Hello all I had a telephone call last night from Blayne Farnan who spent time yesterday at the Jarvis Sewage Ponds looking for the Black-necked Stilts. He did not see the birds in the hour he was there, but told me that the grass around the entire area of the sewage ponds was being cut by a man on a large riding lawnmower.
While he did not have time to go and look, Blayne wondered if perhaps the birds may have returned to the Townsend's Sewage Ponds where John Keenlyside and Dan Salisbury originally found them on May 19th. Anyone passing this area, perhaps on their way to Long Point, might want to check out the Townsend's ponds. Cheers. Kayo Kayo Roy 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON. L0S 1E3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Sutherland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]black-necked stilts @ Jarvis On Friday June 4th (@1200-1300h), while en route back to Peterborough from the Long Point area, I stopped in to the Jarvis lagoons to have look for the stilts. There were a number of people present when I arrived and some of them, having already seen one of the stilts 10-minutes or so earlier, were departing. Several of us waited at the south end of the southernmost cell for a half-hour or more, but no stilts appeared. Shortly thereafter alarm calls could be heard and both stilts were spotted several hundred metres east-northeast of the lagoons. Both birds were clearly in a state of high agitation and were focussing their attention on some hidden intruder, as they made frequently low passes over a corn field, circling and calling excitedly. As we watched a person appeared from the screen of trees. This person, armed with a clear plexiglas parabolic microphone, was evidently the object of the stilts' attention. As it was clear that the stilts would not be returning to the lagoons any time soon, in disgust those of us remaining returned to our cars. Fifteen or 20 minutes later, returning along the lane back toward the carwash I passed a blue, subcompact North American car parked in the shade along the edge of the track. Sitting in the front seat was the same person we'd seen out in the field armed with the parabola. It seems to me that, intent on recording the alarm calls of the stilts, the thoughtless actions of this person may have resulted in the failure of this nest. Don Sutherland Peterborough, ON ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 5:02 PM Subject: [Ontbirds]black-necked stilts @ Jarvis > It appears the stilts have left as two recent visits to the lagoon area > turned up no trace except part of an egg shell in the corn field where > they laid their eggs. Did they take their chicks to a new location or > did something eat their eggs causing them to vacate the area ? If anyone > has seen the stilts recently would they please e-mail me with the date > or any other pertinent data?This is my atlass square but also I am to > report whatever I find out to the land owner & the ROM.Thanks > Barry Jones R.R.#5, Simcoe, On > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 519 4266043 > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS mailing list > [email protected] > To join or leave ONTBIRDS visit > http://mailman.hwcn.org/mailman/listinfo/ontbirds > ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] To join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://mailman.hwcn.org/mailman/listinfo/ontbirds ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
