I received a couple of reports of good-sized flocks of Greater Snow Geese in the Bourget area on Easter Sunday. At Cobbs Creek, just east of town, Paul Schoening had a couple of thousand while Ian Clark reported 10s of thousands there later. This is the largest grouping to date. Scattered small flocks were observed in various other locations.
Brian Morin Cornwall To get to Bourget, take Hwy 417 east of Ottawa to the Vars exit. Head north about 7 km to the T-junction at Russell Road and turn right (east). Bourget is about 25 km. Cobbs Creek is just east of town along the same road. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 9 22:12:23 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from perfectmail.ezlink.ca (perfectmail.ezlink.ca [66.203.160.6]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D3ED63497 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:12:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from www.ezlink.ca (ns1.ezlink.on.ca [66.203.160.2]) by perfectmail.ezlink.ca (8.13.1/8.12.3) with ESMTP id l3A2Bvii026422 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:12:08 -0400 Received: from Dave (166client179.cpe.ezlink.ca [66.203.166.179]) by www.ezlink.ca (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id l3A2Bnn04048 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:11:54 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Dave Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:11:56 -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 X-PM: PerfectMail Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus Scanner (www.xpmsoftware.com) X-PM-Result: Accepted, Score: 0, Scan Time: 0.0000 sec Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]HORNED GREBES at Mitchell Wetland (Lagoons) X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:12:26 -0000 Hi All, I got a call from my folks late this afternoon indicating they'd found a = HORNED GREBE at the Mitchell Wetland lagoons. I took a quick jaunt out = to the lagoons this evening and found that there was actually TWO horned = grebes swimming together....one in complete alternate (breeding) = plummage and the other mostly complete (possibly a pair?). They were = easily seen in the last cell at the furthest back left of the property. = They were still there when I left at 6:45 p.m. I also spotted a couple of male Tree Swallows (my first for the season) = cruising low over the water of the same cell...hard to believe given the = snow still on the ground from the last several days. There was also a good variety of waterfowl in this same cell: Mallard - 20+ Gadwall - 6 American Wigeon - 5 pair Pintail - 1 pair Northern Shoveler - 1 maybe 2 pair =20 Ruddy Duck - 20+ Canvasback - 3 pair Redhead - 5 pair Ringed-necked Duck - 20+ Lesser Scaup - 30+ Common Goldeneye - 2 pair Bufflehead - 40+ American Coot - 3 Thanks to Ev and Doug Brown and Liz and Eric Jeffery for passing along = their sightings. :) Good Birding! Dave J Brown Mitchell, ON thebrowns at ezlink.on.ca Directions to Mitchell Lagoons: >From the East (Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, GTA) - take Hwy 8 thru Stratford heading west to first lights in Mitchell (Wellington St) and turn left (south) and continue till you hit the "T" intersection at the ball diamond. Lagoon cells are straight back behind the ball diamond and soccer fields and the sewage treatment plant. You can go straight = ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm. >From the London area....take Hwy 23 into Mitchell from the south and just after you pass the "Welcome to Mitchell" sign...watch for Frank St...go right on Frank St and head down over the bridge till you get to the ball diamond (will be on your right). Again...the cells are behind the ball diamond and soccer fields. You can go straight ahead=20 on the gravel and park next to the berm. >From Southampton area....take Hwy 21, to Goderich and then Hwy 8 to Clinton and down to Mitchell, turn south on Hwy 23 to Frank St. and turn left on Frank St. and head over the bridge to the ball diamonds (which will be on your right). You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park = next to the berm. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 10 08:25:56 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 E53D9634B9 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:25:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mycomputer ([216.209.138.20]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:25:55 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "sylvia naylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:21:28 -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]sapsucker X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: sylvia naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:25:56 -0000 a sapsucker was seen several times over the Easter weekend in the trees = neat Huntsville. Sylvia Naylor From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 10 15:34:26 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc3-s5.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s5.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.205]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5F03634B7 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:34:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.130.107]) by bay0-omc3-s5.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:34:25 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:34:25 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 65.55.130.123 by by125fd.bay125.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:34:21 GMT X-Originating-IP: [70.48.51.242] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Nicholas von Maltzahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:34:21 -0400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Apr 2007 19:34:25.0582 (UTC) FILETIME=[3F57C4E0:01C77BA7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Merlin, Ottawa, Sandy Hill X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:34:26 -0000 At 3:10 or so Tuesday, a Merlin was perched 10 metres up the tree north of 293 Chapel St., Sandy Hill, Ottawa. This after a Peregrine Falcon seen yesterday at the 417 footbridge across the Rideau River! Nick von Maltzahn Directions (adapted from Neily World): From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 118 (follow the signs for Nicholas Street). Avoid doing this during rushhour! Go northwest 1.3 km to Laurier Avenue and turn right or northeast onto it. Proceed ca. 800m and Chapel is at some lights, where turn north half a block. _________________________________________________________________ RealLiveMoms: [1]Share your experience with Real Live Moms just like you. References 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENCA/2740??PS=47575 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 10 18:13:18 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts40.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.97]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40B416348A for <[email protected]>; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:13:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jean-bapu1sw48i.sympatico.ca ([69.158.124.50]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:13:18 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:14:02 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Jean Iron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Loggerhead Shrikes on the Carden Alvar X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:13:19 -0000 Hello Ontbirders, This afternoon at 3:00 p.m. Ron Pittaway saw two Loggerhead Shrikes on the Carden Alvar on Wylie Road in the hawthorn pasture behind Bluebird Box 10. They were perched low, one on a mullein stalk and the other on a hawthorn branch. The shrikes can be seen well from the public road. This is the best spot in Ontario to see Loggerhead Shrikes. On Wylie Road, Ron also saw Eastern Meadowlarks, Eastern Bluebirds and Wilson's Snipe, so the grassland birds are returning. Directions From County Road 48 in Kirkfield proceed north on Kirkfield Road 6 past the Kirkfield Liftlock to McNamee Road and turn right, then turn almost immediately left onto Wylie Road. Proceed north 1.8 km to Bluebird Box 10 on your left and scan the pasture to the west behind the box. Wylie Road is passable but muddy with a few potholes. For more information about Birding the Carden Alvar, see the OFO website: http://www.ofo.ca/CardenAlvar/ Good birding, Jean Jean Iron 9 Lichen Place Toronto ON M3A 1X3 416-445-9297 www.jeaniron.ca
