Ken Niles found a first-winter Laughing Gull at Cobourg harbour at 9am this morning, Monday March 5th, and it is still there at 11am. It is quite bold, coming in for feed with the Ring-billed Gulls at the main parking-lot on the west side of the harbour. It stands or sits on the shore and flies short distances from time to time, giving excellent views.
Directions: Exit Hwy.401 at Exit 474, Division Street. Follow Division St. south to where it ends at the harbour, then drive west around the harbour to the main parking lot on the west side. Margaret Bain Cobourg, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 5 15:33:35 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from defout.telus.net (unknown [199.185.220.240]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1462A63892 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:33:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from priv-edtnaa06.telusplanet.net ([209.202.78.76]) by priv-edtnes73.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:33:36 -0700 Received: from Toshiba1 (cp209-202-78-76.cp.telus.net [209.202.78.76]) Firewall) with SMTP id 5E97VVJXDW for <[email protected]>; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:33:36 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Eadie, S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:33:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Strange duck at Marie Curtis X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Eadie, S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:33:35 -0000 On Sunday, around 4pm, Linda Wells and I saw a strange merganser-like duck at Marie Curtis in Toronto. (to get there you can go down Brown's Line to Lakeshore and then go west to 42nd on Lakeshore Boulevard, go south on 42nd). We saw it on the east side of the park (we parked near 42nd street and Lake Promenade and walked to near the water). It had a Merganser like bill with a white throat and breast. Dark colour on face extending below eye. The lower part of the face colour was a lighter shade of dark from the top part. There was a white edge along wing, giving the appearance of a white horizontal bar . It had a bit of crest I saw when the wind blew. It was a diving duck. I assume it must be a hybrid of some kind. It was a bit smaller than the female Goldeneye it was associating with. I had a scope but our camera was not capable of getting a photo. Earlier at 36th and Lake Promenade, we saw a raptor dive behind a high fence. Then, looking between the boards of the fence we saw a Cooper's Hawk in the process of killing a stunned male Gadwall on the lawn and starting to pluck it. Sandra Eadie, Toronto From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 5 17:00:43 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web60514.mail.yahoo.com (web60514.mail.yahoo.com [209.73.178.177]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 925CE638B3 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:00:42 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 26308 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Mar 2007 22:00:43 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; bãVgpjODqgLXalvxZj84SYdNYvg528ZSwlvE5iVUN2aCAlTuKtxMw8x9tGQhBm9gZDIZJCEwQgP+0+3kTO8wFq1xKz4R73dFd3TkLEJXXxJitHknJ8vqAql8QC6LJguHkkTZX1kEBmgXBQJZZ1VaQNF882Qj4b9qZ9eW0iRKlaY=; X-YMail-OSG: fqIjk5YVM1k.ymLd5Vi2b4YYTq0lTdtpSNstqDOpfvg1DLY29PmwATA9bTuSO736_R2uxTGUG1SDh5v26RSFpcjjSJiPDzOsVHvSctC5njowwCIFcgPBsIzVHTS6LCo0HwPEdesQ8v6gmhHhMnTvYk8- Received: from [209.47.31.6] by web60514.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:00:43 EST Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:00:43 -0500 (EST) From: John Geale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]first-winter Laughing Gull Cobourg harbour March 5 To: "M. Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ontbirds <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[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 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:00:43 -0000 Hello, all - at 4:07 this afternoon (March 5), Geoff Dale and I saw this bird near the same spot. It was sitting with 3 Ring-billed Gulls on a patch of grass near the boat launch (beside the sign saying not to feed the birds), about 100 m east of the yard with all the fancy yachts in it. Good birding! John "M. Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ken Niles found a first-winter Laughing Gull at Cobourg harbour at 9am this morning, Monday March 5th, and it is still there at 11am. It is quite bold, coming in for feed with the Ring-billed Gulls at the main parking-lot on the west side of the harbour. It stands or sits on the shore and flies short distances from time to time, giving excellent views. Directions: Exit Hwy.401 at Exit 474, Division Street. Follow Division St. south to where it ends at the harbour, then drive west around the harbour to the main parking lot on the west side. Margaret Bain Cobourg, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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 --------------------------------- Now you can have a huge leap forward in email: get the new Yahoo! Mail. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 5 23:17:25 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from defout.telus.net (defout.telus.net [199.185.220.240]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFAEC63881 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 23:17:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from priv-edtnaa06.telusplanet.net ([209.202.78.76]) by priv-edtnes79.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:17:25 -0700 Received: from Toshiba1 (cp209-202-78-76.cp.telus.net [209.202.78.76]) Firewall) with SMTP id F44FUVJX9N for <[email protected]>; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:17:25 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Eadie, S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 23:17:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Strange Duck at Marie Curtis Part 2. