Hi All The male Eurasian Wigeon located by James Turland was present this morning at 10:00am in the second cell. This is a beutiful male in full plumage and was in company of 6 American Wigeon.
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 Yours in birding Mike Pickup From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 30 13:56:50 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB85A638A3 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:56:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jean-bapu1sw48i.sympatico.ca ([69.158.110.225]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:56:49 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:56:46 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Jean Iron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Dark morph Broad-winged Hawk - Brian Wheeler X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:56:50 -0000 Last Tuesday, 24 April, a rare dark morph Broad-winged Hawk was photographed by Barry Cherriere at the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch (Beamer CA) near Grimsby. See photo link below. We sent Barry's photos to hawk expert Brian Wheeler, author of several handbooks on hawk identification. Brian said, "I do not think there is photo documentation of a verifiable dark morph Broad-winged Hawk from this far east prior to this." Brian further commented on its age and plumage. "In the right wing and probably on left wing too, secondary 8 looks to be narrow subterminally with a faded border of a retained juvenal feather and probably makes this bird a two year old." Photo http://www.ofo.ca/photos/images/2007birdphotos/broadwingedhawk1bc.jpg Jean Iron & Ron Pittaway Toronto & Minden ON
