BLACK TERNS are nesting at the Frink Centre. Today, Friday, June 4 at 8:30 am and again when I returned at 10 am I saw a black tern feeding on the right hand side of the boardwalk just as you enter the wetlands and then head for a nesting area about 20 yards off the last viewing platform on the far side of the wetlands. Both times the tern hovered over the nesting area with wing a-flutter and a mewing sound before descending straight down. (Note - this is the area the Least Bitterns frequented last year.) Today, Friday, the boardwalk also provided close-up views of Blanding's turtles, a VIRGINIA RAIL crossing the boardwalk just in front of me and a PIED BILLED GREBE near the first turn in the boardwalk.
DIRECTIONS: North from 401 at Belleville on HWY 37 about 5 minutes to Thrasher Road (just after blue J R Frink Centre sign). East 2 kilometres to HR Frink Centre. Park on South side and take short Horsetail trail to WEB (Wetland Ecology Boardwalk). Follow boardwalk to far side, enter cedars, walk through cedars a few minutes to first turn left to viewing paltform. There is an "American Bittern" information board on the right-hand side of the viewing platform and for a "Wood Duck" on the left. The black tern was landing just out from the American Bittern noticeboard. Cheryl Mound RR4 Stirling From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jun 5 13:02:45 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A93483CB for <[email protected]>; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:02:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from MargaretCatto ([64.231.143.95]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:05:55 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "John and Margaret Catto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:05:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Toronto Harlequin Duck X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 17:02:45 -0000 Hello Ontbirders - At Humber Bay Park East this morning a group of Toronto Field Naturalists identified an immature male harlequin duck. The bird was seen in good light as it dove and surfaced in the open bay in front of us. The bird's head appeared very dark, and showed two clear white marks with a hint of a third at the neck, and some white in the primaries. Still present at 12.15, by then at the north side of the bay close to the condominium buildings northeast of the park entrance. Other birds seen were willow flycatchers, 2 male scaup sp., common goldeneye pair, female hooded merganser with 2 young. Humber Bay Park East is at the foot of Park Lawn Road and Lakeshore Road West, on the Toronto waterfront. Margaret Catto 294 Bessborough Drive, Toronto, Ontario, M4G 3L1 Phone: 416-485-5188 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jun 5 13:48:05 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 2B17548068 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:48:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from D92F1Y11 ([216.209.111.7]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:51:15 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Stephen O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:47:16 -0400 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 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2739.300 Subject: [Ontbirds]NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Stephen O'Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 17:48:05 -0000 Greetings all! This morning at 10:00am at the Sundridge/Joly Arena I saw a male NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. The bird was singing and flying about the pines near the historical log cabin. The arena is on the SW corner of Hwy 11 and Albert Street N. in Sundridge, ON. Yours in birding, Stephen O'Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
