While birding in the Willows in Dundas, we encountered a leg with Red Band 40B still attatched. From the clawed foot the first bone to the joint below the band was about "6" and the next bone above the joint amd band was about 7". Many white feathers ....Great Egret eaten? Two other live Egrets were roosting in trees with legs hidden.
The only shorebirds of note were two solitary and six pectoral sandpipers. Directions: from 403 in hamilton take the Main St. West exit and go west to Cootes Drive where you turn right. Cross the bridge, go right on york blvd and turn around to come back to the bridge to park. Cross the bridge on foot an look for a trail to the left. Good luck; the trail on the west side of Spencer Creek (on the north side of the the road) is closed and the interior creek bridge is out. Ken Angie and Ken Williams 83 Edinburgh Ave. Hamilton, Ontario, L8H 2C6 905 547 8580 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 6 14:32:57 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s35.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s35.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.171]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9097B63493 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:32:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BAY124-W5 ([207.46.11.168]) by bay0-omc2-s35.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:32:56 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [72.139.18.197] From: David Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:32:56 -0400 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Aug 2007 18:32:56.0957 (UTC) FILETIME=[357EC2D0:01C7D858] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa River Shorebirds X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:32:57 -0000 Water levels are dropping on the Ottawa River and this afternoon there were 10 species of shorebirds feeding on the mudflats at the base of the Shirley's Bay dyke, including: 1 Semipalmated Plover 4 Killdeer 5 Greater Yellowlegs about 50 Lesser Yellowlegs (mostly juveniles, a few moulting adults) 4 Solitary Sandpipers 6 Spotted Sandpipers 6 Least Sandpipers (mostly juveniles) 1 juv. STILT SANDPIPER 1 juv. Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Wilson's Snipe Duck numbers are also increasing, with numbers of Green and Blue-winged Teal, as well as a few American Wigeon and Nothern Pintails. DIRECTIONS (courtesy of Larry Neily's Birding Ottawa Page) >From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 134 (Moodie Drive). If travelling >west, the 0.4 km offramp dumps you right or north onto Moodie. If driving >east, a 0.3 km offramp brings you to Moodie Drive, where you will turn left or >north onto it and in 0.5 km join the westbound offramp traffic. Both groups >will now follow Moodie Drive north 1.3 km from here to Carling Avenue. Turn >left or northwest on Carling and go 2.2 km to Rifle (Range) Road. Turn right >or north onto Rifle Road and travel 2.0 km to the boat launch parking lot. >Park here to visit this site on foot. WARNING: Permission to access the dyke MUST be obtained by contacting the DND's Connaught Firing Range Control Office at (613) 991-5740 or the Range Warden at 991-5741From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 6 17:30:01 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17171634B9 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:30:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from userd14f286784 ([65.95.240.165]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:30:00 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "M. Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:30:03 -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]Port Perry Sewage Lagoons August 6 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:30:01 -0000 There were at least 250 shorebirds of 11 species in the Port Perry sewage lagoons today, Monday August 6 - the greatest number and the best variety by far this year, though still much less spectacular than in the past glory days here. Most of the birds were in the two westerly cells where the water was quite low in spite of last night's rain. Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 39 Spotted Sandpiper 8 Solitary Sandpiper 7 Greater Yellowlegs 10 Lesser Yellowlegs 95 - >50% juvs. Semipalmated Sppr 3 Least Sandpiper 79 - 40% juvs. Pectoral Sandpiper 4 - apparent juvs. Stilt Sandpiper 2 - moulting ads. Short-billed Dowitcher 1 - ad. hendersoni Also of interest were the 4 young Ospreys in the nest on the ballpark floodlights - all squealing for food. One had flapped its way to a nearby light standard but the other 3 were trying their wings in the nest. An adult Osprey flew over the lagoons without disturbing the shorebirds. Many Mallards and Blue-winged Teal, 5 young Hooded Mergs., 1 female Wood Duck. 280 Bonaparte's Gulls in one of the full lagoons with nary a Little among them - mostly moulting ads. but about 20% juvs. 2 Caspian Terns 15 Black Terns including at least 4 juvs. Two Black-billed Cuckoos called incessantly from the woods on the west side of the lagoons. Permits MUST be purchased in advance of entering the lagoons. They cost $5.00 at the Durham Region Transfer Site at 1623 Reach Rd, Port Perry open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and Thursday from 8:00 am to 6 pm. To get to the transfer station, travel north on Hwy 12 past Port Perry to the next traffic lights at Regional Road 8 = Reach Rd. and go east to #1623 on the north side of the road. The lagoons are one road north of the transfer site, east off Hwy 12 on Concession Rd. 8 (don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are both numbered "8", they are two different roads.) Margaret Bain Cobourg [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 6 17:37:59 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com (imo-m27.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.8]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7235F6349F for <[email protected]>; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:37:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id e.cea.1645d9ff (29679); Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:37:53 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:37:52 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5365 X-Spam-Flag: NO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Northeast shore of Lake Erie 9 Shorebird sp. - Whimbrel X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:37:59 -0000 Aug. 6 - At Rock Point P. P. there were the seven common shorebird species - the oddest being a Pectoral Sandpiper In Wainfleet at the sod farms near the intersection of Hutchinson and Pooth Roads there were: 1 Whimbrel 18 Black-bellied Plovers 522 Killdeers Rock Point P. P. is on the north shore of Lake Erie about 30 Km west of Buffalo NY and Fort Erie Ont. Wainfleet is in between (about 25 Km west of Fort Erie) Hutchinson Rd runs north off Lake Shore Road (which follows Lake Erie) in Wainfleet. (Note it makes a long S at Feeder Road.) Best Whishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson Tonawanda, New York ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 7 10:21:25 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 91800638B5 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:21:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 29989 invoked by uid 60001); 7 Aug 2007 14:21:24 -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=E/RIZ4YXcbQABEES/CwEPSJOmId24jkY/iKaKNlWafQuJLzTXpbugh4OyE1gCs1udkhz9Q9qAPmrLdirixYBAqG/3HAeXUZzdc6ReFd0DUBwkcBDY0q47T2Vt3I+4WEw6pqOjGkxnF9STJ6bBOFfAtPeW+N7XdOMFdvpFE9hPzE=; X-YMail-OSG: 9fOEtJwVM1m4In_BqvdjmyZmqnzwt7_ODgJsb9tX1sVMgEk1GHwFbKLD94Z4cK6dQ.fpzfpA_Sx2UdJtOunA7AwTFCScHi8OGA7ufmF_mPm7QjmxUgSu508gvby_75IwZnRlDtrUuT0- Received: from [74.120.216.154] by web88002.