Today at 3:00 i saw the adult Northern Shrike at Malden Park, Windsor, this bird has been there all winter. It was flying and perching in the area between the gravel road leading up the highest hill with lots of phagmites and sumac bushes and the toboggon hill. Also seen was a Fox Sparrow at the north east corner by the Hospital. A Eastern Towhee was found in the wood at the west end of the small pond
Malden Park is situated in West Windsor, north of EC Row expressway an old landfill site. Access from Malden Road or Matchette Road north of the Ojibway Nature Centre. Ian Woodfield Windsor __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 27 18:57:12 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.80]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B9F4638A7 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:57:11 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 95733 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2007 22:57:12 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=vU9hHE0rHIQRFBycD1qe3Ys27rEtWi/GCqtMF9GvDD1+OJ5r6IdjSX0cnm0nuYbSo5wD0zZNz4m3rDT2CCTN9R6KNJbRjsU1OG+S7mo7heEwRba9l8IqG0tknSaIjb0mrm06Pt3gsMQUrIdkxx3VwHJLSv7o3Kt76znnTJ54D1E= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@74.112.194.219 with plain) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Mar 2007 22:57:12 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: dDA3yXkVM1mLnJah2C_F3z7llMhEa3X.pW9JggFdrPlgKFGWlRiI4DQ_omgwJpLWeQ-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:57:10 -0400 From: Mark Conlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) To: ontbirds <[email protected]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]London - Migrants etc. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:57:12 -0000 I walked through the Springbank parks area of London this afternoon. Only regulars were produced from the garden complex to the Guy Lombardo bridge. After that things picked up right where the cemetery borders the walkway. Several Golden Crowned Kinglets and a Red Bellied Woodpecker just off the cemetery. Further along a Red Tailed Hawk flying in low, landed in one of the large conifers in the cemetery. Dark Eyed Junco still forage in the undergrowth. Looping up to the edge where the houses meet the park I found a Song Sparrow and Fox Sparrow at a bird feeder. I found my 2nd Eastern Phoebe, which have been here since at least Mar. 22 Returning home along Springbank Road I spotted a Red Breasted Nuthatch foraging in the large conifers of the cemetery grounds. I don't see many RB Nuthatches so I'm quite thrilled to have one close by :-) . I have strong intuition that the RB Nuthatch and RB Woodpecker are resident birds as I have seen both from my apartment window since January when I arrived here. The woodpecker has been churring away and one can only hope that they nest in the area. It has been great weather so all you birders that need encouragement, go to your local park or woodlot and I'm sure there will be something to see. Good Birding, Mark Conlon London, ON ------------------------- The Springbank Park Complex can be found centring around Springbank Drive and Wonderland Road. Woodland Cemetery is just east of this intersection. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 27 19:17:03 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D46DA634B7 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:17:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from desktop (d141-38-41.home.cgocable.net [24.141.38.41]) by fep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id E041715F for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:17:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:22:52 -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]Golden-crowned Kinglets[North Burlington] X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:17:03 -0000 Hi All=20 Went birding at Kerncliff Park in Burlington this AM found about 6 = Golden-crowned Kinglets 3 Turkey Vultures sitting in the sun on the = escarpment. In the swamp area wasa large number of male & female = Red-winged Blackbirds staking out territory. Diections The park is on Kerns Rd which runs south from Hwy#5 east of = Brant St in Burlington. Cheers Bill From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 27 21:28:57 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03E72634A7 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:28:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from home ([70.49.174.230]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:28:57 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "peter Wukasch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:28:56 -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]birds in the Bradford area - March 27 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:28:57 -0000 This morning I spotted the first pair of Tree Swallows I have seen in = the Bradford area this spring. They were along Canal Road just east of = Jonkman's Corners on the wires along the canal. Some Hooded Mergansers = were also doing their courtship antics among the few open leads in the = ice on the thawing canal near the pumping station on Pumphouse