At 10:28 there are about 200 swans on the south side of Highway 401 opposite the service station on the westbound lanes west of London near Dutton. Some are still flying in. Bruce Wilson, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. International Water Supply Barrie Saskatoon 705-733-0111 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sent via my Blackberry) From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 23 13:52:44 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca (scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca [205.194.19.96]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 178C463884 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:52:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO MCDC-SMTP-RELAY.apca.gc.ca) ([205.193.82.253]) by scmze000.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca with ESMTP; 23 Mar 2007 17:52:45 +0000 X-SBRS: 3.5 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,320,1170633600"; d="scan'208"; a="291149316:sNHT16240804" Importance: High X-Priority: 1 (High) Sensitivity: To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.1CF2 June 5, 2003 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:52:22 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on MCDC-SMTP-RELAY/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5.4|March 27, 2005) at 23/03/2007 01:52:22 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Greater Snow Geese - Cornwall X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:52:44 -0000
It has begun. I was about to phone my contact in New York State to see what's going on with the Greater Snow Geese but it wasn't necessary. At 1:30 I began to see small flocks of 150-300, with a few larger ones of 400 or so. They were moving east along the 401 towards Quebec. I'm up to about 1,500 with tens of thousands to come in the next few days. Traditional locations to check for birds on the ground are east of Lancaster along the river as well as along county roads north of that location. Some flocks will move north to Riceville, Alfred, Calsbad Springs and points in between. On Tuesday we were still in the middle of winter here with a considerable amount of snowcover. Most of it wanished in 24 hours and today there is not much left. Instant spring. Brian Morin Cornwall From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 23 15:33:46 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca (scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca [205.194.19.96]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C34946347A for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:33:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO MCDC-SMTP-RELAY.apca.gc.ca) ([205.193.82.253]) by scmze000.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca with ESMTP; 23 Mar 2007 19:33:46 +0000 X-SBRS: 3.5 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,320,1170633600"; d="scan'208"; a="1388620220:sNHT207008144" Importance: High X-Priority: 1 (High) Sensitivity: To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.1CF2 June 5, 2003 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:33:23 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on MCDC-SMTP-RELAY/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5.4|March 27, 2005) at 23/03/2007 03:33:23 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Fw: Greater Snow Geese - Cornwall X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:33:46 -0000 I finished off the day with 2,800 Greater Snow Geese passing over the north end of Cornwall heading east this afternoon. For gravy, an adult Peregrine that has been hanging around the city for about a month made a few passes at close range, against a background of my first vultures for the spring. It was in hot pursuit of some of the Albanian high flyer pigeons across the street. It was incredibly close at one point but ended up pigeon one, Peregrine zero. Rock Pigeons may not have been as successful. Brian Morin Cornwall From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 23 15:42:13 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca (scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca [205.194.19.96]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2379E634B4 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:42:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO MCDC-SMTP-RELAY.apca.gc.ca) ([205.193.82.253]) by scmze000.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca with ESMTP; 23 Mar 2007 19:42:14 +0000 X-SBRS: 3.5 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,320,1170633600"; d="scan'208"; a="291204309:sNHT14983824" Importance: High X-Priority: 1 (High) Sensitivity: To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.1CF2 June 5, 2003 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:41:51 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on MCDC-SMTP-RELAY/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5.4|March 27, 2005) at 23/03/2007 03:41:51 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Fw: Greater Snow Geese Eastern Ontario X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:42:13 -0000 I will be compiling sightings of this spring's Greater Snow Goose migration in Eastern Ontario and would appreciate receiving e-mails about locations, dates, time and numbers. I will scan Ontbirds but you can forward additional sightings privately. You can send to me at the address below. Brian Morin Cornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 23 17:18:32 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from matrix.start.ca (matrix.start.ca [204.101.248.1]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C823E634B4 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:18:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from gregstoy (as01-385.user.start.ca [204.101.243.131]) by matrix.start.ca (8.13.6/8.12.11) with SMTP id l2NLIP3D009253 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:18:25 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Greg Jaski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontario Birds" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:11:42 -0400 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] Orillia, 2 trumpeter swans, hooded merganser,belted kingfisher... X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:18:32 -0000 Greetings Fellow Birders,=20 The number of TRUMPETER SWANS has doubled. There are now two at the = narrows in Orillia. I also spotted a HOODED MERGANSER, a BELTED = KINGFISHER, COMMON MERGANSERS, COMMON GOLDEN-EYES, CANADA GEESE, and = more. The open water area is growing rapidly. You can expect more good = sightings here. Orillia is 30 min north of Barrie on Hwy 11 then take the hwy 12 east = exit. The Atherly Narrows or Orillia Narrows or just the Narrows connect Lake = Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. For a good and easily accessible location = go to the east side of the bridge turn south on Queen St. (before the = mini Tim Hortons). Then turn immediately right on Bridge. Park at the = end of Bridge St. and walk underneath the bridge (there is a paved = path).