This afternoon at 2:30 we had excellent views of the Cattle Egret that was found July 22nd.
It was sitting on the edge of a little pond behind the house on the west side of King Road, just north of Regional Road 3. Cattle are in the field south of this little pond. Rock Point P. P. is on the north shore of Lake Erie, east of Dunnville. King Road runs from Rymer Road to Regional Road 3. Good luck. Dennis & Gwen Lewington Dennis & Gwen Lewington Stoney Creek, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 29 07:44:33 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from simmts6-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts6.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.164]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1264882A for <[email protected]>; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:44:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from your6bvpxyztoq ([67.70.117.182]) by simmts6-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:55:59 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "David McNorton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:56:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]singing Screech Owl, Windsor X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:44:34 -0000 Yesterday (July 28) at 1 p.m., in the middle of a sunny afternoon, an Eastern Screech Owl began to sing the "whinny" song at about 10 second intervals, going on for about 5 minutes. It was doing a rather poor job, with the whinny barely descending in tone. It was followed by one run of the "toot toot toot" call, this time done by the book (or the CD-ROM). We have a resident Screech Owl in the neighbourhood, but it has never sung at mid-day. I really don't think it was a birder testing his new talents - any person would have given up long before the owl did. My question is: could this be a recently independent first-year male setting up a territory? If the behaviour is repeated, I'll inform ONTBIRDS. My address is 929 St. Louis Ave., Windsor. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 29 15:11:18 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from simmts6-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts6.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.164]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9851848519 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:11:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from RicksNotebook.sympatico.ca ([69.156.7.94]) by simmts6-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:22:47 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:21:23 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Rick Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Eared Grebe - Exeter - Still X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:11:19 -0000 The Eared Grebe continues to be seen at the Exeter lagoons. From mid-neck down, it is now in non-breeding plumage but the head still retains a vestige of it's former glory. The peak still remains on the top of the head and some yellow breeding plumes continue to be visible on the still solidly black head. The bird was in the middle cell today. As well, there was Black Duck, RingNecked, Am Widgeon, Ruddy, Coot, Pied Billed and ever increasing numbers of Cormorants and Great Blue Herons. The usual shorebirds to be expected are present. Exeter lagoons are a mile and a quarter to the west of the intersection of highways 4 and 83 approximately 30 miles north of London in Exeter. Turn south at the cemetery which is Airport Line road and drive to the second gate on the left. Park without blocking the entrance and walk in. Just a reminder that you are required to possess and display on your dashboard an annual permit that is obtained at the town office during business hours at no cost. Town office is at the intersection of Main St and Sanders St. Good Birding.. Rick Thornton
