C9DAD63474 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:50:18 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 5711 invoked from network); 29 Oct 2006 20:50:19 -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=SQ3G3mMCF8gUmB8LG21mQCeviysjWnzW9Ex7+MfG1hkHmm61VlTXTjgCbtZceeTnkejuRtoBcZiflnenWJ/hSpzgP3U6H+uBM3C6KwZ11EeUqrqgMGNON2gx7V1ITetts8XJTNjgc/eZOGDGOYZu4ppgLOBZF2m8RV8feuytPGs ; Received: from unknown (HELO douglus0kdu880) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.141.178.44 with login) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Oct 2006 20:50:18 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:50:21 -0500 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] HARDY SOULS BUCKED THE WINDS AT CRANBERRY--reward--closeups of goshawk, red-shouldereds--Oct.29 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:50:19 -0000 In spite of rising BP and a TUV=3 the very strong westerlies were a real challenge for any raptor attempting to come across the wetland in a westward direction. As many as 10 observers had wonderful views of a juvenile Northern Goshawk being harassed by a resident N.Harrier. 2 juvenile Red-shouldereds showed clearly the end-of-wing crescents. To date the Rough-legged count has been low--a dark morph did come through. As per Oct.29 the CMRW total sits at 7012. Few passerines were noted--E.Phoebe and Cedar Waxwings being the most notable. Waterfowl on the wetland-- Pintail , Shoveler, Gadwall, Wood, Bufflehead, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, Am. Wigeon On Hall's Rd.--10 Wild Turkeys Observations made by 12 observers over 5 hours-Oct.29 Counter--Rayfield Pye Observers--Dan Kaczynski, Doug Lockrey, Jim McKnight, Greg Stuart, Jim Fairchild, Alf Lisk, Dan Russell, Rosemary Harris, and a welcome newcomer, Mary Lou Langdon, and others. Day's Count TOTAL Turkey Vulture 3 257 Osprey 0 158 Bald Eagle 0 55 N. Harrier 1 195 Sharp-shinned 5 1739 Cooper's 0 148 Northern Goshawk 1 16 Red-shouldered 2 56 Broad-winged 0 974 Red-tailed 2 639 Rough-legged 1 4 Golden Eagle 0 4 American Kestrel 0 659 Merlin 0 28 Peregrine 0 15 Unidentified 0 96 TOTAL 15 7012 >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 29 16:10:46 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E12E463990 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:10:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from nancyspc ([216.209.112.51]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:10:45 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Nancy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds sightings" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:09:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Subject: [Ontbirds]Yellow-throated Warbler, Harlequin-Oakville,StoneyCreek X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:10:46 -0000 Both the Yellow-throated Warbler in Oakville and the Harlequin Duck in Stoney Creek were still in place at noon Sunday. Good luck Nancy Smith RR 1 Vineland Directions: QEW to Burloak Drive which turns into Great Lakes Blvd. , follow south down to the lake, the park is just east of the intersection of Great Lakes Blvd and Lakeshore. Directions; Grays Road ends at Lake Ontario in Stoney Creek and is the first main road that is east of Centennial Hwy (#20). If coming from the Burlington, Oakville area along the QEW. Get off on the Centennial exit and head left towards the lake. At the end of Centennial, turn right and stay on that service road heading east towards Grays Road. It will be the first road that you are coming up on and you will be going under it. Just on the other side of Grays Road will be Drakes Road. Turn left onto Drakes Rd. and get back up onto Grays Rd. Turn right onto Grays Rd. and take it to the end. Park along the last road at the lake, on your right.