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Eadie, S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:17:25 -0000 Glenn Coady and Mark Cranford pointed out to me that this bird or a similar one has been photographed and reported by John Lamey and Don Perks (photographer) during the waterfowl count Jan. 7 in the same area. It is assumed to be a hybrid Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser. I had forgotten that the report with photo was in the February Toronto Ornithological Club newsletter. Sandra Eadie Toronto ======= On Sunday, around 4pm, Linda Wells and I saw a strange merganser-like duck at Marie Curtis in Toronto. (to get there you can go down Brown's Line to Lakeshore and then go west to 42nd on Lakeshore Boulevard, go south on 42nd). We saw it on the east side of the park (we parked near 42nd street and Lake Promenade and walked to near the water). It had a Merganser like bill with a white throat and breast. Dark colour on face extending below eye. The lower part of the face colour was a lighter shade of dark from the top part. There was a white edge along wing, giving the appearance of a white horizontal bar . It had a bit of crest I saw when the wind blew. It was a diving duck. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 6 09:34:37 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEB9C634AB for <[email protected]>; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:34:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from userd14f286784 ([65.95.242.39]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:34:36 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "M. Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:34:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Laughing Gull Cobourg harbour March 6 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:34:37 -0000 The first-winter Laughing Gull has reappeared in Cobourg harbour this morning, Tuesday March 6th, in spite of the extreme cold. At 9.15 am it was sunning itself under the "Do not feed the waterfowl" sign adjacent to the main parking lot on the west side of the harbour. Directions: Exit Hwy.401 at Exit 474, Division Street. Follow Division St. south to where it ends at the harbour, then drive west around the harbour to the main parking lot on the west side. Margaret Bain Cobourg, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 7 08:43:01 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web37106.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web37106.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.85.108]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A5536347E for <[email protected]>; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:43:01 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 89340 invoked by uid 60001); 7 Mar 2007 13:43:01 -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=L/GIQ7/GDzfdYXmqjZ/l2A/BSjshtc3c79iufUat4sgqR7GnbxSasc2M1fjBFgN3+QQYwPf7i+UoPbHuOQJhEaGXUtCqaaJTUxGb8tKkxOHCdeV8sDivvDZpwiLK1XFjxr0tpi7LG72cI1A7P2BU4udqPrHU9mxFgqnO58UjWA0=; X-YMail-OSG: bJkDyb0VM1l__U38HuVn21fGH9epcQPg7mAp9VZW3wEwu.rYj8IEj2zCNtcsxzOEGfOtDefJbzSTq40I4wfAzhL2fFhaeFRMeY5tJtldKGL7oAp_KuHpFyvOYhnZSRPuSA2lTdM0FTSlNghy23LyqH9M Received: from [70.49.207.231] by web37106.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:43:01 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/468 YahooMailWebService/0.6.132.8 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 05:43:01 -0800 (PST) From: ray barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ontbirds... Red-throated Loons X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:43:01 -0000 2 Red-throated loons were spotted late pm yesterday at the lift bridge canal, between Hamilton and Burlington., off the pier closest to Hamilton. The pier is not clear of ice just yet, but I managed to get out to the end of it for photographing these loons, and ducks.. Greater scaups, Long tail ducks, Redheads, White-winged Scoters, Buffleheads, and Common Mergansers frequent the area. Here is on shot of the Loon... http://www.pbase.com/raymondjbarlow/image/75064860 and lots of new images on my site in here .. http://www.pbase.com/raymondjbarlow/recent_photos thanks for looking, and good birding! Raymond J Barlow 13 Sandra Crescent Grimsby Ontario Canada L3M 4Y8 www.rayswildlife.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 7 10:22:20 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 2FB6563490 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:22:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from userd14f286784 ([65.95.127.97]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:22:20 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "M. Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:22:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Laughing Gull Cobourg March 7 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:22:20 -0000 The first-winter Laughing Gull is still in Cobourg harbour this morning, Wednesday March 7th. It flies around with the Ring-billeds squabbling for handouts at the main parking lot on the west side of the harbour and often rests on the grass beside the nearby boat launch. Even if it roosts on the harbour ice it tends to remain close to the shore. Directions: Exit Hwy.401 at Exit 474, Division Street. Follow Division St. south to where it ends at the harbour, then drive west around the harbour to the main parking lot on the west side. Margaret Bain Cobourg, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 7 18:15:22 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mh1.kwic.com (mh1.kwic.com [205.150.58.4]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 256C1634B1 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:15:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from bscdata.bsc-eoc.org (adsl-216-94-27-81.kwic.com [216.94.27.81]) by mh1.kwic.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l27NFMs6025910 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:15:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:15:17 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Long Pt Ross's Goose Seen Today Thread-Index: AcdhDnfGBvnqKSqwQhWDdfc3vjLEqA=From: "Ron Ridout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Long Pt Ross's Goose Seen Today X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:15:22 -0000 The adult Ross's Goose was seen again this afternoon flying west over the BSC office at 5 pm. It was with a large flock of Canada Geese and was likely coming from the fields east of Port Rowan. At 5:30 pm I found it flying with Canada's around Port Royal (4 km west of Port Rowan) and it eventually landed in the cornfields north of 2885 Front St. (Reg. Rd 42) in Port Royal. Observers should be aware that there is a somewhat dusky young Snow Goose in the area as well. The Ross's is an immaculate white and black adult.
