The Painted Bunting is still coming faithfully to the same feeder in the Hidden Valley campground. Up until noon today, it has been seen about 5 times. I think the longest anyone has had to wait is about 1 hour.
Directions to the Hidden Valley campground are: Highway 24 south through Simcoe, bearing west around the curve at Young's Creek. Travel west on 24 to Regional Rd. 10. Turn south (left from the east, right from the west) towards Turkey Pt. Travel south past 2 concessions and the entrance to Turkey Pt Provincial Park (on the left). Just south of the entrance to the provincial park, turn east (left) on the Front Rd. (I don't think it is signed but I believe there is a sign pointing left to Normandale). Travel 2.2 kms. east as the Front Rd winds through the forest and then down the hill into Normandale. Near the bottom of the hill you will come to Moles Road on the north (left) side that bears diagonally back to the northwest. Turn left on this road and travel to the second driveway on the right (200 metres). This is the well signed entrance to the Hidden Valley campground. Drive down this long driveway to the main office and park in the parking area on the left side of the office. Remember to check in at the office and pay the parking fee. To the left of the office and public parking is the main driveway into the campground itself. After leaving the office, walk around the yellow traffic gate. Walking up this driveway, you will come almost immediately to a brown washroom building on the right. Just past this building, the driveway splits. Bearing right at this split, the bird is coming to the hanging feeder at the first trailer on the right past the washrooms. These feeders are best viewed from the vicintiy of the washrooms. Ron Ridout Bird Studies Canada P.O. Box 160 115 Front St. Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0 Phone: W:519-586-3531 Fax: 519-586-3532 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Aug 7 13:13:40 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bureau8.utcc.utoronto.ca (bureau8.utcc.utoronto.ca [128.100.132.18]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A37CA4817D for <[email protected]>; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:13:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from log3.in.utoronto.ca ([128.100.100.195] EHLO log3.in.utoronto.ca ident: IDENT-NOT-QUERIED [port 35424]) by bureau8.utcc.utoronto.ca with ESMTP id <25010-6515>; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:26:32 -0400 Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:26:20 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Margaret Bain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]Scissor-tailed Flycatcher near Port Hope In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Ontbirds <[email protected]> X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 17:13:41 -0000 As of 12:30 pm Saturday, the scissor-tailed flycatcher had not been seen, HOWEVER, the area is quiet and overcast, with very little wind, so the flycatcher could still be in the area. A peregrine falcon was spotted on the nearby Hydro building. As I drove east on Lakeshore Road (which eventually joins up with the main street (Walton Street)in Port Hope, there were excellent closeup views of two red-tailed hawks sitting on the top of two different hydro poles. Don Davis Toronto, ON On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Margaret Bain wrote: > A beautiful adult Scissor-tailed Flycatcher has been hunting over a field > south of the junction of Wesleyville and Lakeshore Roads west of Port Hope > since about midday today, Friday August 6th. The address is 3155 Lakeshore > Road, the first house east of Wesleyville Road where it ends at the > Wesleyville Generating Station. The bird has been seen on the tops of small > bushes and also on the wire fence separating this private property from the > Generating Station grounds. The property owner requests that birders park on > Lakeshore Road and view from there. > > Directions: > >From Hwy.401 exit south at Wesleyville Road, Exit 456. Go south about 2km to > the flashing lights at the T-junction of Wesleyville Road with east-west > Lakeshore Road. Turn east about 50 metres to park. The bird is on the south > side of the road. > > Margaret Bain > Cobourg > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
