[Ontbirds] Orillia Birds On Christmas Bird Count

[ROBERT BOWLES]

The Orillia CBC was held yesterday with nine teams out in the count area 
recording 50 species of birds. Ice moved in during the night of December 19th 
so all the bays on north Lake Simcoe were frozen over by count morning leaving 
only a few small patches of open water at the Narrows and Mill Creek by the 
Sewage Treatment Plant. I observed the Northern Hawk Owl again yesterday along 
Monck Road just west of sideroad 20 high in a grove of trees just north of 
Monck Road. It has been at this location for the last 10 days but was just 
outside the count circle so not counted. The same was true for several Snowy 
Owls in the area so this species was not recorded on the count either but is 
present in good numbers in the area. There was 1 Great Blue Heron and 2 Bald 
Eagles still remaining in the count circle. The sight that impressed me most 
for the day was observing a flock of 48 Trumpeter Swans on a small patch of 
open water at the Orillia Narrows. This species
 is building in numbers fast and in a few years we may not be as excited about 
observing this very agressive nesting species. The six Glaucous Gulls and two 
Iceland Gulls at the Orillia Landfill were also interesting. Two Great Gray 
Owls were reported for the count as well as flocks of Bohemian Waxwings and 
White-winged Crossbills. No Redpolls reported and as expected no Pine Grosbeaks.
Maybe the most interesting sight was a Striped Skunk walking up James Street in 
Orillia at 7:00 p.m. last night in minus 20 degrees temperture.
The Carden Alvar CBC is next Saturday. If anyone is interested in joining this 
count please contact me.
Bob Bowles, Orillia, Ontario
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[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl in Orillia

[ROBERT BOWLES]

Ontario Birders:
It is with great sadness that I send this post tonight after hearing reports 
from two different sources. A male Northern Hawk Owl first appeared in a field 
along the Monck Road, a very busy road east of Orillia, in mid-November and was 
first reported to OntBirds on December 10th. I posted it again since he seemed 
to be doing well in the field with hunting and finding prey, mostly meadow 
voles. Then more and more people came after more postings from others and he 
was photographed many times by many people. Before I posted it we had checked 
with the landowner, a farmer, and he had no concerns about people visiting his 
land but the hawl owl could been seen well from the road without going on 
private property. My concern was for the owl after this but he seemed to handle 
the people standing in the field well and ignoring them while hunting. I was 
out yesterday afternoon after buidling winter bird feeders for Kids For Turtles 
Environmental Education at
 Home Depot in the morning and could not find the owl all afternoon. Today, I 
visited the area again and talked to the landowner but could not find the hawk 
owl. We had someone who could see the hawk owl from her kitchen 
window watching and noting the many people that were coming to see 
the bird.  She told me that many people were there Friday morning and in the 
field baiting the hawk owl with mice to get it to come down perhaps for better 
photos. She told me that the bird was hunting in her yard late Friday afternoon 
but that she had not seen the bird since that time. There was a post on 
Ontbirds on Friday from a local person who visited the area on Friday but had 
not checked with the landowner. She ordered two people off the land then called 
the police on the third person who refused to leave. I started to become 
concern when I could not find the hawk owl Saturday afternoon or all day 
Sunday. I usally found him within minutes by scanning the
 perches from my car while driving slowly down the road. 
I have received unconfirmed reports that people visiting the site Saturday 
morning had photos of the hawk owl dead on the side of the road after being hit 
by a car with a mouse still clutched in its talons. My guess, which is 
unconfirmed, is that after being ordered off the property on Friday people 
baited for the owl with mice from the side of Monck Road instead of in the 
field where they were baiting on Friday. I know that banders and photographers 
bait for owls with mice which has always concerned me but if the owls were 
given the mice and the baiting was in a safe area for the owls then some argued 
that it did not hurt the owls. I can not prove that people were baiting from 
the road Saturday morning but I have reports they were from the field on Friday 
and the hawk owl was reported to have a mouse in its talons on Saturday 
morning. It appears that something has brought him close to the road. He had 
been hunting on both sides of the road since he
 first appeared and had not been hit in almost two months and never hunted near 
the road since most of the voles were in the field eating the second cut under 
the snow which the farmer did not remove last fall from these fields. If anyone 
can provide more information please email me. I have been trying to decide if I 
should post about the five Great Gray Owls we have had in our area for the last 
few weeks but I don't think I will be doing this now.
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario
 
