A slow day at Beamer. The highlight of the day was a juvenile goshawk at 8:15. Also seen: 59 turkey vultures, 2 sharp-shins, 5 coopers hawks, and 4 red-tails. Common loons were flying with 17 noted. Other notable observations included 58 dark-eyed juncos, 10 song sparrows, 2 fox sparrows, 1 yellow-bellied sapsucker, 1 red bellied woodpecker, 2 eastern phoebes (both "scavenging" on the ground in the cold temperatures), 1 brown thrasher, and 1 wood duck.
Phil Waggett From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 9 18:03:29 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s6.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s6.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.142]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABCE9634AE for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 18:03:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BAY108-W13 ([65.54.162.113]) by bay0-omc2-s6.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:03:28 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [64.229.185.127] From: Marc Lichtenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:03:28 +0000 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Apr 2007 22:03:28.0297 (UTC) FILETIME=[E7340990:01C77AF2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]GREBES+ at Sam Smith Toronto X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:03:29 -0000 Over 200 RED- NECKED GREBES - backed up, mostly in the East bay with 15 HORNED GREBES and many RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS - lots of courtship displaying amongst the REDs. All very close to shore.RING-NECKED DUCKS are in Marina now with winter ducks and a dozen KILLDEER on the soccer pitch.Sam Smith is at the base of Kipling Ave. _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-usFrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 9 19:40:12 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s31.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s31.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.167]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5BFD63494 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:40:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp02.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.162]) by bay0-omc2-s31.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:40:11 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [70.49.99.246] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from VALUED7B9600FA ([70.49.99.246]) by bayc1-pasmtp02.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:40:09 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Norman Murr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:38:38 -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: 09 Apr 2007 23:40:11.0201 (UTC) FILETIME=[6A00EB10:01C77B00] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Toronto Islands - Eared Grebes and other stuff X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:40:12 -0000 Good evening. Today Margaret Liubavicius, Ed O'Conner and I decided to brave the near winter temperatures, snow flurries and cold wind to see if anything of interest was on The Islands and there was. We came up with 65 species for the day. In the morning on the lake off of Wards Island we found not one but two Eared Grebes with one of them being no more than 60 to 75 feet away from us for 20 minutes as it moved along with us. While watching this bird we found in the same area 17 Horned and 12 Red-necked Grebes as well as 2 Common Loons and a raft of White-winged Scoters. At one point an Eared and Horned Grebe kept company for great comparisons. Other birds of interest to some were 26 Waterfowl species including the above and 3 Pied-billed Grebes, Wood Ducks, Canvasbacks, 27 Ring-necked Ducks, 271 Bufflehead, American Wigeons, Redheads, both Scaup, and all 3 Mergansers. Great Blue and Black-crowned night-Herons and Belted Kingfishers. On the land bird front we found 8 Y-B Sapsuckers, 93 N. Flickers, Carolina Wren, 17 Winter Wrens, 5 Hermit Thrushes, 9 Sparrow species including 3 E. Towhees, Chipping, 4 Field, 24 Fox, 82 Song, White-throated, Swamp, and 126 Dark-eyed Juncos plus 19 N. Cardinals and Rusty Blackbirds A good but cold day to be out there. 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. 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. 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. 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. food and beverages on The Islands when open are very expensive i.e. soft drink $3.00 plus. For a detailed ferry schedule check the following web site. http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/springschedule.htm Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON S'ils te mordent, mords les --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Eliminate annoying spam! My mailbox is protected by iHateSpam, the #1-rated spam buster." http://www.ihatespam.net