Road. = this area is east of Hwy 400 almost to Hwy 11 along Canal Road south and = east of Bradford. Peter Wukasch From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 27 18:41:40 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (unknown [64.233.184.225]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2E4C634B2 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:41:39 -0500 (EST) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id q50so2078506wrq for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:41:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=QcbQBkp0NHP7G8+AevznFNeEOJmN7TGD9rATlLL2Drl0F6m76byHyMCPVjWlFj/zniEIkeDoYyhYMr97NHCSA2iJpek/qMXmjqvlINirgCxJu7PNOPDM/ToVSxhXUXXwGCsBp+yh6ljmeCN7BJuk6AlaYQ8lzTugwxoN9iyC26A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=HGr844lotaYzD8iURK/8k70iFiZlR9pw9UqYFdLGOZ4Yzq60iGsSHbKh3I0aYrHtp110QA2LOXPIjwXnrZNWO4wzW0xx7zNUhTd829Q2miyqAKkelwpC6I+blQcZT41r8JTCy1kBCiOE/fY1qfPMN3dbcRvFWXMbUbt52bOQqnI= Received: by 10.114.75.1 with SMTP id x1mr3365594waa.1175035300047; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:41:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.55.13 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:41:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:41:39 -0400 From: "Hannah Badger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:14:31 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Tundra Swans - Ayr, Ontario X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:41:40 -0000 There have been Tundra Swans flying and foraging in large/small flocks just south of the town of Ayr since Monday, March 26th. Early this evening I spotted a large flock on the east side of Ayr Road as you head south towards Paris, in a corn field between Drumbo Road and West Dumfries Road (close to a farm house). Another small flock was seen on the west side of Nith Road between Drumbo & West Dumfries. They move about, so if you don't find them there, they are likely in another corn field (often with a small "pond") in the area - you just have to drive around on some of the side roads to find them. In the past when they've come thru Ayr, we've found they normally stick around for about a week. Hannah Badger Ayr, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 27 22:53:59 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts5.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 015C2634A7 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:53:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from userd14f286784 ([65.95.126.214]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:53:58 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "M. Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:53:58 -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]Fox Sparrows Thickson's Woods March 27 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:53:59 -0000 Thickson's Woods was full of song at midday today, March 27. I counted = at least 5 Fox Sparrows in the northeast corner of the woods, but there = could have been 8 or even more as they were very actively feeding and = moving about, 2 of them in full ringing song. Song Sparrows were = everywhere, dozens of them. There were 2 spring-loaded Winter Wrens near = the record book, one giving floating snatches of song. A very noisy = Northern Flicker explored old nestholes, and an Eastern Phoebe sang from = the edge of Thickson Road, near the Nature Reserve sign. A small flock = of Golden-crowned Kinglets may have been overwintering birds but one = male was singing as it foraged. Spring. Directions: Thickson's Woods Nature Reserve is at the foot of Thickson = Road in Whitby, Exit 412 from Hwy 401. Go south on Thickson Road, past = the traffic lights, and turn left (east) at the north edge of the woods. = Park only on the north side of the road which here is the Waterfront = Trail. Margaret Bain Cobourg [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 27 23:20:49 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.225.204]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3AF9634AA for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:20:48 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 63437 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2007 03:20:48 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=w4tnUDCo2cNLkKF4NXCOZF0O5vME1pNoZudIe1b2BDaiUh+VgkIa+C8HRdrhLXEIgAjjCGfvtNhTp7g3vmvtkLZa3rcsRNSkpO3jFCRvbAAi6hdh9UqMzgukCpi5C2hIH623Lo155eTZDclE20q6uv5d7DuasP0s1zUmqxtckkk= ; Received: from unknown (HELO douglus0kdu880) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@74.118.51.50 with login) by smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2007 03:20:48 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: qX2m0fwVM1nrP4A6pwqk1zkr5pxpJMny6wn572HAw_q5cSA5XkA4RqKwGkABVLAO0Q-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:21:08 -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]several duck species at Cranberry-Mar.27 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:20:49 -0000 Alas, it is great to be able to see the ice melting in Cranberry Marsh, = southwest Whitby. At least until the cattails block off our views the = ducks are visible. Today (Mar.27) I observed the following swimming = about--Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Mallard, Black Duck, Trumpeter & Mute = Swans, Canada Geese, Common Merganser, American Coot, 6 RING-NECKED = DUCKS, Scaup sp., Bufflehead and Northern Pintail.