Folks: This evening's outing to the Exeter lagoon, was highlighted by the presence of a Red Necked Grebe in the third cell, and a female White Winged Scoter in the first cell....Also a flyby Tree Swallow held the promise of warm weather to come (hopefully).... There was also at least 2 Great Blue Herons and Canada's sitting on eggs... Exeter lagoons are located a mile and a quarter west of Exeter off highway 83. Drive south to the second gate on the left and walk in. A permit is to be displayed on the dash of your vehicle. They are available free during business hours at the town office, in the Library building. Good Birding, Rick Thornton, Exeter ON
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Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.0.0/754 - Release Date: 4/09/07 10:59 PM From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 10 20:09:53 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s39.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s39.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.175]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BB3A63484 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:09:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.162.46]) by bay0-omc2-s39.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:09:52 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:09:52 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 65.54.162.200 by by108fd.bay108.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:09:49 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.213.229.21] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Earthquest Canada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:09:49 -0400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Apr 2007 00:09:52.0755 (UTC) FILETIME=[BA4E3C30:01C77BCD] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]RE: White winged scoterl at Niagara on the Lake X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:09:53 -0000 Apr. 10, 2007 Greetings birders: Yesterday at about 4:00 pm, in almost the exact same location that the Razorbill had been seen in January/07 my wife Jan and I saw 15 White winged scoter with Long tailed ducks. To get there, turn right from Main Street in Niagara on the Lake onto Regent Street and go to the end of the street to the stop sign to Queen's Royal Park. There is a small parking lot with a gazebo. Simply walk down to the water's edge and look across to Fort Niagara, scaning the water's edge for mid sized stocky dark coloured birds with prominently large beaks and white wing patches in both sexes. The birds are larger than Long tailed ducks and were roughly 150 meters from the shoreline. Happy birding! Dave Jolly, Senior Instructor EARTHQUEST Biological Field School 8122 Rogers Rd. S., RR #5 Aylmer, Ontario N5H 2R4, Website: [1]http://www.geocities.com/earthquestcanada Tel: (519) 875-3340; Email: earthquestcanada(AT)yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Spaces: [2]Share your your latest news with your friends now! References 1. http://www.geocities.com/earthquestcanada 2. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENCA/2731??PS=47575 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Apr 11 15:10:58 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca (scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca [205.194.19.96]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54B716348F for <[email protected]>; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:10:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown (HELO MCDC-SMTP-RELAY.apca.gc.ca) ([205.193.82.253]) by scmze000.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca with ESMTP; 11 Apr 2007 19:10:54 +0000 X-SBRS: 3.5 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,395,1170633600"; d="scan'208"; a="297863574:sNHT35652592" Importance: High X-Priority: 1 (High) Sensitivity: To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.1CF2 June 5, 2003 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:11:03 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on MCDC-SMTP-RELAY/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5.4|March 27, 2005) at 11/04/2007 03:11:01 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Golden Eagle - Eastern Ontario X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:10:59 -0000 While searching unsuccessfully for Greater Snow Geese east of Bourget today, I spotted a juvenile Golden Eagle on the ground a feet away from a Canada Goose. The goose was floundering somewhat while the eagle just stared. I didn't see the initial contact the eagle had made with the goose but I watched the eagle lift off a few feet and drop close to the bird, which attempted to back away. The eagle wasn't particularly interested in what could have been an easy lunch (the stunned goose wouldn't have put up much of a fight) and it lifted off, spiralling up on a thermal. It remained in the area for about 10 minutes. There were a few hundred to 1000 Canadas in various locations between Bourget and Lancaster but no major concentrations. There was likely one Snow Goose in the distance at Bourget and one bird on the Kraft retention pond immediately south of Williamstown. That location also had a Ruddy Duck. 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. Williamstown is north of Hwy 401 between Lancaster and Cornwall.
