Hi all This message is intended for Ottawa winter listers and others who have suffered the frustration of trying to find Three-toed Woodpecker off Kerwin Road in the Dunrobin area.
On Sunday February 25, Richard Brouillet found one on the 6e Concession Rd., North of Quyon. I saw it to-day with Bob Cermak and 2 observers from the Outaouais, André Cloutier and Donald Dallaire, whom we met on our way. We arrived at about noon; Bob saw it immediately before getting out of the car and we were all able to relocate it some 10-15 minutes later, very close to the road. It was a female. Directions: From Gatineau take Highway 148 in the West direction; turn right on Hammond and drive North to 6e Concession road and go West on that road to a cattle farm at 3550 Ch de la 6e Concession. Just below the small hill, East of No 3550, there is a coniferous forest both sides of the road; the bird was on the North side when we spotted it but it flew to the other side. There were numerous Hairy Woodpeckers in the same area. Good luck From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 28 15:36:58 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web54510.mail.yahoo.com (web54510.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.49.160]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C93B6349B for <[email protected]>; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:36:58 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 39041 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Feb 2007 20:36:59 -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; blBsTB1rwx7L9tUeZ4F1pVHOhXJokpXg9whUW2T7DGSSBKw/yAa2xdXlnuHWyS3TicXvIZ9/muPz+mq5gxm8jtS+jHemtrAHdHMW/pa4yuk5Lfj+tYihBkBVEDPGxUuJnusQTQ8uHbyLNZCG0zwhNbIOIT5og2JedfZ+cPC25M=; X-YMail-OSG: 91WckQcVM1mQL2JedolUFwZCXxxOZWv8OSkJU9QYJcApXa6LSx2CXpjB329NtCnTaSPSCFedkF5cOWuTCgsSDxPGcM3j.KxfSJNOLUg1gfTlTPFJuLzEZ1W9KkJh8eaR.S41zJknH_znynv1IT5t3HTcuA-- Received: from [74.12.86.151] by web54510.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:36:58 EST Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:36:58 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Carswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:12:26 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto, hybrid duck, gulls X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:36:59 -0000 A Black/Mallard hybrid was trying to walk on thin ice on Ashbridge's Bay, opposite the boat launch. His feet kept breaking throught the ice so he spread them and pushed himself around on his chest. Jean Iron's Iceland Gulls were still there, but no Harlequin. Splendid looks at other waterfowl in the sunlight. Ashbridge's Bay is off Lake Shore Boulevard at Coxwell. Bob Carswell . --------------------------------- Now you can have a huge leap forward in email: get the new Yahoo! Mail. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 28 16:13:03 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s10.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s10.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.146]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82B75634C0 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:12:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.163]) by bay0-omc2-s10.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:12:52 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [70.48.242.227] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from Dell9150 ([70.48.242.227]) by bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:12:51 -0800 From: "Don Wigle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:12:49 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@sympatico.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcdbfTN+TVcRMSBqT9SDfXZcyoGUuA=Content-Language: en-ca X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Feb 2007 21:12:52.0255 (UTC) FILETIME=[350ECAF0:01C75B7D] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Cooper's Hawk Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:13:03 -0000 Saw a first-year Cooper's Hawk at Carlington Hill today about 3pm. It had approached a neighbouring high-rise apartment causing a panic flight by 40-50 pigeons. Don Wigle Ottawa Directions: Exit 417 (Queensway) at Maitland, south on Maitland to third stop light, left on Glenmount Ave, first left on Cassel, follow Cassel to end at Clyde Ave. Park opposite high-rise apt. Take path toward Carlington Hill (visible from where you park). Climb flat-topped hill (lays over a water reservoir) and scan sky - the Cooper's came from the southeast.
