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From: A & K Williams
To: Mark Cranford
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 9:08 PM
Subject: Port Rowan to Fisherville, Lapland Longspur, Tundra Swans, Sandhill
Cranes, Short- (and Long-)eared Owls
It was a happy day of winter car-birding for us! (Car-birding = drove
around a lot, mostly too lazy to get out of the car.)
We visited Port Rowan first, didn't see the Ross' Goose, but there were
little flocks of Tundra Swans flying around, and a group of 8 Sandhill Cranes
in a field right across of Lee Brown's Marsh, 4 km West of Hwy 59.
After that, we moved over to the Fisherville Raptor Reserve, on Concession
Rd. 6, 1 km West of Regional Rd. 12, just North of Fisherville. We saw some
Short-eared Owls roosting in a tree by the road. There were lots of Horned
Larks, Snow Buntings, and a Lapland Longspur was seen foraging in a manure
spread, across the road from the Raptor Reserve. We found Long-eared Owls in a
stand of pines on Concession Rd. 7, right beside the bridge over a stream.
Those owls are on private property, but one of them happened to flush when a
cat walked across the road and into the trees. From the road, we could see at
least one more (maybe 2) Long-eared Owl roosting in those trees.
Everywhere in between Port Rowan and Fisherville, we saw Rough-legged
Hawks, Northern Harriers, and one Bald Eagle. The eagle was near the Nanticoke
Generating Plant (where else?)
Ken & Angie Williams
Angie and Ken Williams
83 Edinburgh Ave.
Hamilton, Ontario, L8H 2C6
905 547 8580
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Bald Eagle, Hawk Owl, Brennan's Hill, Qc
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Hi Ontbirders:
My wife, Judy Hall and I have recently returned from three years living, and
birding, in England. Now back in Ottawa we have taken up Ontario birding again.
This is our first report to Ontbirds.
On Sunday, March 4, in the afternoon, we visted the site in the Gatineau
Hills near Brennan's Hill where the Hawk Owl has been in residence for several
months. The owl was still showing well at the corner of Chemin McDonald and
Chemin Legault. On returning down Chemin McDonald, we observed an immature Bald
Eagle circling low over the forest about 6 km from Highway 105.
Other sightings:
On Saturday, March 3, we observed a male Hooded Marganser amid the hundreds
of Mallards and Black Ducks on the Rideau River near Billings Bridge at Bank
Street in Ottawa.
Peter Hall, Ottawa, ON
Directions: From Ottawa, cross the Macdonald-Cartier bridge into Quebec and
follow highway 5, then 105 north towards Maniwaki. Just before Low, Quebec,
at Brennan's Hill, turn left onto Ch McDonald and follow this dirt road
approx. 8 Km to a private lane, Ch Legault (on the right).
