The Pakenham-Arnprior CBC was held December 26 under unseasonably warm (-1 to +1 deg C) conditions. Despite a shortage of participants, a respectable 53 species was tallied, with four new species being added to the count (now totalling 114 species).
Highlights were the four new species, all waterfowl (not surprising due to all moving water being fully open for the first time): 1 male Northern Pintail 1 male Greater Scaup 1 female Lesser Saup 1 basic male Ruddy Duck The open water and lack of snow cover coupled with a high vole population resulted in a number of record high counts: American Black Duck (11), Mallard (149), Common Goldeneye (86), Herring Gull (80), Great Black-backed Gull (6), Red-breasted Merganser (2 - 4th count), Northern Harrier (9 - 5th count), and Bald Eagle (6) . Also noteworthy was a Northern Saw-whet Owl (5th record). Finches, apart from American Goldfinches, were scarce. For the first time in recent history, no crossbills or Evening Grosbeaks were recorded, and only 11 Pine Siskins and 2 Common Redpolls were tallied. . Michael Runtz From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 21 15:38:25 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from simmts7-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts7-qfe0.srvr.bell.ca [206.47.199.165]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9A91638D1 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:38:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from rvm ([216.208.65.15]) by simmts7-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:38:24 -0500 From: "Hartley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:38:26 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Subject: [Ontbirds] Great blue heron, gulls, Hooded Mergansers by Omemee & Lindsay X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:38:25 -0000 On the 20th we went to the Lindsay/Ops Waste Management Facility on Wilson Rd off Highway 36 just north east of Lindsay. In a flock of 30 Herring Gulls there were 2 Great black-backed Gulls (an immature and a 2nd winter bird) and 2 Glaucous gulls (2nd and 3rd winter birds). A Great-blue heron was flushed from the frozen ditch on Cheesefactory Rd a half km west of Settler's Rd. It flew over the frozen marsh to the north. Cheesefactor Rd begins off hughway 36 one conscession east of the Waste Management Facility. On the 21st we stopped in Omemee to check the open water below the dam. There were 3 Canada Geese, 2 male and a female Hooded Mergansers and a female Mallard. Omeemee is between Lindsay and Peterboro on highway #7. Bob and Mary Hartley R R #4, Omemee, ON.
