On the drive from Uxbridge to the Toronto Zoo this morning, Bill Rapley and I saw several interesting birds. 59 Wild Turkeys at 6thConcession & Hwy 21. 60+ Robins, 50+ Cedar Waxwings, 1 Eastern Bluebird, 1 Downy Woodpecker, and 6+ House Finches at the NW Corner of the Claremont Conservation Area (Concession 8 & Sideline 12). 1 common raven at Brock Road and Taunton Road sitting in the top of a hydro tower. 1 adult cooper's hawk and 200+ mourning doves on Steeles Ave, east of Townline Road, Pickering. _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6dFrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Dec 31 12:12:50 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp.vianet.ca (smtp.vianet.ca [209.91.128.40]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 858046349A for <[email protected]>; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:12:50 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 17697 invoked from network); 31 Dec 2006 17:12:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?209.91.149.182?) (209.91.149.182) by smtp.vianet.ca with SMTP; 31 Dec 2006 17:12:50 -0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.0.2006 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:11:59 -0500 From: Ron Tozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds] American Three-toed Woodpeckers and Great Gray Owl in Algonquin Park X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:12:51 -0000
As noted in the Algonquin CBC report, there were 10 American Three-toed Woodpeckers seen yesterday in the Park. De-barked spruce trees should be checked at the following more accessible locations by anyone seeking this species: -Highway 60, same side and just west of the Leaf Lake Ski Trail entrance at km 53.9. (Seen on December 29, but apparently not yesterday.) -Near the second utility pole along the road to Summer Headquarters and the Wildlife Research Station (opposite Mew Lake Campground at km 30.6). -Site 113, at the end of the point in Mew Lake Campground (currently accessible by vehicle) A Great Gray Owl (likely a member of the small resident population in Algonquin Park, rather than having irrupted southward from the boreal forest) was seen and photographed on December 29 near km 22 on Highway 60. Unidentified birders reported seeing this bird again yesterday, December 30, presumably at the same location. Unfortunately, this site is outside the CBC circle! Good luck. Ron Tozer Dwight, Ontario Directions: Algonquin Park is three hours north of Toronto, via Highways 400, 11 and 60. Follow the signs, which start in Toronto on Highway 400. From Ottawa, take Highway 17 to Renfrew, then follow Highway 60 to the park. Kilometre markers on Highway 60 in the park go from the West Gate (km 0) to the East Gate (km 56). Permits and information are available daily at both gates throughout the winter. The Visitor Centre (km 43) is open weekends, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and recent bird sightings and information, plus feeders, can be found there.
