A glorious sunny day brought many birders out on Apr.30. Over a period of 2.5 hrs. at Thickson Woods there were no "newly-arrived" species during the morning. A Peregrine Falcon spent much time in the top of a tree at the north of Corbett Creek. In the water were Pied-billed grebe, Am.Coot, Blue-winged Teal. Someone reported a "Gallinule" in the sightings book. Among the songbirds were 1 female Eastern Towhee, 1 Brown Thrasher, 3 Hermit Thrush, many Winter Wrens and White-throated Sparrows, Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow, 2 Nashville Warblers, many Yellow-rumped Warblers ( Pine and Palm Warblers were reported), 1 Chipping Sparrow. At the waterfront of Thickson's were Rough-winged, Tree, Barn and Cliff Swallows. On the lake--Red-breasted and Common Mergansers, Common Loon.
Not much at McLaughlin Bay in the mid-day--- Bonaparte's Gulls to the east, Caspian and Common Terns; Ruddy Ducks on the inlet. I have to run--apologies re. not giving directions here. Doug Lockrey, Whitby From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 29 20:13:39 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web88002.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88002.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.189]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64807638A4 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:13:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 94953 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Apr 2007 00:13:34 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=Yu0S6DdLgSRYFaeMdu3U5k05pEMiu04g8JmZU3hBF+uclQQpHpLrK6GMuzOJP9m3FuUk24MV8UOPiWgiLrKBshfG3OvbKduapXulsGvP2vg3NSr95M3Kqj92ddX0EqMok0yLgtcDnpf4yBeueXYg5IswN7YTkLEI0hCfkKkaQ0E=; X-YMail-OSG: 8uAHpd4VM1lOpyTNk0OxjkJNY2rl.zYShMuRoo51W48fw8WN9VolOsrHkSSC4wZVIw-- Received: from [74.120.216.165] by web88002.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:13:34 EDT Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:13:34 -0400 (EDT) From: RON FLEMING <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: OFO Bird Sightings <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]York Region Birds X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:13:40 -0000 Migrants continue to trickle northward from hotspots along the shores of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers and Pine Warblers arrived last weekend in this area north of Toronto and have spread across the region throughout the week. Allan Roitner had all three species at the Mill Pond* in Richmond Hill last weekend, plus a red fox. On Tuesday, Bruce Brydon had the same trio plus a Brown Thrasher in Holland Landing. He added a Blue-headed Vireo the same day at Thornton Bales Conservation Area in southwest Newmarket. Although the Cawthra Mulock reserve was relatively quiet, if you were patient enough you could hear numerous Ruby-crowned Kinglets singing and "titch"ing in the trees and at least two Pine Warblers singing on territory (one of which gave me very nice views). Seven species of sparrow were also present: Song, Swamp, Savannah, Field, Chipping, White-throated, and - a pleasant surprise - the first Clay-coloured of the year. There were also two Brown Thrashers present: one singing couplets from the tangles beside the square silo, the other farther south and west along the fenceline. A Ruffed Grouse was drumming from the river valley and a Cooper's Hawk flew over the pine ridge for the second time this week - hopefully a local nester. Also observed there this weekend were American Woodcock (1), Yellow-rumped Warbler (2), Osprey (1 that came to check the pond for fish), Common Loon (2 migrating by), and Wood Duck (2 that are likely local nesters). On the north side of Bernhardt Road in the Holland Marsh Saturday morning, six of the 20 Northern Shovelers seen by Peter Wukasch early this week were still dabbling in the vernal ponds. Late this afternoon I found my first Eastern Bluebirds and Rough-winged Swallows of the spring (for York Region anyway) on the north side of Vandorf Sdrd. just east of Woodbine. *When Allan and I worked together in Richmond Hill during the '90s, we used to bird Mill Pond frequently during spring migration and it was surprisingly good. Any Yorkies who live in that area are encouraged to check it out - it used to be a pretty productive spot, especially the woods on the northwest side of the main pond. Ron Fleming, Newmarket York Region is just north of Toronto and south of Lake Simcoe. If you require specific directions, please e-mail me privately. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 29 20:42:05 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from paris.bmts.com (paris.bmts.com [216.183.128.227]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8850F63472 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:42:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Turlands (sms4-pool116-0254.bmts.com [209.240.116.254]) by paris.bmts.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id l3U0fssZ008572 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:42:00 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "James Turland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:42:00 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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-brucetelecom.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Bruce Telecom 519.368.2000 for more information X-brucetelecom.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-brucetelecom.com-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:47:35 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]Eurasian Wigeon X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:42:06 -0000 Hi Birders; Stopped at the Ripley Lagoons today and discovered a eurasian wigeon.It is a breeding plumage male.Following is a list of the other birds at the site. Location: ripleyObservation date: 4/29/07 Notes: at ripley lagoons Number of species: 27 Canada Goose 15 Gadwall 2 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Mallard 2 Blue-winged Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Northern Pintail 2 Canvasback 1 Redhead 2 Ring-necked Duck X Greater Scaup X Lesser Scaup X Bufflehead X Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Ring-billed Gull 6 Mourning Dove X American Crow 2 Tree Swallow X Bank Swallow X Savannah Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X Directions;To Ripley; head west on highway 86 turn right (north) on county road 7 huron township.10 klics to Ripley .Turn right(east) on Park st follow to end.All three cells can be scoped from the mound of top soil.The wigeon where on the second cell.Alternative route from Kincardine;highway 21 south 8 klics . turn left at Pine River. 8 klics to Ripley turn right at ripleys main corner left at park st
