[Ontbirds] Rock Wren in Elk Lake
The Rock Wren has NOT been seen today, Saturday, May 8. Sorry Mark.
Barry Kinch
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Yellow Rail, Wye Marsh, Midland May 8
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During a visit to the Wye Marsh this afternoon I was
rewarded with the sighting of a Yellow Rail. It was
just before 3:00 p.m. and Nancy (who has very keen
eyes for spotting skulkers) discovered a Virginia Rail
next to the dike in the marsh. It was cold, 4C, and
overcast and both the boys were able to see it, a
lifer for them.
We turned the corner just passed where a new blind is
under construction and started back towards the
visitor centre. About 50 ft. along the dike my son and
I flushed a small bird, from the left side of the
dike. At first I thought it was a large sparrow. As it
lifted up into the air (about 3 feet off the ground) I
saw that it didn't have much of a tail and that it was
dangling two long legs and two big feet. At this point
I realized that it was a rail and was thinking that I
had never seen one flying before. Also I thought that
it would be nice to add Sora to my year list. I
noticed (briefly) that there was white on the
secondary feathers on the wings close to the stubby
tail. I managed to get my binoculars on the head and
body of the bird just before it dropped back into the
marsh after a flight of about 40 feet. I still was
thinking Sora but the head and body were patterned
with different shades of brown without the distinctive
black and gray pattern on the head that I expected for
an adult Sora. It was at this point that I realized
that it was a Yellow Rail.
Unfortunately it was such a brief glimpse that I
couldn't alert Nancy. We tried clicking two keys
together no stones on the dike)to see if it would
respond but to no avail. The habitat adjacent to this
area appears to be suitable for Yellow Rail and it
would be worthwhile for other birders in this area to
check for their presence for the Breeding Bird Atlas
project. Please let me know privately if you are
successful (plus I owe Nancy big time!!).
Wye Marsh is located at the north end of Midland off
of Highway 12. Take Hwy 400 north from Toronto. exit
at Hwy 93 to Midland. Turn right onto Hwy 12 and
follow it past William St. the entrance to Wye Marsh
is on your right. Park and enter the visitors centre
(entrance fee if not a member) take the trail to the
marsh and follow the boardwalk past the dipnetting
area to the dike, turn left until a T and turn left
the bird was flushed on the left side after walking
about 50 ft. Another 50 feet passed where the bird was
seen there is a Tree Swallow nest box number 13.
Garth Riley
Etobicoke, Ontario
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[Ontbirds] Rock Wren in Elk Lake
I just returned from Elk Lake Eco-Resource centre and the Rock Wren was there as of 10:00 AM Friday, May 7. This is at least 4 days in a row the bird has been seen. Elk Lake is 180 KM north of North Bay to Hwy 65 and west on #65 for about 70KM. To get to the Eco-Resource centre, follow the signs. (Elk Lake is very small) Barry Kinch Mountain Chutes Camp From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri May 7 15:01:31 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 908E4484C6 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Fri, 7 May 2004 15:01:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jean-bapu1sw48i.sympatico.ca ([64.229.209.11]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 7 May 2004 15:03:41 -0400 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 15:03:43 -0400 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: Jean Iron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds] Rock Wren Directions X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 19:01:31 - Ontbirders, Barry Kinch phoned to say that his e-mail has not been working. Barry saw the Rock Wren at 10 am this morning, Friday, May 7. It's been seen on four consecutive days so there's a good chance of seeing it this weekend. He asked me to post directions again and his phone number. Directions: The Rock Wren is at the Eco-Resource Centre in Elk Lake. Elk Lake is 65 km west of New Liskeard, which is about 180 km north of North Bay on Hwy #11. Barry's phone number is 705-678-2262. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy birding, Ron Pittaway (for Barry Kinch) Minden and Toronto
[Ontbirds] Rock Wren in Elk Lake
The Rock Wren reported earlier by Stan Phippen was still at the Eco-Resource Centre in Elk Lake at 4:00PM Thursday. Pictures have been forwarded to the OFO by Barry Kinch. The bird has been present for at least 3 days. Elk Lake is 65 KM west of New Liskeard which is about 180 KM north of North Bay on Hwy #11. Barry Kinch From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 6 22:10:53 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from m7.nyc.untd.com (m7.nyc.untd.com [64.136.22.70]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A687C4805C for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 6 May 2004 22:10:53 -0400 (EDT) X-UNTD-OriginStamp: +I4zx4PQdguu3tHbbJmamgNtumyoRhUD2lmuMbIlpOpsrqzVXreNEw=Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by m7.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id JUZASAK6; Thu, 06 May 2004 19:12:16 PDT To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 22:11:50 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 1-6,8-13,15-19 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 From: Alan Wormington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds] Photos of Rock Wren at Elk Lake X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 02:10:54 - Interested parties should check out the great photos of the Rock Wren at Elk Lake. Here is a quick link: http://www.ofo.ca/photos/rockwren/ Great work on the part of Stan Phippen (who found and photographed the bird) and Sandra Eadie (who maintains the photo web site). This is the 3rd known record of Rock Wren in northern Ontario: #1) Ear Falls in Kenora District (October 1972) #2) Red Rock in Thunder Bay District (inside the courtyard of the High School in October, year not known) Alan Wormington, Leamington The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 6 22:31:51 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from priv-edtnes03-hme0.telusplanet.net (outbound01.telus.net [199.185.220.220]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0976747F1B for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 6 May 2004 22:31:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Toshiba1 ([66.203.195.30]) by priv-edtnes03-hme0.telusplanet.netSMTP [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 6 May 2004 20:33:55 -0600 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: A. Eadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Barry Kinch [EMAIL PROTECTED], ontbirds ontbirds@hwcn.org References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 22:33:55 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds] Photo of Rock Wren in Elk Lake X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 02:31:51 - Barry Crinch's two photos of the Elk Lake Rock Wren, which was found by Stan Phippen, have been added to the OFO site via www.ofo.ca/photos or directly to www.ofo.ca/photos/rockwren. There are also several other new photos including: a Cerulean Warbler, a White-eyed Vireo and a Hooded Warbler. Sandra Eadie OFO web site coordinator www.ofo.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED]