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:21:24 EDT Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:21:24 -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]Holland Landing Lagoons X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:21:25 -0000 Went out early to check the Holland Landing lagoons today. It was cloudy and refreshingly cooler than it has been but water levels were down dramatically since my last visit ten days ago. The 4th cell was almost completely devoid of water while the 2nd cell was about 4/5ths dry. These two lagoons have been the most productive and still held about a hundred shorebirds this morning, but - perhaps due to the dry conditions - this total is down from some of the "busier" days in mid-to-late July. Forecast rain would be welcome. Notable birds in cells 2 and 4 today were three Short-billed Dowitchers, one Stilt Sandpiper, and a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron. I did not turn up the Baird's Sandpiper observed this past weekend. Cells 1 and 3 remain much fuller (i.e. with virtually no mudflats or mud perimeter), hosting several Wood Ducks and, today, at least 150 Bonaparte's Gulls. Most of these gulls were adult birds in varying degrees of "hoodiness" but I observed at least a dozen juvenile birds sporting black bands on their tails. High overhead were several twittering Chimney Swifts and, below them, dozens of Cedar Waxwings hawking insects over the lagoons like chunky swallows. Nearby Hochreiter Road offerred great views of Common Moorhens in the strip of water between the road and the dense marsh vegetation. There were also two Green Herons beside the river and a few Caspian Terns make forays south from Cook's Bay and Lake Simcoe. I flushed an American Bittern when I got out to walk my dog. Black-crowned Night Herons are now showing up with increasing regularity along the canals of the Holland Marsh beside Bradford. Ron Fleming, Newmarket Directions: Please refer to previous posts by Ron Pittaway and/or Norm Murr. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 7 15:27:30 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BD1D63475 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:27:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 71602 invoked from network); 7 Aug 2007 19:27:29 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=Nbq8VpvPhpVR/TfrXlSa1/n1fDNgIBusNxYijN2P2Xy1Ji/Fh36Lgbt1UT/O3VknPEEhShq+CYORPnurn9dAO7mFWBxn3kX5qjuVR4Cce3XPetXFCkKISGY68750NBk3kqoHiC6nFv/yHv24LXNp+tHcyqy/Nda5XyhMwbolla0 ; Received: from unknown (HELO douglus0kdu880) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@99.247.219.250 with login) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Aug 2007 19:27:29 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: hmsxh1UVM1lr2nW8e07M_OGzwR4EUHEIzlTf8S0aZG1H7HfinU7V70cKQlUzp5BQOQ-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:27:30 -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] Green Heron, Great Egret, among others at Cranberry, southwest Whitby-Aug.7/07 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:27:30 -0000 The relatively considerable water in the Cranberry wetland has become home for an ever-increasing number of waterfowl, and the dieback of the cattails has made sighting the best for several years. Anyones with hip-waders would enjoy investigating life in the wetland. I will be preparing the south platform for the beginning of the hawk migration season on Saturday, Aug.25. I would be happy to have more people on board to assist with the sightings/identifying and data-recording. This Aug.7 morning was highlighted by at least 3 Black-crowned Night Herons, 1 Great Egret, 12+ Great Blue Herons, a flypast of a Green Heron; several species of Ducks, large numbers of Frogs and Meadow Voles were noted. Cedar Waxwings, a Great Crested Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo were among the songbirds seen. An interesting plant species has taken hold on the south platform floor. I believe it is a subspecies of the Great Ragweed--Ambrosia trifida integrifolia. It is a first among the hundreds of flowering plants that I have noted in Durham Region. It is dedecked in yellow pollen-laden anthers. If it is not wished to be there by any asthma/hay-fever sufferers, it should be uprooted. Cranberry Marsh is toward the south end of Hall's Rd., accessed from Victoria St. in southwest Whitby. Doug Lockrey, Whitby From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 8 12:00:41 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mailout1.igs.net (mailout1.igs.net [216.58.97.34]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F2C9638AE for <[email protected]>; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:00:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [216.209.133.55] (Dial-3637609783.dial.bell.ca [216.209.133.55]) by mailout1.igs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07FA573B9 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 06:54:23 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.0.0.1309 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:59:52 -0400 From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:09:46 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Egret, Black-crowned N-H near Cobden X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:00:42 -0000 Hi All, This morning about ten, on a tip from Sheldon and Jason Davis, I located 2 GREAT EGRETS as well as a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON northwest of Cobden. There were over 2 dozen WILSON'S SNIPES, and 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. The marsh has good feeding opportunities for shorebirds, but only 3 species were there, including KILLDEER. This was opposite the civic address 1261 Snake River Line. From Cobden, go west towards Eganville. The Snake River Line runs north from the west edge of Cobden and parallel with Hwy 17. Good luck to those who give these rare Renfrew County birds a try. Chris Michener Golden Lake, ON
