Hawk Cliff Events 2004 - HCF Annual General Meeting
This coming Saturday September 18, 2004 join us for the HCF Annual General
Meeting with guest speaker Clay Sutton. He's a well known authority on the
subject of birds and has been involved with the New Jersey Audubon Society
and HMANA.
Date: Saturday Sep. 18, 2004
Time: 5:00 PM - Social Hour 6:00 PM - Dinner
Cost: $ 25 / Person
Place: Odd Fellows & Rebekahs Temple
54 Moore St. St. Thomas, Ontario
IF you're interested in getting/reserving Tickets please Call / Email:
Tom Bolohan (519) 668-2395 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Brown (519) 348-8150 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Clay will be doing a presentation on: "HOW TO SPOT HAWKS & EAGLES"
In Clay's program, he'll share the excitement of fall at Cape May and
stories of migration at many other hotspots he has been privileged to visit,
such as Santa Ana NWR in Texas; Duluth, Minnesota; and Hawk Mountain,
Pennsylvania. "HOW TO SPOT HAWKS & EAGLES" is a slide program based on Clay
and Pat's recent book of the same name, and will cover raptor basics,
finding hawks and eagles both near and far, and when and where to go.
Through the slide program Clay Sutton will relate the fascination of
hawkwatching and convey the excitement of searching for, studying, and
enjoying our spectacular birds of prey.
You can even come out earlier through the day on Saturday to Hawk Cliff
itself (just east of Port Stanley) and perhaps get to see (if the weather's
right) a nice flight of raptors. For more info on Hawk Cliff check out our
website at http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm
Thanks,
Dave J Brown
Secretary / Webmaster
Hawk Cliff Foundation
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Black Tern, American Pipit at Presqu'ile
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Greetings all,
I did a quick check of the Presqu'ile beach this morning. Highlights
were a juv. Black Tern off Beach 2 (my first in the park in three years!
- they have become very scarce since local breeding ceased in the mid
90's) and a bright juv. American Pipit on B3. Shorebirds numbered
several hundred, mostly along the shore of Beach 3 and 4, but saw
nothing unusual. The most interesting birds were 5 juv. Black-bellied
Plovers - my first juv's of the year, 6j Bairds, and an adult Semi
Sandpiper. There are several hundred Bonies along with a handful of
Common Terns working fish schools offshore from the beach. I spent some
time on the flocks this morning and found the Black Tern but no other
goodies, although it's a promising set-up for good gulls or jaegers. I
was wrong about the algae mounds reported yesterday. They were actually
recently collected piles of algae and have now been dumped in the main
pile at the back of Beach 4. I was puzzled however to see the front-end
loader collecting all algae from the shore of the raked beach this
morning - an activity which is supposed to stop after Labour Day. Since
the shore of Beach 3 has been the main "hotspot" for waders this fall,
removing the algae from this area may have detrimental consequences for
shorebirding later this fall.
Cheers,
Doug McRae
Directions: Exit Hwy. 401 at Brighton and follow the road south into
Brighton. From there watch for and follow the Provincial Park signs to
Presqu'ile.
