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If you have additional questions, difficulties or concerns about ONTBIRDS direct them to the coordinator (yours truly) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wish I was in Ottawa.... --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 1 18:24:26 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from m7.nyc.untd.com (m7.nyc.untd.com [64.136.22.70]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BF4B48769 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:24:25 -0400 (EDT) X-UNTD-OriginStamp: +I4zx4PQdguu3tHbbJmamthWtp3GVESX1Rn3Nf+ioBKw/7gnCAPksA== Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by m7.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id JW3T7PRU; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 15:26:34 PDT To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:25:38 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 1-2,6-7,11-14,21,24-25,32-33,36-37,40-44 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 From: Alan Wormington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Possible Reddish Egret at Point Pelee X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 22:24:26 -0000 Tom Hurst (who works at Pelee Wings) provided an excellent description of what sounds like an immature (one-year-old) Reddish Egret. He saw the bird in the flooded field along Concession Road D, late yesterday (May 31) from about 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Not knowing about his sighting, I was also there at about 7:30 p.m. but did not see anything out of the ordinary. All week there has been two Great Egrets feeding in this field, along with about a dozen Great Blue Herons. Tom also saw the two Great Egrets, plus the abberant third individual. When I was there, the two Great Egrets were still present. Part of his description is as follows: ". . . an Egret with white plumage, a large black bill, black legs, black feet and grey almost black lores. For the first 30 minutes the bill appeared completely black with a slightly lighter tip shading to light bone. Before I left, however, I noticed pale yellow markings on the margins of the bill opening. The bird was noticeably shorter (by a few inches) than the two Great Egrets that walked by it but the difference was not dramatic (ie. snowy vs. great). The egret's long neck was shaped just like that of a Great Egret when at rest but when extended, the neck's feathers seemed to give the neck a slight ruffled or cork screw appearance . . . " During the observation he concluded that the bird was probably an odd Great Egret, since it did not seem to match the Reddish Egrets he had seen down south (that is, adult birds which have pink-based bills). However, after he returned home and looked at Sibley, he realized that what he saw matched a one-year-old Reddish Egret (which does not have a pink-based bill). His notation of dark gray lores is also very suggestive of Reddish Egret. Thought this information should be put out, since the bird could still be in the area. Anyone birding in the Point Pelee--Hillman Marsh--Wheatley Harbour area should carefully check any white herons that they encounter. Note that there is one prior record of Reddish Egret in the Great Lakes Region -- about a decade (?) ago one was found at Point Moullie (spelling?), which is on Lake Erie just south of Detroit. 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] Tue Jun 1 19:50:53 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from pd3mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8953747C98 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:50:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pd2mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.8]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [email protected]; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:51:22 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.149]) by pd2mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [email protected]; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:51:22 -0600 (MDT) Received: from j9c4r7 (S010600b0d01775e9.tb.shawcable.net [24.78.26.204]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [email protected]; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:51:22 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:51:13 -0400 From: Nicholas Escott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds <[email protected]> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:50:53 -0000 There is a male hybrid Bullock's/ Baltimore Oriole coming to feeders at Pearl for the past 5 days. It is mostly Bullock's and would be a pure Bullock's except for a black cheek patch instead of a thin black line through the eye. directions: it is at 126 Pearl Road #5, about the fourth house on the right south of the Trans-Canada Highway 11/17. Pearl is between Thunder Bay and Nipigon. Nick Escott 650 Alice Ave. Thunder Bay ON P7G 1W9 345-7122 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 1 23:15:01 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts5.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A4E0486D3 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:15:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from xbmn9zoldhk0f7 ([64.229.96.135]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:17:37 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Ronald Scovell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:17:48 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Lazuli Bunting X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 03:15:01 -0000 Tuesday June 1st When we left Ottawa at 4:30, the Lazuli Bunting had not been seen today. Ron Scovell From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jun 2 00:27:04 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 631184817A for <[email protected]>; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 00:27:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from penfoldlhvhxk0 ([67.71.29.136]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 00:29:41 -0400 From: "Helen and Mike Penfold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 00:29:40 -0400 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 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: [Ontbirds]Black-necked Stilt at Jarvis Sewage Lagoons X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 04:27:04 -0000 My wife and I had optimal scope views of a Black-necked Stilt from about 1:50-2:10 this afternoon, mostly feeding in the southeast corner of the north cell. Shortly after this we watched a pair of Wilson's Phalaropes for about fifteen minutes in the northwest corner of the same cell. Directions: >From the traffic lights at the intersection of Highways 6 and 3 in Jarvis, east on Highway 3 (Talbot Street East). Just past John Street (the second street from the traffic lights on the south side of Talbot), there is a gravel road entrance between signs for the Wabisa Mutual Insurance Co. and the Jarvis Car Wash -- turn south on this road. Follow this eventual dirt road until it deadends, placing you at the middle of the two cells, which are close to the road on the east side. There are excellent scope views of both cells from the end of the dike at this position, while the northwest corner of the north cell is well viewed across the gate beside the road at the north end of this cell. Mike and Helen Penfold Owen Sound, Ontario