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[Ontbirds] Orillia Hawk Owl 2009 Update

[ROBERT BOWLES]

It has been a week since I last posted on the Northern Hawk Owl that has been 
in the Orillia area since mid-November feeding on Meadow Voles in a field along 
Monck Road. The farmer left a second-crop of timothy and alfalfa in the field 
which produced an abundance of seeds for rodents mostly Meadow Voles to feed on 
this winter. The hawk owl had been feeding on Meadow Voles and was reliable on 
his favourite perch at the top of a grove of oaks. It was first reported to the 
bird boards on December 10th and reported, observed and photographed by several 
people up until last weekend. I thought we had the best situation possible 
since we had permission from the landowner, the farmer, to be on his land and 
had a neighbour interested in birds monitoring and reporting on his daily 
routines. The bird seemed unconcerned about people standing in the field taking 
photos and watching him with binoculars. Then things went wrong a week ago 
Friday when there was a steady
 stream of observers all day standing in the field watching him on his perch. 
The bird seemed unconcerned and continued to hunt. Some were ordered off the 
land by a third party. I have a report that he was flying low over a group of 
people Friday afternoon making several passes low over their heads but without 
prey. He was seen hunting later that day in a nearby garden at 4:00 p.m. on 
Friday evening and then reported being found dead near the side of the road 
with prey in his talons on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. Photos were taken of 
the dead owl and his prey and I have been asking to view this photo all week 
with no success. Yesterday, a friend sent me the photo and its shows a crumpled 
hawk owl with a Meadow Vole. I have checked the area all week and again today 
and the Northern Hawk Owl was not seen on all these visits. It appears that 
this may have happen late Friday evening and that he got too close the the 
highway on one of his hunting flights.
 We know that many owls are hit by vehicles and I recorded over 100 road kills 
from this area of Great Gray Owls back in 2004/5. I think it is safe to assume 
that the report is correct and the Orillia hawk owl is dead. So it is not worth 
a trip up to see a Northern Hawk Owl in this area at this time. I have received 
over 70 emails from you with your views of baiting owls with mice and you all 
agree that you do not support it. There is no doubt in the minds of MNR 
Conservation Officers and they have told me they will charge anyone they find 
doing this under baiting wildlife. I hope that OFO will decide on a policy on 
this question about feeding owls mice and I am happy to follow any decision 
they make. I just think it has to be made clear if it is acceptable or not 
without a special permit.
I have had a flock of White-winged Crossbills feeding on cones on the Colorado 
Blue Spruce on my front lawn for the last two days. I have only seen this 
species feeding on White Spruce cones in the past. Flocks of Bohemian Waxwings 
are also common in and around the city.
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario 
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[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings in Orillia

[ROBERT BOWLES]

There was a flock of over 100 Bohemian Waxwings in my backyard in Orillia 
today. Lots of Trumpeter Swans on the open water in Orillia and counts of up to 
500 last week in an area near Midland on Georgian Bay.  
 
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario
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Fw: [Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl - Orillia

[ROBERT BOWLES]

Hi All;
 
I can only echo Kyle remarks of please be good since we don't want this bird to 
end up like the bird did at this time last year east of Orillia. This bird has 
been in the area for the last four days hunting west of hwy 11 at Orillia on 
Harvie Settlement Road but moved to the east side of hwy 11 over the weekend. 
It was at the top of a large maple tree this morning near Esther Anne Drive 
east of hwy 11. Enjoy the bird and take photos from a distance but please do 
not use mice to bait the bird any closer to busy hwy 11 where it could get 
hit by a passing vehicle. 
 
Thanks,
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario


--- On Mon, 1/4/10, Kyle Horner kylejhor...@gmail.com wrote:


From: Kyle Horner kylejhor...@gmail.com
Subject: [Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl - Orillia
To: ONTBIRDS ontbirds@hwcn.org
Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 9:27 AM


Hello all,

Just to further Andrew Keaveney's post from yesterday, the Northern Hawk Owl
was still present this morning in Orillia.  It can be seen (a bit more
safely) from off the highway, as per the following directions.  This would
be an easy bird to pester - I watched it react to the noise of my camera
shutter from 200 feet away - so please be good!

