For any winter-counters 3 birds you may need were seen around 9am on Dec.2-- juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker, on Hall's Rd., on the EAST side immediately opposite the 2nd telephone pole south of Victoria St.; male NORTHERN FLICKER in the tree beside the south platform at Cranberry Marsh, followed by a Red-breasted Nuthatch feeding from a suet feeder on the platform.
Hall's Rd. is entered off Victoria St. in southwest Whitby, 1 block east of LakeRidge Rd. Doug Lockrey, Whitby,ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 2 17:01:19 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.83]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3E8E6638DD for <[email protected]>; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:01:19 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 61021 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2006 22:01:19 -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:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=KU/UNxEwE0euagws8LNFRUaXjCxMPm0emewVKxZ0I99Q8d1nGEnjQY4PYxpyhtMVE2UfVqLURTym/1zV8A9X2TdPBjVS+mJOYKg6I0fifW84OZBzryg9a9UdEHlajaBdSd3Mx45yhAjBvBLctEotoJ12cgwXbncjpGLurEICLZM ; Received: from unknown (HELO DFS8YG91) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.141.219.242 with login) by smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2006 22:01:19 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: i2iM3z4VM1m0x9CO.UOOLEttGPEwP0f6j8R5UBtnPR0V8tHWtxZS7dGi5MIQ.1E2FfDZVewROvfySucXFesOVMA7tdUhvOTTM3F9OViDHysxXm08.u.V_A-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Geoff - Birds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OntBirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:01:19 -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]Possible Slaty-backed Gull at Niagara - Dec 2/06 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:01:20 -0000 I don't mean to steal anyone's thunder but I wanted to report this possibility as quickly as possible so others can study this bird and make their own determinations. Hopefully others will post more details as they become available. A group of birders visiting from Vermont found a very interesting gull at Niagara today. It was a dark-backed 3rd winter bird with bright pink legs. Careful study by about 15 good birders seemed to have confirmed all of the salient field marks. The bird was studied, while I was there, for 30-40 minutes and continued after we left. I know that some pictures were taken, but don't know the quality. The consensus was that it appeared to be a 3rd winter Slaty-backed Gull. It was sitting on the rocks just upstream at first along the breakwall where one was found previously and then from the barge and close to the Canadian side. It was closely compared to Lesser Black-backed, Great Black-backed and Herring Gull re size, leg and back colour, underwing colour, etc. Other birds of interest - Rough-winged Swallow above the falls near the construction opposite the barge, adult Little Gull below the Falls, Thayer's, Kumlien's and California Gulls at Adam Beck, Tufted Titmouse in Chippewa, and of course the Razorbill as previously reported. On the way home we found all 3 scoters and the Barrow's Golden-eye at Gray's Road in Stoney Creek. Geoff Carpentier From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 2 17:16:47 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.82]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F31AC6390D for <[email protected]>; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:16:46 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 20896 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2006 22:16:47 -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:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=I9YuIzMNDsvHzvT/iQxEuB0ZkwUdBYEMbttiN3VIlEHucfRzW8TqaR1WqSkyX/Nylf0mehoxiB5PmgQgM5S+1qoQHmC6nTbGGxi/banwCpyWYZw9rUozdLthOrgPrxQukG64gvmwpt3Cj7IE+tCepj+lr27rlUus9xosfzIxQDw ; Received: from unknown (HELO DFS8YG91) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.141.219.242 with login) by smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2006 22:16:47 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 1Y.DaU4VM1lnKDjmTzrng5x.QbQUe5G9OT6Lj2Mkkrh58LQsFLJ8L7l65nOKq_ss6QLudluoxYXcmdugY5PkYcbcU3imfO81L9A8_licZHCXzarUvHVw Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Geoff - Birds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OntBirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:16:47 -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]Niagara Slaty-backed X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:16:47 -0000 Sorry, but I have been advised that the founding birders were from Colorado, not Vermont. Hopefully I got it right this time! Sorry for the confusion. Geoff From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 2 18:04:22 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc3-s1.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s1.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.201]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F62638F9 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:04:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from BAY124-W6 ([207.46.11.169]) by bay0-omc3-s1.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:04:22 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [72.139.18.197] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: David Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:04:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Dec 2006 23:04:22.0136 (UTC) FILETIME=[342F9F80:01C71666] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa Birds X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:04:22 -0000 Spent the day birding in the Ottawa to see if I could get a winter list off to a good start (and after yesterday's snow and freezing rain it certainly seemed like winter!) With the River and larger bodies of water still open, there were still good numbers of waterfowl around. Highlights included: - Common Loon (1), Black Scoter (2), White-winged Scoter (8), and Bald Eagle (2 adults) at Shirley's Bay. Also a Pine Grosbeak flew over the boat launch parking lot, calling - the previously reported male Harlequin Duck in the Deschenes Rapids (thanks to Langis Sirois and Paul Matthews for pointing out this bird) - late Bonaparte Gulls (4) and Green-winged Teal (4) as well as a female Canvasback (this species is rare in Ottawa) at the Embrun Sewage Lagoons - an enormous flock of Snow Geese in the fields east of the St. Albert Sewage Lagoons. Unfortunately it was flushed by a passing truck and flew off to the southwest, but I would estimate that it numbered 800 to 1,000 birds - by far the largest flock I've seen in the Ottawa area (and Ontario for that matter). All that I could see as they flew were white phase. Directions (courtesy of Larry Neilly's Birding Ottawa page) Shirley's Bay http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/orwo22.htm Deschenes Rapids http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/orwo11.htm Embrun Sewage Lagoons http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sewage5.htm St. Albert Sewage Lagoons http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sewage6.htmFrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 2 18:18:11 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com (outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com [64.136.20.164]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 74F71638E0 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:18:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from webmail60.nyc.untd.com (webmail60.nyc.untd.com [10.141.27.200]) by smtpout06.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABCZECNKAXAVU6J for <[email protected]> (sender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:17:29 -0800 (PST) X-UNTD-OriginStamp: iZxwFzztkO4OCwB9wp3Gs3oOfLkzaUMwLYeVS6Rfaz1fox13rPMy+A=Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by webmail60.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id L8MEB6CM; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:16:32 PST Received: from [69.161.85.200] by webmail60.nyc.untd.com with HTTP: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 23:15:45 GMT X-Originating-IP: [69.161.85.200] Mime-Version: 1.0 From: "Jerry Lazarczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 23:15:45 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] X-Mailer: Webmail Version 4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-ContentStamp: 3:4:178008717 X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 10.141.27.200|webmail60.nyc.untd.com|webmail60.nyc.untd.com|[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Slaty-backed Gull - Niagara Falls ON X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:18:12 -0000 The 3rd winter Slaty-backed Gull was seen at the Gatehouse across from Dufferin Islands upriver of the Engineerium from 1 PM to 2 PM on 12/2/06 sitting on a large flat rock along with about 50 Ring-billed Gulls and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls, to the delight of a throng of birders from CayugaBirds, OntBirds, GenesseeBirds and a contingent from Waterloo ON. I first heard of the bird from Mike Galas who relayed the information, unfortunately he was unable to get away to see the bird. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY
