Located a single Black-Crowned Night Heron this weekend at the marina just down from collins bay/bath road intersecion on the south side just down from the legion. It's been there for a few days now, see link for pic.
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=740644167&context=set-72157600414191505&size=o Directions: From the 401 head south on Highway 38 till you hit bath road. Turn right and head West just pass the overpass after no frills and look in the marina area. Paul O'Toole KFN From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 9 19:18:54 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (unknown [64.233.162.233]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC3F6390E for <[email protected]>; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:18:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id j2so447853nzf for <[email protected]>; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:18:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=Svw29jOuuif8cRKceapjDzexzU/LKjPe++Vc50xAbrdfSsReGNxh8qtEqbNAao6uNu/HgaDb9VPJ6tDio9Z19opzaimHLyoww84NbBsvKHZylWg9rxzua9ORIUmKyLkbxVz/YGfplqlL08zlQ703i93tLp6lFwOCtYowKpJPSRc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=gCnwRtcdhImhl+0Y9FojXhD0VAOF4LYtRFeCeGKjaWfH04mk71aW4ECnuYIgfZfPoClhFmDmf3S/ZfZ7Vqodm26MwK/L3PKjgEqIqeQZBQeKcd/+PiQ7ohqvnqeGSKHiqX3rhwUpiYGo4Mk8fKXFNAEljQ9zoyqQjCiHVUqqN8A= Received: by 10.141.99.4 with SMTP id b4mr1080798rvm.1184023133611; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.159.21 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:18:53 -0400 From: "TheLovely Suzanne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:14:09 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]Black Crowned Night Herons, St. Catharines X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:18:54 -0000 There are several (I've seen four) black crowned night herons along the Merritt Trail along the Twelve Mile Creek in St. Catharines. I believe they nest there, as they are there night and day and in the same spot. I swear one gave me a dirty look :) To get there, take the QEW to Ontario Street. Turn right onto Ontario Street, take to Welland Avenue. Turn right onto Welland Avenue, and immediately there is kind of a side road leading down towards the creek/under the overpass. (It's kind of a fork on your right hand side). Take this road down. You will see the bridge...there is a little parking lot (at least I use it as such) at the top of the street where it dead-ends. You'll need to walk back to the trail from here...go back towards the bridge. You want to take the trail to your left by the fence just before the bridge. The herons hang out on the far side of the creek from this side of the trail (but I find you get a better view on the opposite side) and can regularly be seen just after the fence ends on the opposite side, and further along the creek as you go. They like sitting in all the trees there. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jul 10 07:55:53 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.225.204]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D5F4F63499 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:55:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 31369 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2007 11:55:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:Thread-Index; b=nWTm5LOlwrFGkMrzIX6CSyp6pG9TKJBUfAGlaeHVixD2eZdiejMmmmmzT1sM+2M79weRH7CxDRl4FtzfksTHC5qw3mZPXd+ee+wPe0BE4FD0EPTtoUr1FZ5qEAnG2ijNSvO0rX0sKPIkf/BH9jl3aQLo6cRaxMKxVUILL06DgXE= ; Received: from unknown (HELO cr211443a) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@74.105.89.202 with login) by smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Jul 2007 11:55:53 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: kNA2Mt8VM1lknThYkXB4vwiUnmtAtMkVEGj8SPJ1fzkQbdxV.Vy_8TTEUJ9H0bMmog-- From: "Marlene Thoms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:56:42 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Thread-Index: AcfC6WG57X40+YQwRKGYmyw7rpUJwA== X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:57:20 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Juveline Green Heron, Black-Crested Night Heron, Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:55:53 -0000 As a budding amateur birder, I am so excited to report that I saw a Black-Crowned Night Heron at Britannia Conservation Area in Ottawa yesterday (actually there were at least two) and a juvenile Green Heron Monday at Fletcher Wildlife Garden. This was an amazing experience and I managed to capture a few photos of these amazing birds as well as some others (Wood Duck mama and her babies). If you are interested in the photos click on this link (it is part of my blog) http://kadacat.typepad.com/photos/favourite_photos/index.html. For instructions on how to get to Fletcher Wildlife Garden, click on this link http://www.ofnc.ca/fletcher/location.php Directions to Britannia Conservation Area: Take Pinecrest Road (exit 129) off the Hwy 417. Go north on Pinecrest, then turn right (east) onto Richmond Road. After Richmond crosses Carling Avenue, turn left (north) onto Poulin Avenue. Poulin intersects with Britannia Road. Turning right onto Britannia will take you to Cassels Street. Park anywhere along Cassels. Mud Lake is to the right of the road and is where the Heron was spotted. Happy Birding! - Marlene http://kadacat.typepad.com/ <http://www.myscrapblog.com/kadacat> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/
