sorry for the late post but my server was down , WHILE . birding the Point Pelee area on saturday my brother Randy found a pair of Brewers Blackbirds in the onion fields on concession E amongst a large flock of red winged blackbirds around 10 am , Good luck and good birding to all
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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 9 00:35:01 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from netrover.com (mailgate8.sitestar.net [72.236.205.242]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CA45634AF for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 00:35:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ckd1h01 (unverified [64.10.166.117]) with ESMTP id 4297911-1879621 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:40:17 -0400 From: "Vicki McKay & Brett Groves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontario Birds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 00:33:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: Acd5VUoSSVTpUZ5QTOeowg/k4Cf0DA== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 0, in=1, out=0, spam=0 ip=64.10.166.117 X-Originating-IP: 64.10.166.117 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Pectoral Sandpipers - Leamington X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:35:01 -0000 Hi All, While running a few errands this afternoon in the snow, Vicki and I spotted a small flock of Pectoral Sandpipers in a field just outside of Leamington. They were on the northwest side of the corner of Oak Street and the 12th Side road (Williams Road), just south of Williams Nursery. Good birding yesterday at Hillman Marsh. All kinds of Northern Shoveller's, American Coots and Ruddy Ducks. We also had a few Wilson's Snipe (6), Mallard, Wood Duck, Blue & Green Winged Teal, Gadwall, Am. Widgeon, Bufflehead, all three Mergs, Canada Geese, Mute Swans, and heard a rail that shall remain hidden. Possibly a Sora, but it wasn't calling often, and would not come out. It was snowing so I can't blame it! Williams Road is the first intersection east from Leamington on CTY RD. 34 (Talbot Road East). Hillman Marsh can be reached from Leamington by driving east on Seacliffe Drive, or from Wheatley by coming west along CTY 34 and turning south onto CTY 37. Brett Groves Leamington, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 9 08:56:22 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp-relay2.uniserve.ca (smtp-relay2c.uniserve.ca [216.113.193.122]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B970D63894 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:56:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 1cust210.tnt4.ottawa.on.da.uu.net ([64.10.157.210] helo=YOURAF47608A3E) by smtp-relay2.uniserve.ca with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HatPx-0001SK-5k for [email protected]; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:56:22 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jonathan France" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:41:12 -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-Scanner: OK. Scanned. X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 1.1 11 (+) X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (1.1 points) pts rule name description -------------------------------------------------- 1.1 HTML_50_60 BODY: Message is 50% to 60% HTML 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Immature Golden Eagles - Lefaivre X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:56:22 -0000 Yesterday at about noon, there were two immature Golden Eagles along the = side of the road (the 15) east of Lefaivre. After passing the Ducks = Unlimited site at Atocas Bay there is a bend in the road towards te = south and both birds were in the fields to the west of the road. In addition, there were Rough Legged Hawks (1), Northern Harriers (2), = American Kestrels (2) and several Turkey Vultures all in the low lands = along the Ottawa River north of Alfred. Jonathan France From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 9 11:03:33 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp1.xplornet.com (smtp1.xplornet.com [207.179.143.253]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AFBD63489 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:03:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from couchichaj2ip1 (xplr-ts-t11-208-114-153-59.barrettxplore.com [208.114.153.59]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp1.xplornet.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l39F3JUO008004 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 12:03:26 -0300 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Couchiching Conservancy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:03:42 -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]Tree swallows and waterfowl in Washago X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:03:33 -0000 Yesterday a flock of about 50 Tree Swallows danced through the = snowflakes above the Green River in Washago; the first sighting for the = year. From Hwy 169 about 2 km east of Highway 11, look to the open = water to the south. Also lots of Ring-necked Ducks. About 5 km further east and south on Highway 169, immediately south of = the Black River bridge, a flooded field has a good mix of waterfowl, = including Green-wing and Blue-wing Teal, Pintail, American Widgeon, and = lots of Wood Ducks. Ron Reid Executive Director, The Couchiching Conservancy Box 704, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6K7 (705)326-1620 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 9 13:04:08 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from imo-m20.mx.aol.com (imo-m20.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.1]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6796B63497 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:04:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-m20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r8.1.) id e.c37.fbbc584 (57317); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:03:56 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:03:55 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5365 X-Spam-Flag: NO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Niagara Falls- 2 Purple Sandpipers, Breeding plumage Little Gull X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:04:09 -0000 April 9 - Jim Pawlicki just called and reported at 12:45 PM he had two Purple Sandpipers in the Niagara River at Niagara Falls. They were on the rocks above the Horseshoe Falls about 15 yard downstream from the arched login front of a triangular rock (as seen from the third Three Sister's Island of Goat Island). If Canadians park at the greenhouse, walk out to the river and look in the general direction of the sunken barge they will probably see them if they are still there. Upstream from the islands were three Little Gulls among "thousands of Bonapart's". One of the Little Gulls was entering summer plumage and had a black hood. Bill Watson Tonawanda, NY ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 9 13:52:09 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp108.