I saw a Willet land towards the back of the left hand cell about as far from the road (Eastport drive) as it could get. The time was 8:30 pm, a torrential downpour ensued as we were throwing up a scope resulting in no one else from our party seeing the bird. Our unofficial total for the day our Baillie Birdathon supporting the Ontario Field Ornithologists was 137. Highlights included Red-headed Woodpecker at the dayuse parking area of Long Point Provincial Park, Sandhill Cranes in Big Creeek Marsh, Prairie Warbler at E1/4 Line and Conc 6 and Wilson's Phalarope at Jarvis Sewage Lagoons.
Willet Directions from Toronto: Take QEW to QEW Niagara. At the exit to QEW Niagara you will see a sign for Eastport Drive. Get onto Eastport Drive and it will wind its way around and over the Burlington Lift Bridge. Continue to follow Eastport Drive past the first Tollgate Pond (large square pond on right) and just east of this there will be a muddy area where they are filling in the pond that was there. I was seeing the bird up against the berm of rubble at the back of the pond (parallel to the road). --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 22 23:14:17 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.73]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5154648DF2 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 22 May 2004 23:14:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([24.42.12.55]) by fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.comESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sat, 22 May 2004 23:15:19 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0.6 Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 23:14:18 -0400 From: Wayne Renaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH LOGIN at fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com from [24.42.12.55] using ID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Sat, 22 May 2004 23:15:19 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]Migrant fall-out at Rattray Marsh, Mississauga. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 03:14:17 -0000 I birded the woods adjacent to Rattray marsh this morning between 9:30 and 11:30 am. Likely the approaching weather system pushed the migrants in a massive wave and concentrated them in the woods which were literally treaming with thousands of passerines, mainly Red-eyed and Warbler Vireos (a few Yellow-throated and White-eyed); flycatchers (mainly Leasts but one Olive-sided); and 20 species of Warblers including 2 Golden-winged, 1 Blue-winged and a female Hooded. A male Summer Tanager in late eclipse plumage was also found and a Least Bittern was heard from the peninsula boardwalk lookout. The main areas of concentration were located along the walkway south of Bexhill Road to the Marsh, the adjacent boardwalk to the lake, and the secondary trail that leads up the hill about 100 yds. nw of the watertower and near the termus of Boardwalk trail that surrounds the 'knoll'. Rattay Marsh can be best most easily be accessed from the south end Bexhill Road off Lakeshore Boulevard about 0.5 km west of Erin Mills Parkway (just east of Clarkson). Wayne Renaud. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 23 09:49:59 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from simmts7-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts7.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.165]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46C1B47F54 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 23 May 2004 09:49:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Jeeves ([64.229.69.149]) by simmts7-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 23 May 2004 09:51:05 -0400 From: "Robert Carswell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 09:50:56 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: [Ontbirds] Yellow-B. Flyc., Canada and Mourning Warb., Cedarvale Ravine, Toronto X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 13:49:59 -0000 Two Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, four Canada Warblers and a Mourning = Warbler were in the Cedarvale Ravine this morning. The Cedarvale Ravine runs from Tichester Road north and west, under = Bathurst Street, and widening into Cedarvale Park. You can enter at several = spots, including Strathearn Road. Bob Carswell=20
