We spent the weekend camping at Balsam lake PP, very nice place, and birded Wylie Road, and also spent some time with a pair of Osprey just east of Kirkfield, on Hwy 48. The highlights for me were the Wilson's Snipe, and the Uplands Sandpiper., and my first view of the Least Flycatcher.
A Grasshopper Sparrow entertained us for a while on the first evening, and back at the camp, a pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers were making their rounds through the trees around our RV., along with a White-throated Sparrow singing its heart out! It was a very enjoyable weekend, thank you to everyone for all the posts concerning this area, and helping me make up my mind where to shoot! here are a few of the several hundred images http://www.pbase.com/raymondjbarlow/recent_photos Kind regards Raymond J Barlow 13 Sandra Crescent Grimsby Ontario Canada L3M 4Y8 www.rayswildlife.com Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 25 09:12:31 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from dowexch2.ontario.int.ec.gc.ca (ecdow130.tor.ec.gc.ca [199.212.19.130]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F47A63490 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:12:31 -0400 (EDT) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:12:28 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Pelicans Nesting on Lake Superior Thread-Index: Ace3KnsZC4QbfsljT9u9m5RCeOh3JQ== From: "Weseloh,Chip [Ontario]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Pelicans Nesting on Lake Superior X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:12:31 -0000 WWVzdGVyZGF5LCBDeW50aGlhIFBla2FyaWssIENXUy1PbnRhcmlvIFJlZ2lvbiwgZm91bmQgMjAg bmVzdHMgb2YgQW1lcmljYW4gV2hpdGUgUGVsaWNhbiBvbiBHcmFuaXRlIElzbGFuZCBpbiBCbGFj ayBCYXksIHRoZSBmaXJzdCBiYXkgZWFzdCBvZiBUaHVuZGVyIEIgYXkNCg0KQ2hlY2sgT250YXJp byByb2FkIG1hcCBmb3IgZGlyZWN0aW9ucyBvciBlbWFpbCBtZSBwZXJzb25hbGx5DQoNCkNoaXAg d2VzZWxvaA0KDQotLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQ0KU2VudCBmcm9tIG15IEJsYWNr QmVycnkgV2lyZWxlc3MgSGFuZGhlbGQNCg== From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 25 09:30:13 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts20.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.74]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF196634A8 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:30:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from userd14f286784 ([65.95.230.54]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:30:13 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "M. Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:30:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Laughing Gull Cobourg harbour June 25 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:30:13 -0000 After an absence of just over a month, the Laughing Gull is back in = Cobourg harbour, refound by Ken Niles this morning. It is looking quite = spiffy with its gray mantle and new gray wing coverts, with only a very = few tatty unmoulted greater coverts poking through. It has a very faint, = mottled gray hood, black bill and legs, no white tips to the primaries. = Second basic plumage.=20 A chance to plug Steve Howell and Jon Dunn's new book "Gulls of the = Americas". Not a light summer read for any but the most devoted = larophile, but a most excellent reference with an abundance of superb = photos and encyclopedic text and very reasonably priced. Available at = Amazon, Chapters-Indigo and ABA Sales. Directions: Exit Hwy.401 at Exit 474, Division Street. Follow Division = St. south to where it ends at the harbour, then drive west around the = harbour to the main parking lot on the west side. The gull is in its old = haunts, on the grass or the adjoining beach beside the parking lot. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 25 09:53:28 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web88112.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88112.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.233]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7EA2C63495 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:53:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 55314 invoked by uid 60001); 25 Jun 2007 13:53:28 -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=4NOXkWuHpKjjjUKhhzNyP4vXGGbzqeVaqv0fA7GdfipO7PZ1QsgCzcYLLYQNttPKkMNsvt0PF82NqvKxtIZn3D5yO13/SeBv5BqExz4D3BMKEnhXY7hgRnloT6qGcPlOagv4CCxhc2fSD+ssV414IlkLAoHQdcCf6Bm5Oh1yT+Y=; X-YMail-OSG: tJx2aBAVM1li0COYSAlz66ThrfSxvNru31vxTo1Fe5M.69yn9Fcg0Tg5_BFrMvKpKypdoGgBcWKTufpd3lezF95Wf93adZtn7WyF682gKP6kq12E66dU Received: from [67.58.223.36] by web88112.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:53:28 EDT Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:53:28 -0400 (EDT) From: ALFRED RAAB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ontbirds <[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]OFO Field trip to the Bruce Peninsula, June 23 and 24 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:53:28 -0000 Leaders: Cindy Cartwright, Alfred Raab. 15 OFO members and friends attended the two day field trip to the Bruce Peninsula. We started on Saturday in Hepworth and the route took us to North Sauble Beach, Boat Lake, Isaac Lake, Sky Lake, Ferndale Flats and Black Creek PP. On Sunday we started at the Tobermory airport, from there we stopped at the Tobermory Dump, Dorcas Bay, Dyer's Bay Road, Cabot Head Lighthouse, Lindsay Road #40 and Crane Lake Road. We had a total of 107 species and the highlights were: Pied-billed Grebe at Sky Lake Piping Plover at nest Black Terns, Hooded Merganser, American Bittern, Least Bittern, Wilson's Snipe, Virginia Rail, Sora and Marsh Wren