Sorry Rob. That's exactly correct. I don't know the place well enough but your description of my description sounds best!
Park at the Lighthouse Restaurant and walk west along the boat docks till you come to the inner harbour, then turn south onto the jetty. So yes... east side of the inner harbour. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Ontbirds] further to Bronte Harbour post > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:50:58 -0500 > > Hi Andrew, > > Your description of the pier is a bit confusing. I assume it is the > pier/breakwall on the WEST side of the Outer Harbour which you can walk > out onto? This forms the east side of the Inner Harbour. Correct? The > earlier description made it sound like it was the east berm of the Outer > Harbour where you walked out to past the boats yesterday, and had a few > birders who were down there after the initial post confused. > > Frustrating bird anyway. > > Cheers, > > Rob Dobos > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Andrew Keaveney > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ontbirds] further to Bronte Harbour post > > > > Hey folks. So just to further my gf's report for me. I was with some > bird watchers from Richmond Hill today and we checked out the > Yellow-throated Warbler spot in Bronte Harbour. While walking along the > breakwall/path forming the east sided of the harbour one of the ladies > yelled from behind me about a small bird popping up from between the > rocks on the boat dock side of the walkway. I wheeled around only to > see the last 2 seconds of the birds flight across the path and down into > the rocks again on the lakeside. I proceeded to check in amongst the > rocks and spish and that same lady and one other gentleman saw the bird > flit by again within the 20 min. we looked for it. At length we finally > gave in and continued on down the lakeshore to look at other birds. > > > > I cannot say that this was the yellow-throated warbler by any means but > it was the right size and shape and acted as though I would imagine a > small warbler struggling for his life would. We seem to be entering a > period of deep freeze so I don't think this bird could last much longer > but you never know... there are huge gaps in the rocks here going down > 10 feet or so and the walkway even has overhangs to which the bird can > go under. > > > > Perhaps this was THE bird, perhaps not. Has anyone else encountered any > such birds along this pathway? > > > > Andy > > _________________________________________________________________ > Eligible CDN College & University students can upgrade to Windows 7 > before Jan 3 for only $39.99. Upgrade now! > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691819_________________________________ > ______________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the > provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing > list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit > http://www.ofo.ca/ > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691815_______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
