The first-winter Laughing Gull was easy to find in Cobourg harbour all Saturday, March 10th, but more elusive today, Sunday March 11th. Today it was seen in the early morning, then was unfindable for most of the day, only to turn up "out of the blue" at its usual spot by the parking lot at 4pm. New arrivals in the harbour today included 3 Ruddy Ducks and a Pied-billed Grebe.
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] Sun Mar 11 19:22:58 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B5516349B for <[email protected]>; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:22:57 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 5680 invoked by uid 30); 11 Mar 2007 23:12:56 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11 Mar 2007 19:03:56 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (11 Mar 2007) 63 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:22:58 -0000 Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 11, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 3 3 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 1 1 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 6 6 Cooper's Hawk 4 10 10 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 43 57 63 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 1 1 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown UA 0 0 0 Unknown UB 0 0 0 Unknown UF 0 0 0 Unknown UE 1 1 1 Unknown UR 3 3 3 Total: 63 85 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Mike Street Observers: Sandra Davey Visitors: Lots of people enjoying the sunny and warmer day. Thanks to those who helped count. Weather: Clear skies all day, temperature went from +2°C to +7°C, winds were light to moderate Raptor Observations: A nice first year Northern Goshawk, a distant adult Bald Eagle and terrific looks at many birds illuminated by light reflected off the snow cover were the highlights today. First total over 50 raptors for the season; not the big number we hoped for but better than being skunked! Non-raptor Observations: Where do we start? A flock of 40 Tundra Swans (with a lone Canada goose) low overhead, a small flight of about 20 Snow Geese (seen only rarely at Beamer CA), Killdeer, Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackle, Song Sparrow Predictions: Here they come! =======================================================================Report submitted by Mike Street ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at: http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/ Site Description: Beamer Conservation Area is located on top of the Niagara Escarpment above the town of Grimsby, Ontario. The site is 1km south of the south shore of Lake Ontario, 20km east of Hamilton, 40km west of Niagara Falls. Directions to site: To get to Beamer CA, take the QEW to Exit 72, follow Christie St./Mountain St. to the top of the escarpment, turn right on Ridge Road West, and go 1.6km to Quarry Rd. Turn right on Quarry Rd. and drive 100m to the conservation area. Parking is normally available inside the park. If parking at the entrance or on the roads, do NOT leave valuables in your car.