all at Isaak Lake 2 Bald Eagles, Osprey at nest, Red-shoulder Hawk 6 Sandhill Cranes at various locations 1st summer Glaucous Gull at Tobermory Dump 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers and Grasshopper Sparrow, both at Tobermory Airport Clay-coloured Sparrow and Eastern Towhee at Lindsay Road 40 5 Black-billed Cuckoos at various locations 5 Brewer's Blackbirds at Little Pike Bay Road Best of all: A total of 7 Dickcissels, 5 (3m, 2f) at County Road # 9, 1km west of Ferndale and 2 (1m, 1f) on Cemetery Road, 1.5km east of Hwy 6 Alfred Raab From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 25 11:08:33 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp1.xplornet.com (smtp1.xplornet.com [207.179.143.253]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCF0E6349D for <[email protected]>; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:08:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from couchichaj2ip1 (xplr-ts-t11-208-114-153-59.barrettxplore.com [208.114.153.59]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp1.xplornet.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5PF8L0J011125 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:08:28 -0300 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Couchiching Conservancy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:08:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Results from Carden Challenge X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:08:33 -0000 Despite early summer conditions, birding continues to be good on the = Carden Alvar. Seven teams participated in the 3rd annual Carden = Challenge this weekend. The winning team of Mike Cadman, Brian Wyatt, = Reinder Westerhoff, and Ron Reid came up with 122 species in 24 hours, = surpassing last year's record of 119 species. Best birds included a close-up GOSHAWK chasing a Mourning Dove, LEAST = BITTERN in Prospect Marsh, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on the west side of = Wylie Road just south of Box 10, BLACK, COMMON, and CASPIAN TERNS on = Lake Dalrymple, and 16 species of warblers, mostly along Alvar Road and = CKL Road 35 between Alvar Road and Monck Road. Other teams also saw = BALD EAGLE at the north end of Lake Dalrymple, and NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD = at three separate locations along Wylie Road. Best of all, the Carden Challenge raised about $13,000 for conservation = activities on the Carden Alvar. We plan to run this event again next = year, likely earlier in June; new teams of four are very welcome. The Carden Alvar lies just north of Kirkfield, with most of the birding = areas found along rural roads such as Wylie Road, which begins about 2 = km north of the Kirkfield lift locks. Prospect Marsh is located on = Prospect Road 2 km south of Highway 48, about 3 km west of Kirkfield. Ron Reid Executive Director, The Couchiching Conservancy Box 704, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6K7 (705)326-1620 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 25 11:28:33 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp1.xplornet.com (smtp1.xplornet.com [207.179.143.253]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B63F63475 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:28:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from couchichaj2ip1 (xplr-ts-t11-208-114-153-59.barrettxplore.com [208.114.153.59]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp1.xplornet.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5PFSK1D017164 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:28:27 -0300 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Couchiching Conservancy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: [Ontbirds]Results from Carden Challenge Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:28:40 -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 6.00.2900.3138 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:28:33 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Couchiching Conservancy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:08 AM Subject: [Ontbirds]Results from Carden Challenge Despite early summer conditions, birding continues to be good on the Carden Alvar. Seven teams participated in the 3rd annual Carden Challenge this weekend. The winning team of Mike Cadman, Brian Wyatt, Reinder Westerhoff, and Ron Reid came up with 122 species in 24 hours, surpassing last year's record of 119 species. Best birds included a close-up GOSHAWK chasing a Mourning Dove, LEAST BITTERN in Prospect Marsh, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on the west side of Wylie Road just south of Box 10, BLACK, COMMON, and CASPIAN TERNS on Lake Dalrymple, and 16 species of warblers, mostly along Alvar Road and CKL Road 35 between Alvar Road and Monck Road. Other teams also saw BALD EAGLE at the north end of Lake Dalrymple, and NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at three separate locations along Wylie Road. Best of all, the Carden Challenge raised about $13,000 for conservation activities on the Carden Alvar. We plan to run this event again next year, likely earlier in June; new teams of four are very welcome. The Carden Alvar lies just north of Kirkfield, with most of the birding areas found along rural roads such as Wylie Road, which begins about 2 km north of the Kirkfield lift locks. Prospect Marsh is located on Prospect Road 2 km south of Highway 48, about 3 km west of Kirkfield. Ron Reid Executive Director, The Couchiching Conservancy Box 704, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6K7 (705)326-1620 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
