Here is a second (and third) hand update regarding the Crested Caracara found in Wawa yesterday. Like yesterday, I am not there myself and am simply posting what the original finder has told me.
It was seen this morning in the same location (see my original email below) that it was found in yesterday, eating more leftover food scraps. By mid morning it apparently flew away from that location, and was seen shortly before lunch in the yard of the Kiniwabi Pines restaurant, as well as along the Michopicoten River, both in public viewing areas along Hwy 17 very close to the previously mentioned off-limits MTO site. I again have very little information to offer outside of the contents of this email, as I am not there myself. The Crested Caracara is sounding rather chaseable and I will be heading there with a car load of other southern Ontario birders to look for it tomorrow. Anyone interested in seeing photos can find them on the Ontario Birds Facebook group page, and I have shared Chris' original post on my own page for anyone who is not in that group. Good luck to anyone going for it, and good birding to all! Jere Jeremy Bensette - Leamington, ON Birding/wildlife tours, Photography, Naturalist Services > On Nov 28, 2016, at 3:49 PM, Jeremy Bensette <jeremy_bense...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Posting on behalf of Chris Eagles. > > Before lunch today, Chris Eagles photographed a Crested Caracara in Wawa in > the east edge of Lake Superior and posted it to Facebook, unsure of its > identity. I figure it's worth posting to here for those who do not use > Facebook. He has seen it again this afternoon, and it was apparently eating > fish scraps. He was able to photograph it with his cell phone and it was > about 20 feet away from heavy machinery. > > I am not in that area, but here are directions he described to me. Do note > that there is NO PUBLIC ACCESS to this area, but if it's moving around some > it could potentially be refound. He was here and found it because he works on > this site. > > It is mto property where I am working ....I spotted this bird in an mto pit > along highway 17 about 15 kms south of wawa at 11 am this morning ....this > pit will be closed as of the end of the week for the winter months. The > closest landmark would be the old woman bay rest area on Lake Superior. > > Again, I have not observed this bird myself, so I do not have much else to > tell people about it. I just wanted to get the word out. > > Jeremy Bensette > Leamington > > Jeremy Bensette - Leamington, ON > Birding/wildlife tours, Photography, Naturalist Services _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
