Folks: During a very damp, cold and foggy day, birding around the Long Point area with birding friends Nancy Smith and Joan Burns, we encountered a very discouraged looking Purple Martin. It was sitting on a wire across the road that leads down the hill, past the restaurant, to the pier on the waterfront in Port Rowan. Port Rowan is just east of the Long Point causeway. Also of note was a Lincoln's Sparrow at the Three Bridges. Good Birding.... Rick Thornton
-- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/732 - Release Date: 3/24/07 4:36 PM From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 25 07:32:37 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 3E5C663489 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:32:37 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 24845 invoked by uid 30); 25 Mar 2007 12:21:19 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 25 Mar 2007 08:03:19 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (21 Mar 2007) 183 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:32:38 -0000 Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 21, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 22 231 231 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 5 19 19 Northern Harrier 0 3 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 28 28 Cooper's Hawk 12 46 46 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 88 105 105 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 43 389 395 Rough-legged Hawk 1 12 12 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 4 4 Merlin 0 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown UA 0 0 0 Unknown UB 0 2 2 Unknown UF 0 0 0 Unknown UE 0 1 1 Unknown UR 0 5 5 Total: 183 849 855 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Tom Thomas Observers: Barry Cherriere, Colin Horstead, Gord McNulty, Linda Cherriere Visitors: Dave Nickol Tim King Weather: Start off with sun by mid day clouds come in.Rain shut the count down at 3:00pm. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: Pair of Wood Ducks 1 White Snow Goose in with a flock of Canada Geese. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bill Smith () 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.
