Hello, On july 1st, Judy Levitan,Ahmad shah and I saw three White Pelicans flying high over Upper canada Migratory bird sanctury towards the west. I managed to get some photos of them. Sue Bishop From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 5 20:42:10 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from helios.kos.net (helios.kos.net [64.201.45.11]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EED0D63475 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:42:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 5066 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2007 00:42:10 -0000 X-Mail-Scanner: Scanned by qSheff-II-2.1-r1 (http://www.enderunix.org/qsheff/) Received: from unknown (HELO D3ZD7M31) (64.201.47.133) by helios.kos.net with SMTP; 6 Jul 2007 00:42:10 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Terry Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:42:39 -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 Subject: [Ontbirds]Quinte Area Bird Report for week ending July 5th X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:42:11 -0000
WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR THE WEEK ENDING Thursday, July 05, 2007 A few interesting raptor observations to start off this week's edition of the Quinte Area Bird Report. A MERLIN is nesting on the west side of Belleville off Moira Street. In recent years this species seems to have been making some progress at becoming established in the Quinte area as a nesting species. A pair nested beside the Sandbanks administration office in July of 2005, and another pair was suspected nesting in Picton last summer. It pays to keep your camera with you at all times, even while on the tractor seat. One such person in the Tweed area got several shots last week of a BROAD-WINGED HAWK consuming an eastern chipmunk. That photo highlights the Birding section of the NatureStuff website this week. And at Robinson Cove early one evening last week at Big Island on the shore of the Bay of Quinte, a SHORT-EARED OWL was spotted hunting along the marshy edge of a hay field. At the corner of Welbanks Road and Kelly Road, a late nesting OSPREY continues to add material to a nest there, located atop a hydro pole, and early this week, one bird was noted in the nest while another was perched on a second hydro pole some distance away. A walk through a couple of forested properties today in the Black River area confirmed that not all birds become quiet when July arrives. Both WOOD THRUSHES and VEERIES were in fine fettle, accompanied by the songs of at least one PINE WARBLER on a property bordering Black River, and other sightings (and hearings) of AMERICAN REDSTART, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, WARBLING VIREO, and an almost continuous backdrop of RED-EYED VIREOS. In other suitable areas, EASTERN MEADOWLARKS are still in evidence in open fields, and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS are heard frequently. So, don't put away your binoculars just yet - today's birding adventure in the Black River area verified that there's lots of birds around, although many of them must be identified by ear, due to heavy foliage. Another PINE WARBLER during the week was singing at Picton's Glenwood Cemetery Monday afternoon. The feeder along Glenora Road that has always attracted so much attention from birds and watchers of birds, this week added a SCARLET TANAGER to the backyard, together with a family of ORCHARD ORIOLES (why not ? ), more than a dozen ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, and the usual backyard residents. Also taking advantage of the backyard smorgasbord are several BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and the owners of the property claim that they go through at least two jars of grape jelly a week. Also noted was a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD that was still happily feeding away at 9:20 p.m. Birders who have taken advantage of the wetland viewing platform at the Brighton Constructed Wetland, the site of a recent GLOSSY IBIS sighting, will be pleased to learn that Keith Lee, an employee of the town, has taken the trouble to make this wetland area beyond the viewing deck, available on occasion to the public . The Brighton Wetlands and part of the Brighton Lagoon system will be open to the general public on Sunday, July 8th, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. This will provide wetland enthusiasts with an opportunity to access areas not normally available to the public, and out of view from the public viewing platform. We thank Keith for making this opportunity possible, and we hope many birders will take advantage of the Sunday viewing. The Brighton Constructed Wetland is at the southeast corner of town, accessible from Prince Edward County via County Road 64, from Carrying Place. This is a condensed version of the Quinte Area Bird Report, containing only the significant sightings for Prince Edward County and the Quinte area. The full version can be found on the NatureStuff website, under BIRDING from the Main Menu where the photo of the BROAD-WINGED HAWK with its prey, was taken by Peter Sporring. Photos in the online version of the Quinte Area Bird Report are of of a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO by Peter Sporring, and a SCARLET TANAGER at a bird bath by Russ Kitchen. Terry Sprague Prince Edward County [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.naturestuff.net
