We birded the Long Point area today in extremely cold weather with strong winds, blowing snow and sporadic whiteout conditions. Since virtually all near shore open water is now solidly frozen, we did not find many species of waterfowl. However, in addition to the species mentioned in recent postings, we did locate a Red-bellied Woodpecker. The bird can be found at a house with multiple feeders, slightly under 0.2 km from Pines Avenue on the right hand side of Erie Boulevard. The house has a Canadian flag in the yard and the front is roped off with thick hawser type rope in a quasi-nautical style. The bird was regularly coming to the feeders today and we saw it when going in both directions past the house. Other birds at the feeders are Northern Cardinal, Dark-eyed Junco, American Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow and Mourning Dove. On Sideroad 5A, there was open water in a fairly rapidly flowing stream just past the Bayou Club, where two bridges are quite close together. There we found one male Hooded Merganser with seven females (lucky fellow!!). At Nanticoke, in the general vicinity of the power plant we located three Bald Eagles, numerous Northern Harriers and one large female Cooper's Hawk. David Gascoigne and Miriam Bauman From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 4 22:13:41 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web37112.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web37112.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.85.114]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 709AF634AA for <[email protected]>; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 22:13:40 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 68743 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Feb 2007 03:13:41 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=ieAKjNeEaVyIbcCK3KCaH1g3FBaIiTPRC7AUsi9NZhEgodR7F/lCQy5Y7ZjxxExVcSNdykuasL6IFMhutdZ3R158ZmOQFQGs7S4CYOdHKwTzDJdo9YDWPF6GmMMjRv4JqTYna6QvYslhOs369jL5RujZWSzM0um7nj6sIDFXkgo=; X-YMail-OSG: msZrYf8VM1keNZXLKM8CtUALNJFZ53PvT4SHR5v_.BnC7x65gD.laKb5mNsjaeS7eDfJqLIDRgUE_V7tHH1efxB.iRGLzusEeUBFeMz5e4kSfSeAgi8owKgT9MKbuWuFpwknFQODX36HHy0- Received: from [65.93.61.169] by web37112.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:13:41 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/368.3 YahooMailWebService/0.6.132.7 Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 19:13:41 -0800 (PST) From: ray barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] Short Eared Owls at Fisherville Ontario To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:13:41 -0000
We spent the morning and early afternoon watching the Short Eared Owls fly around the fields just outside Fisherville, on Concession #6. It was very cold out there, but the birds were flying around my truck, so i was able to get a few shots.. link below. it was a spectacular site, as I counted as many as 16 in the air, and in view at one time... seems like there are a few additions to last years crowd. look at this map.. and right where is says Concession Rd 6.. is where the owls are.... just scroll back, and print where you find it best for your reference... http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=42.889046,-79.924765&spn=0.035971,0.069351&om=1 my images from the day are in here... http://www.pbase.com/raymondjbarlow/recent_photos kind regards and good birding! Raymond J Barlow 13 Sandra Crescent Grimsby Ontario Canada L3M 4Y8 www.rayswildlife.com _______________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 4 22:35:52 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp1.execulink.net (smtp1.execulink.net [199.166.6.51]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A567D638BB for <[email protected]>; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 22:35:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from nonesc5roldlld (ppp151.ac1.56k.execulink.com [209.239.5.151]) by smtp1.execulink.net (8.13.1/8.12.11) with SMTP id l153dTx5022950 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 22:39:30 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Diane Salter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 22:35:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]yb sapsucker & rusty blackbirds at Long Point X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:35:52 -0000 Today there was a yellow bellied sapsucker & 2 rusty blackbirds at our feeders. Earlier in the week there was a flock of 30+ rusties. The snowy, cold, windy weather has made life tough for all feeder birds & there was a lot of activity at the feeders. The above 2 are sporatic but regulars include white throats, song & red winged blackbirds. Other woodpeckers include hairy, downy & red bellied. An eastern screech owl is roosting in a wood duck box just out back. It has been there since Thanksgiving but usually is out of sight until late in the day. We're located at 905 on the 6th Conc., just west of the Village of Walsingham adjacent to Big Creek. Please contact me directly regarding the sapsucker. It's hard to predict whether it will be at the feeders on a regular basis. It has been seen on both the peanut & suet feeders. One of the redwings (female) has a young male cowbird following it constantly. It would appear that it has been raised by this redwing. Diane Salter Walsingham