Cheers,
Kyle

Directions - From Barrie, take HWY 11 north to Orillia.  Exit HWY 12
East/Old Barrie Road.  Cross over the highway and turn left on Old Barrie
Rd., then immediate right on Harvey Settlement Rd.  Travel about 0.5km.  The
bird was perched in the treetops between Harvey Settlement Rd. and HWY 11 -
we were able to observe it fairly closely from the parking lot of one of the
businesses on Harvey Settlement Rd.
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[Ontbirds] Carden Alvar CBC on Saturday, January 2, 2010

[ROBERT BOWLES]

Carden Alvar Christmas Bird Count January 2, 2010
 
The 12th annual Carden Alvar Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, January 
2, 2010. The day was cold and clear with temperatures from -21 0C to -17 0C. 
Most of the water was frozen with only a few patches of fast moving open water. 
A total of 12 field observers and 16 feeder watchers tallied a total of 30 
species of birds and 2281 individuals. They also counted 7 species of mammals 
and 81 individuals. All of Alvar Road and Wiley Road were covered by observers 
on foot and on skis but with few birds being observed. There were no new 
species of birds for the count but a new high total of 63 Common Ravens up from 
53 in 2003. There were no owls or gulls reported and low numbers of hawks and 
finches. Best birds were a red-winged blackbird and a red-bellied woodpecker 
both observed at feeders. 
American Black Duck – 2, Mallard – 5, Common Merganser – 2, Bald Eagle – 1, 
Sharp-shinned Hawk – 2, Red-tailed Hawk – 2, Ruffed Grouse – 5, Wild Turkey – 
59, Rock Pigeon – 28, Mourning Dove – 83, Downy Woodpecker – 23, Hairy 
Woodpecker – 40, Red-bellied Woodpecker – CW, Pileated Woodpecker – 2, Blue Jay 
– 150, American Crow – 63, Common Raven – 63, Black-capped Chickadee – 779, 
Red-breasted Nuthatch – 4, White-breasted Nuthatch – 30, Brown Creeper – 2, 
Golden-crowned Kinglet – 1, Northern Shrike – 3, European Starling – 61, 
Northern Cardinal – 5, American Tree Sparrow – 45, Dark-eyed Junco – 20, Snow 
Bunting – 422, Red-winged Blackbird – 1, Purple Finch – 4, American Goldfinch – 
374.
Thanks to everyone who took part in this interesting count this year.
Bob Bowles, compiler
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[Ontbirds] Results of the Carden Alvar CBC

[ROBERT BOWLES]

The 13th annual Carden Alvar Christmas Bird Count was held on Sunday, January 
2, 2011. There were 16 field observers and 8 feeder watchers recording species 
of birds and mammals in the count circle which is centered on Cameron Ranch and 
includes all of Carden Township to Sebright, Uphill, Corsons, west of Balsalm 
Lake, Bolsover and parts of Simcoe County. Seven teams reported 40 bird species 
and 3664 individuals. They also reported 8 mammal species and 132 individuals. 
New bird species for the count were a Brown Thrasher and a Northern Hawk Owl. 
New high counts were set for Bohemian Waxwings (728) and Cedar Waxwings (48). 
One Gray Jay was reported. This species was missed last year but there has been 
a family in the Carden area now more several years of up to four birds. There 
now appears to be only a single bird left. I have never seen as many Bohemian 
Waxwings in one day in this area up until the count this year. My team saw up 
to seven flocks of about 50-60 birds. They were observed flying down to eat the 
berries from the low Common Juniper bushes. Common Redpoll numbers have 
increase in the last two weeks in the area and the count recorded 300 Common 
Redpolls and 5 Hoary Redpolls. Also recorded were 128 Evening Grosbeaks and 13 
Pine Siskins. Pine Grosbeaks were not recorded for the count.
A Fisher was the only new mammal species recorded and a new high was set with 
28 gray phase Eastern Gray Squirrels. Black phase Eastern Gray Squirrels 
usually outnumber grey phases at a ratio of 8/1 but not this year. Also of 
interest were 3 Eastern Chipmunks which are usually not recorded on this count. 
One cutworm moth (noctuid) caterpillar was recorded on the count, a Large 
Yellow Underwing.
Thanks to members of the Carden Field Naturalists for organizing the food for 
the pot-luck dinner held after the count.
Bob Bowles
Compiler
 
