The Razorbill was viewed by a number of observers from the northwestern end of Fort Niagara, NY within the Fort, while simultaneously being viewed by D'Anna, Potter et al from Niag.-on-the-Lake, ON. Bird spent most of its time actively diving in the rough white-capped current and just beyond, on the Canadian side of river mouth, during the observation period of about 10:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. About 12:30 p.m. the bird took off to the east and continued on to the American side, circling a bit, and then finally landing about 500 or so yards east of the mouth of the River. To those viewing from the Fort on US side, Toronto skyline was in background. Unfortunately searching in that area for the next 10 or so minutes did not turn up the bird - perhaps dove/swam out further on lake, or perhaps back west toward River mouth. Observers though were splitting up at the time, but more were coming in as we were leaving. Hints would be to scan as much as you can, and be patient - bird spent most of its time underwater and then would reappear at surface for only brief bouts (about 10-20 seconds) before disappearing again, and then sometimes would not be relocated for another 15 or so minutes. Beware as there are SEVERAL distant Red-throated Loons and Horned Grebes present that can cause confusion, although you will know the real thing when you see it:) Good luck! Jim Pawlicki Amherst, NY Directions (Ontario) per Ron Tozer:
Niagara-On-The-Lake can be reached via the QEW and Highway 55. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Nov 19 15:56:07 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.78]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB74A63C14 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:56:06 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 40787 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2006 20:56:07 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=LhSz08gtu6KMfsrg7k+PLXNylRsW6+dz7Jyaiee45elEh+jgGH8vDZBbM0ZsJdn8lNqOtjv/eVOGNAVZe8pdTCXuGIfo6HbCc9ZLbxFYJr9k4wqi90CnQpT4ADHRzD6P0JR34fC2GAmWFurhOIe5tAlg6tD5H3N8eiG6Jdiybig= ; Received: from unknown (HELO douglus0kdu880) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.141.178.44 with login) by smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Nov 2006 20:56:06 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: WZHqfLQVM1lUpF9SMXlMJwiGWsdU3KNwXwXxcI531HoPx9bJr2b9RrQ6X87o0duWdhuAolwSOfNTm92vD6pwn7v0gVK.0A.34siT.wHyWPisHC5iJpsAow-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:56:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response 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 Subject: [Ontbirds]55 RAPTORS including 2 GOLDEN EAGLES at Cranberry-Nov.19 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:56:07 -0000 At 12:21 on Nov.19 the observers at the Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch "celebrated" when migratory hawk #8000 for the 2006 year came through. The day "featured" a continuous medium N wind, along with a steady BP and a TUV=2; yes, it was c-c-cold, but I thank the 20 or more visitors/observers who came to help at the platform. The aforementioned weather conditions suggested a "good" hawk flight--after the first 2 hours we were sceptical, but then we were rewarded with a distant juv. Golden Eagle (10:35) and the challenge to decide which of the Rough-leggeds seen were going to hang around!-- on 2 occasions this was decided when the "resident" dark-morph territorial RL took on a light-morph RL, the latter "losing". We counted 2 light and 4 dark-morph RLs, along with 35 Red-taileds. Early in the day a Red-tailed chased a recently-arrived Peregrine Falcon out of a tree. As many as 20 Common Loons and 3 Red-throated Loons were noted. Other non-raptors included American Coot, Bonaparte's Gull, adult N.Shrike, Belted Kingfisher, Red-breasted Nuthatch. > Another plea to photographers--if you intend to come down before and after the CMRW closes down, please bring bird feed (bear in mind that the large garbage pail will be removed on Nov.30) Nov.19-- 6 hrs.; N wind; steady BP; TUV=2; 0-4C > Counters-Doug Lockrey, Rayfield Pye Observers-- Gerry Ball, Jim Munroe, Gerry Ball, John Stirrat, Greg Stuart, Joyce Collier-Brown, Geoff Carpentier, Les Sayer, Jim McKnight, Ron Pittaway, Dave Shilman, Jim Skeine, Fred Horst, and others > Species Day's Count Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2236 Osprey 0 158 Bald Eagle 0 57 Northern Harrier 6 221 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 1776 Cooper's Hawk 1 162 Northern Goshawk 0 17 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 63 Broad-winged Hawk 0 974 Red-tailed Hawk 35 1522 Rough-legged Hawk 6 22 Golden Eagle 2 15 American Kestrel 0 659 Merlin 0 30 Peregrine Falcon 1 19 Unknown 0 80 >> Total: 55 8030 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Observation start time: 08:30 >> Observation end time: 14:30 >> Total observation time: 6 hours >> >> Official Counter: Doug Lockrey >> >> Observers: Jim McKnight, John Stirrat, Rayfield Pye, Ron Pittaway >> >> Visitors: >> I counted 25 visitors during the morning, most of whom stayed to help >> with >> the count >> >> >> Weather: >> strong N winds; rising BP; TUV=2; 2C = many observers!!!; >> >> THE WIND BLEW THE RAPTORS SOUTH OUT OVER THE LAKEFRONT--THEY ROSE HIGH, >> SOARING ON THERMALS BACK OVER LAND, ZIGZAGGING THEIR WAY WESTWARD--QUITE >> A >> SIGHT. >> >> Raptor Observations: >> 1 TV; 6 NH; 10 SS; 2 CH; 4 RS; 672 RT (1 was a juvenile dark morph); 6 RL >> (all dark morph); 2 GOLDEN EAGLES; 2 distant Unidentified Eagles; 1 ML; 1 >> UB >> >> Non-raptor Observations: >> purple finch, 1 SHORT-EARED OWL; several Common loons; Hairy Woodpecker ; >> adult Northern Shrike >> ======================================================================== >> Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: >> http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the >> provincial birding organization. >> Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] >> For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit >> http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm >> ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/530 - Release Date: >> 11/11/2006 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] > For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit > http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm > ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.14.7/538 - Release Date: 11/18/2006 > >
