Dear Fellow Birders, There have been a few more signs of spring lately down here in the Long Point area. Mixed flocks of Horned Lark, Lapland Longspur, and Snow Bunting have been frequenting the roadsides, as well as an increasing number of American Crows are in the area, a flock of four Eastern Bluebirds near Bird Studies Canada, and small flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds and Common Grackles are visiting local feeders. Ducks have also been seen making forays across the lake looking for open water recently, and a series of flocks totaling 1500 ducks was seen moving east just inland today. Other good birds that have been seen lately include a Long-eared Owl and Eastern Towhee in Clear Creek, several Rough-legged Hawks and Bald Eagles in the area, White-throated and Swamp Sparrows visiting the Old Cut bird feeders, up to 70 Tundra Swans, and at least 35 Sandhill Cranes were seen today, although a week ago 85 were seen, so there may be more around. The best area for Sandhill Cranes is along Lakeshore Rd between Port Royal and West 1/4 Line.
Directions: Exit the 401 at Hwy 59 near Woodstock and follow it south all the way to Port Rowan. There is an intersection here, to the left is Front Rd (which takes you by the Bird Studies Canada office on the right), and Lakeshore Rd to the right. If you continue straight on Hwy 59 you will come into Big Creek which is the large marsh that will surround you. Mike Boyd Clear Creek, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 19 18:36:35 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc1-s21.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s21.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6001638B9 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:36:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.163]) by bay0-omc1-s21.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:36:35 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [70.49.16.80] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from user26e8f47460 ([70.49.16.80]) by bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:36:34 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Karl Egressy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:36:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01C75454.E173D7C0" 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 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Feb 2007 23:36:34.0887 (UTC) FILETIME=[CAD44570:01C7547E] X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Snowy and Short-eard Owls in Metz area. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:36:35 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C75454.E173D7C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Birders,=20 Sorry for the late report. Yesterday we were trying to re-find the Snowy and Short-eared Owls in = Metz area, reported by Kim MC Guire. We found two Snowy Owls, both sitting on a utility post only a couple of = km apart. It was not the same bird, we double checked on it. We found one sitting on a post on 5th Line, close to Sideroad 25. The other was sitting on a post on Hwy 16 close to Sideroad 25. The short-eared Owls were flying between 5:15 PM and 6:00 PM at the location of 7th Line and Sideroad 20 intersection. This area is close to Arthur, you can Google it, as I did. Good Luck: Karl and Marienna Egressy PS: You can view the picture of one of the Owls here: = http://www.naturesbestcreations.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3D2324#2324 ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C75454.E173D7C0--