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp108.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.225.206]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D73463497 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:52:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 94892 invoked from network); 9 Apr 2007 17:52:10 -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=jZGdSlj/nMmESK1n8YgSjI3nCGWL4s3meyX+U71VA/VL2osRJ2EKVv0/VRTQ+qoGS7cWrfl1b0PMfH7YeXUyc/Dntr6XVrXQFjj551cR8CeDklb/V2pmZveMxEHHzsktD0VeOrDMJAfVwXTY1cIhfYR2UkHaak5kK1pAc0Fosu8= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?74.102.152.113?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@74.102.152.113 with plain) by smtp108.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 Apr 2007 17:52:10 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: o2do.w8VM1kmikEHhO2QQaWO_rdwMceu_nzFxPEqruYjliPduain4U6ywF0VK.Uwrg-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:52:39 -0400 From: Carol Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Western Grebe still at Bronte Monday X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:52:10 -0000 Hi Everyone Today at about noon, after spending 90 minutes alternately looking and socializing, I relocated the WESTERN GREBE previously reported. It was associating with a RED-NECKED GREBE quite far from shore. A scope is a necessity. I also had a brief glimpse at the leucistic HORNED GREBE. Other waterfowl incluced RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, LONG-TAILED DUCKS, COMMON LOON, COMMON GOLDENEYE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, and a distant raft of SCAUP. I had a brief look at a distant white-winged gull, which I believe was a GLAUCOUS GULL. As I left an EASTERN PHOEBE landed in the scrub near the lookout. I have received photos of the Western Grebe and leucistic Horned Grebe, and will be uploading them to the OFO Rare Bird Photo Page today. www.ofo.ca/photos Directions: From the QEW at Oakville, exit at Bronte Rd. Go south to Lakeshore Blvd. and turn right (west). Turn left (south) on West St. (not West River St.) and go to the foot of the road. There adjacent to the cemetary is lookout from which the birds can be seen. Good Birding. Carol -- Carol Horner OFO Secretary OFO Photo Page Editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ofo.ca/photos Carol Horner Toronto, Ontario icterus AT rogers DOT com Photo Galleries at www.pbase.com/carolmhorner From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 9 14:11:56 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx5-4.spamtrap.magma.ca (mx5-4.spamtrap.magma.ca [209.217.78.139]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 981F6638A1 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:11:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail1.magma.ca (mail1.internal.magma.ca [10.0.10.11]) l39IBsph019226; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:11:54 -0400 Received: from pcpringle.magma.ca (ottawa-hs-209-217-96-164.d-ip.magma.ca [209.217.96.164]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail1.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id l39IBrMU017144; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:11:54 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:11:36 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-magma-MailScanner-Information: Magma Mailscanner Service X-magma-MailScanner: Clean X-Spam-Status: Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 08Apr07... Yellow-headed Blackbird, Sandhill Crane X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:11:56 -0000 - RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 08 April 2007 * ONOT0704.08 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose Canada Goose Redhead Pied-billed Grebe Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk SANDHILL CRANE Wilson's Snipe Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Crow Eastern Bluebird Fox Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD Rusty Blackbird - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 08 April 2007 number: 613-860-9000 for the status line : press 2 for rare bird alerts: press 1 to report a sighting: press # coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que. compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet: Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 8:00 pm, SUNDAY APRIL 8, 2007. This is Chris Lewis reporting. A sudden step back to winter-like conditions slowed things down a bit this week, but the birds continue to arrive and several "firsts of the season" were reported. The most noteworthy bird was NOT a common seasonal migrant, at least not for the Ottawa area. A male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD showed up in the community of Forest Park, Embrun, this week and was most recently reported on April 7th, on Manitou St. - in exactly the same location where most likely the same bird wintered last year. The agricultural fields both east and west of Ottawa continued to host nearly overwhelming flocks of Canada Geese, a blue morph Snow Goose was found near Carp west of Ottawa on the 7th, and a pair of Redhead were seen along Russell Rd. at Johnston Rd. east of Bourget on the 7th. Other waterfowl species were low in number, but most of the expected puddle ducks and diving ducks have now been reported. A Pied-billed Grebe was seen on the Jock River near the Twin Elm bridge on the 6th, the 1st report of Black-crowned Night-Herons was of a group of four flying west up the Ottawa River near Rockcliffe on the 3rd, and a small movement of raptors occurred this week - Turkey Vulture reports continue to come in, single Bald Eagles were seen (and seen off) by the American Crows along the Jock River and at Mud Lake in the Britannia Conservation Area on the 6th, and the crows also took care of a Red-shouldered Hawk near Dunrobin on March 31st. On April 7th, a total of 15 SANDHILL CRANES was probably a record high spring count for the Ottawa area - 13 were observed in the fields along Milton Rd. northeast of Carlsbad Springs, and 2 were in the fields on the east side of Carp Rd. between Donald B. Munro and March Rds. A late evening venture to the Munster area on the 6th produced the first local report of Wilson's Snipe. Another new arrival on the 6th and 7th was Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, in quite a variety of locations. More Eastern Bluebirds and Eastern Meadowlarks were noted on the 31st, and the first seasonal reports of Fox Sparrow and Rusty Blackbird came in on April 6th. Thank you, Happy Easter, and Good Birding! - End transcript
