Good Evening, At three o'clock this afternoon, two immature Golden Eagles, heading northwest, slowly circled past our place, just north of intersection at Beatrice Street and Wilson Road, in northeast Oshawa.
Good Birding Paul Burgess Oshawa From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 22 19:26:01 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from sunfep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BD9D63BB4 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:26:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from mycomputer (d36-66-24.home1.cgocable.net [24.36.66.24]) by sunfep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 183D0237C for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:26:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Barry Cherriere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:25:56 -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 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Subject: [Ontbirds]Razorbill a yes for today Nov.22 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:26:01 -0000 Several of us were assembled patiently hoping and waiting to see the Razorbill today, Nov. 22. We were set up at the location opposite and behind the Fort Mississauga as mentioned in Chris Escott's report. It was first spotted at 12:31 pm and not again until 3:30 pm. It seems to fly down river/lake and uses the green marker buoy as a turn around spot. It was seen both times today, flying from the right, towards the green buoy, and turning around after it passes it. It would land in the water very close to the green buoy. It was seen by myself, Bob Curry, Glenda Slessor, John Skerrit, Terry Osborn, Carl Konz as well as a few others who I wasn't familiar with. It was very cold but worth it. Directions are as in Chris Escott's report, The parquet overlooks the mouth of the river a short distance upriver from the golf course -- this is where most birders stop on a Niagara River day. The viewpoint below Fort Mississauga can be found as follows: >From the golf course clubhouse (at the south end of the golf course, nearest the parquet) drive north beside the first fairway until the road turns left, and park there. Look for the signboard and gravel path leading to Fort Mississauga (the red brick boxy structure at the far side of the golf course, where the river enters the lake). Before reaching the fort, walk over the grass to the right, behind the putting green for the first hole, and look for a gravel ramp down the wooded slope to the walking trail at the water's edge. Half way along this trail (about 50 m) is a wide gap in the trees where you get a great view of the green buoy (if you get to the pink wing-backed chair another 50 m further on, you've gone too far!). Best of luck, Barry Cherriere Hamilton Ontario
