Today at St. Clair NWA the following were scene: Black-bellied Plover 350-400 American Golden-Plover 25 Pectoral Sandpiper 250 Dunlin 30 Yellow-headed blackbird
The shorebirds were in the fields 1/2 east of the entrance to the refuge. At Wheatly Harbor 10 Willets flew in from the lake to the beach east of the habor at 12:15. Pt.Pelee A Cerulean Warbler was outside of the nature center at 5 PM along with a mix flock of warblers including Pine and Black-throated Green warblers. There is a great mix of birds at Pelee - everthing from Purple Finches (2 females along the Woodland Trail) to all five swallows along the east beach at the tip. Total birds seen 105 species. Scott Shaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 27 23:38:00 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7943548731 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:38:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ofo.ca (trt-on66-083.dial.allstream.net [142.154.104.83]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with ESMTP id B30DF60F5 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:38:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:41:12 -0400 From: Mark Cranford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds] Reporting Breeding Birds X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:38:00 -0000 ONTBIRDers should be aware of the potential dangers of reporting the location of rare or endangered birds on breeding territories. None of us wants to be responsible for causing a rare bird to abandon a nest or breeding attempt because of disturbance. Please do not report endangered species on a breeding territory unless the following criteria are met: The bird can be seen * from a public location (roadside, established path or trail in a conservation area or park or similar); * at a safe distance for the birds (at least 20m/ 60ft); and * Safely for the watchers (eg. roadsides must have shoulders wide enough to accommodate cars and people without making them vulnerable to oncoming traffic, etc.). If the bird can be seen at a safe distance but only by entering or crossing private property do not report to ONTBIRDS unless the property owner has given explicit permission for birders to visit. If in doubt, please ask the ONTBIRDS Coordinator before posting. On the other hand, monitoring agencies such as Bird Studies Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Service do need to know about rare birds on breeding territory. If a sighting does not meet the criteria above, a private report to the ONTBIRDS Coordinator will be forwarded to them. --- Mark Cranford Ontbirds Coordinator Mississauga, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
