Black-headed Gull at Hillman Marsh: Late this afternoon I found an adult Black-headed Gull feeding in a field with hundreds of other gulls at Coterie Park. Coterie Park refers to the lakeshore just north of NE Hillman Marsh (as one drives towards Wheatley Harbour). The birds can viewed by looking between the houses on the west side of the road; the same field can also be accessed from other concession roads.
The bird was easy to pick out since it had a full hood, compared to the Bonaparte's Gulls that are still >95% in winter plumage. There was also an adult Little Gull in the same field, which has been around since March 24. A few shorebirds recently: March 21 -- Greater Yellowlegs (1) S of Kopegaron Woods March 26 -- Lesser Yellowlegs (1) along North Dike Road March 27 -- Dunlin (1) at NW Hillman Marsh 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] Sat Mar 27 19:45:02 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA8B47E5F for <[email protected]>; Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:45:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from mainoffice (d141-159-105.home.cgocable.net [24.141.159.105]) by fep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A29506754 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:51:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:52:39 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: [Ontbirds] Algonquin Park - March 27th X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 00:45:02 -0000 Today a group of 9 birders from the Hamilton/Burlington area descended on Algonquin Park and had a very successful day. Here are the highlights: Barred Owl - at side of the road at the west entrance to the park Ruffed Grouse - side of Hwy 60 & Visitors Centre Spruce Grouse - Spruce Bog Trail - 1 male 25 ft away Boreal Chickadee - Spruce Bog Trail - several Northern Shrike - KM 23 Snow Bunting - Visitors Centre Hoary Redpoll - Visitors Centre Gray Jay - several places Bald Eagle - 1 juvenile Sunday Creek (carcass) American Robin - probably a migrant Missed - Black-backed Woodpecker - seen at km 8 Pine Grosbeaks - 6 still coming in to West Entrance feeders Mammals Seen Wolf - Back of Nature Centre walking on ice Beaver - 2 Opeongo Road Otter - Arowhon Road Snowshoe Hare - Opeongo Road Red Fox - Hwy 60 White-tailed Deer - Hwy 60 Thanks to Ron Tozer for suggesting some spots. We did fulfill our promise to him and found a grackle at the nature centre feeders. Cheers Cheryl Edgecombe