=20 Here is the Google map link to the location (you can zoom in or out as = needed): http://maps.google.ca/maps?client=3Dfirefox-a&rls=3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:off= icial&ie=3DUTF-8&oe=3DUTF-8&hl=3Den&channel=3Ds&tab=3Dwl&q=3Dbridge%20st.= %20orillia%2C%20on From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 23 16:44:06 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp.wincom.net (smtp.wincom.net [209.216.129.21]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8456347E for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:44:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unverified [207.112.99.30]) by wincom.net (WINCOM Internet Mail Service) with ESMTP id 66027357 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:44:06 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: [email protected] From: Gerald Hince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:47:46 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Authenticated-User: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Vpipe: restarted=25 started av_avast (av_avast) X-IP-stats: Notspam Incoming Last 0, First 1, in=16, out=0, spam=0 Known=true X-External-IP: 207.112.99.30 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:49:16 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]WHOOPING CRANE - Wheatley, ON Mar 23 4 pm X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:44:06 -0000 Shortly after 4 pm this afternoon a WHOOPING CRANE flew low over Wild Rose Guest House, 21298 Harbour Road. The bird called once and then sailed slowly westward towards the centre of town flying quite low. Although this is almost certainly a reintro bird of some sort, I am still in shock! And I dont care what the nitpickers say, its on my yard list! Good birding! Tom Hince Wild Rose Guest House RR1, 21298 Harbour Road Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0 www.wincom.net/~peleetom/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 23 19:54:33 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep5.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BCCB63475 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:54:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from desktop (d141-38-41.home.cgocable.net [24.141.38.41]) by fep5.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id EEEED199C for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:54:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:56:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Saw Whet & Long Eared Owls [BronteProvincial Park] X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:54:34 -0000 Hi All Went to Bronte Creek Provincial Park was able to find 1 Saw Whet Owl in = a stand of pine trees & only 20ft away were 4 Long Eared Owls. Also in = the same area at the edge of an open field I came across an Eastern = Phoebe. Also seen today were a number of Song Sparrows,Red-winged = Blackbirds,a soaring Turkey Vulture & 3 soaring Red-tailed Hawks, What = was rather interesting the Saw Whet had a mouse on the branch having = breakfast. I did get pictures of the Saw Whet & the Phoebe. A rather = rewarding morning. Directions to the park. North on Bronte Rd from the QEW to Upper Middle = Rd turn left this will take you to the east entrance of the park. The = owls were in a stand of pines in the north east campground. Bill M From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 23 20:12:59 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc1-s4.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s4.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.76]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34408638AA for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:12:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp08.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.168]) by bay0-omc1-s4.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:12:59 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [70.50.49.197] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from user26e8f47460 ([70.50.49.197]) by bayc1-pasmtp08.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:25:37 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Karl Egressy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:12:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000B_01C76D87.A6618550" 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: 24 Mar 2007 00:25:37.0281 (UTC) FILETIME=[F1D9F710:01C76DAA] X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Eurasian Wigeon In Port Rowan. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:13:00 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C76D87.A6618550 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Birders, Marienna managed to find an Eurasian Widgeon in Port Rowan today. It could have been the same Bird, reported earlier from the greater area = of Port Rowan. It was with a great number of Redheads and a few American Widgeons. We found it at the Boat House Restaurant, basically in the Bay of Port = Rowan. The Widgeon at one point was very close to the shore, at the edge of the = ice. (about forty meters out) It was found at around 11:00 Am Today. Good Luck. Karl and Marienna Egressy. Direction: In Port Rowan take Front Road and drive towards Downtown.=20 You sound see a sign: Boat House Restaurant along the road. Turn into the road leading to the Marina. Pass the Restaurant. There is a little Parketta there where you can view = the Ducks, hopefully including the Eurasian Widgeon. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C76D87.A6618550--