P.S. – The Northern Hawk Owl and Brown Thrasher are still in the area for a 
winter list.  
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[Ontbirds] Carden Hawk Owl Dead

[ROBERT BOWLES]

The Northern Hawk Owl that was found during our Carden Alvar CBC on January 2, 
2011 has been hunting in the wetland near the junction of Road 46 from Simcoe 
and Road 6 from City Of Kawartha Lakes. Several birders have reported this bird 
this winter during the month of January and into February. This morning it was 
found dead on the side of the road between Avery Point Road and the junction 
where is was first reported. It had a Meadow Vole clutched in its right talon 
and had a broken left wing. We can only assume that it was hit by a passing 
vehicle as it hunted along the roadway. 
I know that the bird had been banded a few weeks early but this dead bird did 
not have any bands on either leg. 
For the last three years, a Northern Hawk Owl has been observed during winter 
each year just after Christmas in most cases near Orillia. All have ended up 
the same way being found dead after being hit by a passing vehicle. This bird 
had been observed a few weeks ago hunting near the road and flying low over the 
road barely being missed by passing cars. I was hoping that this one would make 
it through the winter to return north in the spring but it didn't make it. I 
wanted to let you know in case you were planning a trip up to look for the owl.
Other birding news from the area is that large flocks of Bohemian Waxwings can 
still be found in the area. This has certainly been the year of the waxwing for 
our area.
 
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario
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[Ontbirds] The Saga Of the Carden Alvar Northern Hawk Owl

[ROBERT BOWLES]

I posted that the Northern Hawk Owl that we have been watching at Carden since 
January 2, 2011 was found dead on the side of the road near where it has 
been observed hunting by several birders on the morning of Monday, February 14, 
2011. I had posted that I knew the owl had been banded but when I observed the 
dead owl on Monday afternoon there were no bands on either legs and no marks 
where a band had been. Either we had two birds or the owl removed the band???
 
The owl was banded on its left leg on Saturday, January 29th, a male SY bird 
behind the Warren farm. The dead owl was found less than 1 km east of this 
location with no bands. The bander informed me that northern hawk owls take a 
shorter height band of a strong alloy compared to the normal butt-end bands. He 
told me that there is no way the bird could have removed the band. So for two 
days I have been thinking about this situation. I know of only 5 Northern Hawk 
Owls in Southern Ontario this winter with no location even close to the Carden 
Alvar site so the odds of a second bird showing up in the same location as the 
first bird would be very high odds.
 
Today, I received a call from the local resident who found the dead hawk owl on 
Monday morning. He passes the site every day several times and has been 
watching the hawk owl all winter. He told me today that he observed the hawk 
owl in its usual location on top of a tree just up the road from where he found 
the dead hawk owl. Two hawk owls in the same location within one km of each 
other when there are few hawk owls in the area.
I told him that with those odds that he should stop in at Casino Rama which he 
also passes every day since the odds of winning big would be far greater than 
finding two different Northern Hawk Owl within 1 km of each other this winter. 
 
So the Northern Hawk Owl can still be seen at its usual location just south of 
Road 6 and 46 junction just east of Orillia near Lake Dalrymple.
 
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario
 
 
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Re: [Ontbirds] american avocet oshawa second marsh

[ROBERT BOWLES]

An American Avocet has just shown up in the flood fields east of Orillia. Don't 
know but it may be the same bird.
 
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario
 
 


 From: Craig McL. c...@sympatico.ca
To: Tyler Hoar th...@rogers.com; birdalert@ontbirds.ca 
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 1:52:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] american avocet oshawa second marsh
  

a number of birders looked for this bird this morning not seeing it goes behind 
the inland and disappears .. so be patent its there some wear .


Craig McLauchlan
- Original Message - From: Tyler Hoar th...@rogers.com
To: birdalert@ontbirds.ca
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:14 AM
Subject: [Ontbirds] american avocet oshawa second marsh


 
 Rayfield Pye and myself are currently looking at an american avocet on the 
 sandspit straight out from the gm platform 810am
 
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[Ontbirds] Gulls At the Orillia Landfill Site

[ROBERT BOWLES]

There were 21 Glaucous Gulls and 4 Iceland Gulls along with only 15 Great 
Back-backed Gulls among about 250 Herring Gulls at the Orillia Landfill Site 
today. The gulls would fly up every time one the three Bald Eagles at the site 
would take to the air. It was interesting to be able to study all four year 
plumages of the Glaucous Gulls at close range. Most of the Iceland Gulls were 
either first or second year birds. There was also a Belted Kingfisher, Hooded 
Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, American Black Ducks and 
Mallards in Mill Creek at the entrance to the landfill. Only a few Trumpeter 
Swans at the south end of Lake Couchiching at the Narrows. There are four dozen 
swans at the north end at Washago. 
There have been a total of six Bald Eagles around the Narrows in Atherley on 
the east side of the City Of Orillia this week. 
The Orillia Landfill Site is at the end of Kitchener Street off West Street in 
South Orillia on the shores of Lake Simcoe.

Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario



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Re: [Ontbirds] Western Grebe- Midland

[ROBERT BOWLES]

The bird was still at the park area today at 2:00 p.m. and at one point closer 
to shore.
Bob Bowles 

On Monday, December 5, 2016 10:45 AM, David Szmyr 
 wrote:
 

 The Western Grebe is still present off of Midland Bay Landing Park (288 
Bayshore Drive). It was swimming between 50-75 meters offshore of the park and 
occasionally diving but not straying far.

It did start to slowly drift eastward before I left so checking the Harbour may 
not be a bad idea either.

288 Bayshore Drive can be reached by exiting North off of Highway 12 onto 
Willian Street in Midland and following it until you reach the park.

Directions as per Burke's previous post for the Harbour.

The harbour is on the north side of the intersection of King St. and Bayshore 
Drive in Midland, Simcoe County on the Georgian Bay coast. There is free 
parking at the Park and harbour.

Cheers and good birding,

Dave Szmyr

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Re: [Ontbirds] American Avocet, Brant - Bracebridge Lagoons

[ROBERT BOWLES via ONTBIRDS]

The bird was still there at 3:00 p.m. today but being flushed often. I was able 
to watch it flying over the cell with my spotting scope set up out of the rain 
under the shelter of the observation deck at the brow of the hill.
Bob BowlesOrillia
 

On Monday, October 30, 2017 11:11 AM, Barbara Taylor via ONTBIRDS 
 wrote:
 

 As of 10:30 a.m. this morning, Oct. 30, the Avocet was still in cell 2, but no 
Brant.  Note that conditions have changed dramatically since yesterday.  The 
south beach in cell 2 is shrinking rapidly as they are refilling the cell and 
there is a strong northwest wind.  Also, a very large waste truck was making 
multiple trips along the middle road, flushing all the birds each time it 
passed.  The Avocet kept returning to the south end of cell 2, but many of the 
ducks headed off to the southwest.

Could be seen from viewing stand at Kerr Park with scope (if bird not too close 
to north shore), or near middle intersection of main three cells if enter via 
Lagoon Lane.  You do not need a permit to enter the Lagoons on foot.  The 
Lagoon Lane gate is left open for Sewage Truck access only...please don't drive 
through and don't park too close to the gate as some of the trucks need to make 
a wide turn.


directions:

From Toronto take Hwy. 400 north to Hwy. 11 north.  Take southern exit into 
Bracebridge from Hwy. 11 at Hwy. 118. Turn left onto Hwy. 118W.  Turn left onto 
Lagoon Lane by Seasons in the Country.  (or can go to Kerr Park and enter 
lagoons from there - see google maps)


Map of the Lagoons cell layout can be found in my posts on the Muskoka Bird 
Board:  http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?user=MuskokaBirdBoard




Barbara Taylor
(Bracebridge)



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