=20 Drive along Victoria St., turning south down Hall's Rd. (one block east = of Lake Ridge Rd.) --drive down to the first or second parking = area--walk eastward to the wetland platform. =20 While cleaning out bluebird boxes for Betty Pegg this Mar.27 morning an = Eastern Phoebe came in to join the Juncos, both Nuthatches and many = other songbirds. This is at the southwest corner of Westney Rd. and = Pickering's Concession 7. =20 Doug Lockrey, Whitby From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 28 04:42:20 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc1-s13.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s13.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.85]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33ABB6348E for <[email protected]>; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:42:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp08.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.168]) by bay0-omc1-s13.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:42:19 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [65.94.157.67] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from VALUED7B9600FA ([65.94.157.67]) by bayc1-pasmtp08.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:42:14 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Norman Murr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:42:14 -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 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Mar 2007 08:42:15.0781 (UTC) FILETIME=[FCCB3950:01C77114] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Grebes to Sparrows on The Toronto Islands-Including Fox and Savannah X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:42:20 -0000 Good morning Yesterday Ian Cannell and I birded the Toronto Islands and despite the = fog that covered the lake all day and the islands most of the time we = found some nice birds and below is a few of the high lights. All of the = waterfowl were seen either in the lagoons or the harbour side of The = Islands. Pied-billed and Horned Grebes, White-winged Scoters, Canvasbacks, = Ring-necked Ducks, all 3 Mergansers, the usual waterfowl, Cooper's Hawk, = Wilson's Snipe, 12 Downy Woodpeckers, 11 N. Flickers, 3 E. Phoebes, 13 = Tree Swallows, 36 B-C Chickadees, 6 Brown Creepers, Carolina Wren, 2 = singing Winter Wrens, 20 A. Tree Sparrows, Field Sparrow, 3 Savannah = Sparrows, 21 Fox Sparrows (some singing), 237 Song Sparrows (lots of = singing) (probably under counted), Swamp Sparrow, 21 N. Cardinals, 37 = Golden-crowned Kinglets, and 7 Killdeer as well as the usual birds for a = total of 54 for the day. A great day to be out and to top it off we had a great close view of a = Mink that wasn't aware of us. I kind of knew that it would be a Sparrow day when I left home and = walked through a plaza up here at 5:10am on my way to my bus and found = 17 Song Sparrows on the sidewalks in front of the stores. Directions:- TORONTO ISLANDS - WINTER SCHEDULE (Wards Island to Hanlans Point - without side trips is 5 km) To get to = the Toronto Islands from Queen and Yonge Streets on the TTC. If your on = the subway southbound stay on it and get off at Union Station, walk = south about 1 km to the ferry docks at the foot of Bay Street at Queens = Quay and you are there. If in an auto on the Gardener Expressway or on = Lakeshore Blvd, then exit at Bay Street and drive south to Queens Quay, = there are lots of parking lots nearby (fee). There is a fee for using the island ferries ($6.00 adult / $3.50 for = seniors & students) and to find out the sailing times you can phone = (416) 392-8193 or check at = http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/springschedule.htm There are = washrooms on the islands as well as the city side at the ferry docks and = you can pick up a schedule at the docks or check on line. The 1st boat to Wards Island (my preferred starting point) is 6:35 am = and the 2nd is 7:00 am Monday to Friday.=20 The 1st is at 6:35 am and the 2nd boat is at 7:15 am on Saturday, Sunday = and Holidays. The 1st boat to Hanlans Point is 9:00 am - Monday to Friday only but be = aware that the last boat from Hanlans is at 3:45pm, miss it and you have = to walk all the way back to Wards Island. There are no boats to Centre Island in the Winter If arriving in early am you must obtain your ticket from a machine just = inside the gate so be sure to have $1.00 and $2.00 and/or 25 cent coins = before you arrive at the docks as there is no place to get change and = the machine does not make change. (There is a change machine there if = you want to chance it). There are coffee shops across from the ferry docks in the building on = the northwest corner and they are open early. PS - There is a map of the Islands at each of the Island side ferry = docks and the City side entrance to the docks. 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