Sunday, Feb 18 - 4:30pm - sighted red bellied wood-pecker, RR#1 Waterford ON
Sunday, Feb 18 - 5:45pm - sighted a brown creeper, RR#1 Waterford, ON Lana Lang From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 18 23:00:43 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web52506.mail.yahoo.com (web52506.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.48.189]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DEFAE6347C for <[email protected]>; Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:00:42 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 157 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Feb 2007 04:00:42 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=BYGfqI6z45mpUnI2fmPGoOgX//6p3wwsUbOdzdStfCO9JVFXumsC6dyfFmweKgOJjGSwxyd9naaKWjZaKWmi6oHlJr+ohe9XHtc8u3BMj0UdSAcrTdm1Ylp5Z40TcJL+hLz+upk/cIa9VFN0rRxn9xNERQwtqOqDTld9zOJkFnw=; X-YMail-OSG: SPj4K2QVM1nmnB9Lh08xSzOQcbbcllPmBvZnvyu4YtTmbORFjx0foW26Vqff_enttLtQTx5hhf9JWACAjKuXd9oeCy_o0S4nLm4yOPGaZF.cDJw5.y8RX1Zo9iBgfYWpeo9OM5fXT3ZNMTc- Received: from [64.229.155.29] by web52506.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:00:41 EST Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:00:41 -0500 (EST) From: Mike B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ontario Birds <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Sharp-shinned at Fleming College in Lindsay X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:00:43 -0000 While restocking bird feeders on campus this afternoon I was interrupted by an immature sharp-shinned hawk attempting to grab one of the juncos. It stuck around for some photos before flying off over the cedars. There has been an increase in male cardinals, especially today with many chasing each other through the white spruce. I noticed more blue jays and robins aswell as the goldfinch population seems to be booming since we have had nyger feeders out for them. This is the third accipiter i've seen in two days, the other two coopers hawks were in residential parts of Peterborough. Mike Blom Peterborough,Ont --------------------------------- Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 19 09:10:01 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8940C634CB for <[email protected]>; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:10:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from brucedb4u2q8ov ([67.71.82.118]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:10:01 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Di Labio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:10:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Subject: [Ontbirds] Eastern Ontario: Gray Partridge, Owls and Lapland Longspurs X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:10:02 -0000 Hi Everyone Yesterday, February 18th, birded Amherst Island. In the "Owl Woods" we located 6 Long-eared Owls quietly roosting in the White Cedar grove and after an extensive search 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl was found at the south east corner of the field between the cedars and the Jack Pine plantation. At the entrance into the woods a Northern Shrike was sighted. No luck with Snowy Owls at the east end of the island and there were numerous Rough-legged, Red-tailed, and 4 Northern Harrier. Along the south side of the island there was an impressive concentration of waterfowl packed tight in the few open leads of water. Highlights included 26 Tundra Swan, 265+ Redhead, 27 Greater Scaup, 9 Lesser Scaup and 26 Gadwall. We did a quick check at the DuPont Plant lagoon just west of Kingston and the lagoon was mainly full of Mallards 1000+, Am. Black Duck 125+, Gadwall 150+, and 9 American Coot. On Feb.17th birded east of Ottawa and along the St. Lawrence from Cornwall to Prescott. The Ste.Rose area had a good variety of birds including 5 Gray Partridge along Concession 17 near house # 2653, 71 Horned Lark, 238 Lapland Longspur and 562 Snow Bunting. After some searching we found 1 Snowy Owl. With the recent cold temperatures most of the St. Lawrence River was frozen except around the power dam and a total of 17 Hooded Mergansers were found as well as 2 ad. Bald Eagle. good birding Bruce Directions: Ste.Rose area: Take highway 417 east from Ottawa past Casselman to exit 58 (exit for Cornwall). Turn left up County Road 8, then take the first right onto Conc. 20. The Ste-Rose Road is the first left and follow north to Con.17. Directions: Amherst Island: Located 18 km. west of Kingston. Exit off Hwy. 401 at exit 593 (County Rd. 4, Camden East) and drive south to the very end (Millhaven). Turn right on Hwy. 33 and drive 100 metres until you see the sign for the Amherst Island ferry. The ferry (20 minute trip) leaves the mainland on the half hour and leaves the island on the hour. Cost is $6.00 Canadian round trip. There are no gas stations on the island. There are restrooms on the ferry, and at the island ferry dock. The East End K.F.N. property is at the easternmost part of the island on the east side of the Lower Forty Foot Road. To reach the Owl Woods, turn left (east) at the four-way stop sign by the general store and drive 3.4 km along Front Rd. to the (seasonal) Marshall Forty-Foot Rd. Due to snow drifting the road is closed and you must walk in from either the south side or north side. Marshall Forty-Foot Rd. is across the road from house #2320. Drive along Marshall Rd. to the mid-way point, where there is an "S" in the road (1.2 km, look for the K.F.N. kiosk which had owl observing ethics). Park in the gravel lane or off the road edge. ( directions courtesy of Bruce Ripley) Because of liability issues, visitors to the Kingston Field Naturalists' property at the east end of Amherst Island MUST be accompanied by a KFN member. For KFN contact information or how to become a member, please visit http://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/ ." DuPont Plant Lagoon is located on the west side of Kingston along King Str. Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
