At 8:30 a.m.. Thursday March 18, 2004, this is the Hamilton Naturalists Club
Birding Report:
BARROWS GOLDENEYE
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL
Horned Grebe
Tundra Swan
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red tailed Hawk (Albino)
Rough-legged Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Siskin
It is clear this week that winter is not quite finished with us yet. Early
migrants scramble to look for food and it is
wise to keep those feeders well stocked right into April as insects are scarce,
berries have been picked over and any
seeds available have been covered.
The BARROWS GOLDENEYE continues to be a regular off of LaSalle Marina. It has
generally been seen to the west of the
Marina in with Common Goldeneye. The last report was Tuesday. Canvasback and
Ring-necked Ducks also are present here.
Flocks of Tundra Swans continue to be seen over Dundas and elsewhere.
A Horned Grebe was seen on Wednesday in the Desjardins Canal, a first sighting
reported for this location for the
spring.
AMERICAN WOODCOCK (2) were flushed this week on the North Shore of Cootes
Paradise in the area near Raspberry House.
This is a species which will have a hard time surviving with the current
weather conditions.
The Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch has been slow this week but continues to report
Turkey Vulture, Red-shouldered Hawk,
Rough-legged Hawk, Coopers Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk and Merlin this week. Of
note, an Albino Red-tailed Hawk was
spotted soaring over Patterson tract south of Rockon. It was almost entirely
white with a few scattered Dark Feathers
in the wings and Back, a faint dark breast and a pale red tail. Quite the
sight Im sure. Two Red-shouldered hawks
were also seen in the area of Shell Park.
A LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL was seen last Saturday off of Woodland Cemetery
sitting on the ice in the bay. Also present
was 1 Iceland Gull and several Glaucous Gulls.
Woodpeckers seem to be plentiful. A Red-bellied Woodpecker was seen in Shell
Park along with 4 Hairy Woodpeckers and 12
Downy Woodpeckers.
Last but not least a Yellow-rumped Warbler was reported from Patterson Tract
which is on Concession 4 west of Woodhill
Road. There may have been a couple which overwintered here. Pine Siskins have
also been seen in some flocks this week
perhaps moving northward.
With rain and warmer weather in the forecast this weekend, lets hope this mess
is behind us although I suspect we are
not totally out of the woods.
Have a great week
Good birding
Cheryl Edgecombe
(from a remote location, that's why this is early today)
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 18 15:19:04 2004
Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Received: from james.hwcn.org (james.hwcn.org [199.212.94.66])
by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0564447CA8
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:19:04 -0500 (EST)
Received: from cathy.bmts.com (cathy.bmts.com [216.183.128.202])
by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA09782
for <[email protected]>; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:24:19 -0500 (EST)
Received: from carlson (cheetah-tiv-ppp966.bmts.com [216.183.134.188])
by cathy.bmts.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i2IHhhrd013687
for <[email protected]>; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:44:00 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Cindy Cartwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:31:04 -0500
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 6.00.2800.1158
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
Subject: [Ontbirds] more Lambton swan information
X-BeenThere: [email protected]
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:19:04 -0000
In responding to my request yesterday looking for information about radio
collared swans, one person mentioned that birders should be reporting swans
with neck collars. There was a swan in the field south of Greenway Road
with a grey neck collar with black letters and numbers. Apparently this is
a collar from North Carolina. Unfortunately I couldn't read the collar with
my scope on highest power. If any other birders see this swan, please try
to read the collar and notify Ron Ridout or Scott Petrie at BSC. I would
appreciate it if you would also share the information with me (just for
personal interest).
Thanks,
Cindy Cartwright
