My self and others looked in vane with No luck this morning! Not to say that it is not their and it might have shown up 5 mints after I left ( that wood be my luck as with the other W-W-Doves I have gone looking for ) but as of 1:00 pm it was not seen . Shell Park is located on Lakeshore Road in between Burloak and Bronte Road in Oakville. Craig & Bev McLauchlan Toronto, Ont, Canada, World From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 16 15:34:59 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from m7.nyc.untd.com (m7.nyc.untd.com [64.136.22.70]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A1B749236 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:34:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from m7.nyc.untd.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by m7.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABAWV44AA2UJWWA for <[email protected]> (sender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:36:32 -0700 (PDT) X-UNTD-OriginStamp: +I4zx4PQdguu3tHbbJmampzg/UVQwAnm7D2xZGM6onOl/x0vrQQYrw== Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by m7.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id J7N2YSKS; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:36:16 PDT To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:34:37 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 6-7,11-17 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 From: Alan Wormington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-ContentStamp: 6:3:1218874339 X-MAIL-INFO: 31af775e1e7733cb1a2ada0f2a135763df4ac38a5bfe6bdfc3c7de8af38ac7ee8b6ea36b0ff34ef3ae8e7b0f7fd7aefea383a3b3e7cf1b0f7feb3ebebeaa9ff7aaabafd33a9ad39adfdf2e4ee387ba3f63774e879f3ebaefba9f1a8b8b0b6b1e0ba3c79e57ce9ece0fc3d77a6eebe77febfefee77b7b037b5bde93ca274e0e028f1fa78f3e3e1ffbfb87 Subject: [Ontbirds]... Long-tailed Jaeger at Point Pelee X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:34:59 -0000
A juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger was at the Tip of Point Pelee this morning. At the time there was a stiff SW wind (the best direction for our area). Luckily I first spotted the bird well up the west side and was able to watch it for 10+ minutes as it lazily made its way south to the Tip before vearing off to the east and out to sea. It was an excellent opportunity to study the species' flight style, which is quite different from other jaegers. As for plumage it was an intermediate-morph juvenile, and looked essentially identical to the photo recently posted on the OFO web site by Branden Holden (of a Long-tailed Jaeger present at Hamilton on September 5): http://www.ofo.ca/photos/vanwagner/holden/ Alan Wormington, Leamington ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 16 16:23:31 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE85348AFF for <[email protected]>; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:23:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 15565 invoked by uid 525); 16 Sep 2004 20:17:32 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 16 Sep 2004 04:09:32 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (16 Sep 2004) 46 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:23:31 -0000 Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 5 5 Osprey 3 40 40 Bald Eagle 2 9 9 Northern Harrier 3 92 92 Sharp-shinned Hawk 26 1090 1090 Cooper's Hawk 0 10 10 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 115 115 Red-tailed Hawk 0 18 18 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 273 273 Merlin 7 21 21 Peregrine Falcon 1 3 3 Unknown 0 6 6 Total: 46 1682 1682 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Bob Hall-Brooks Observers: Chuck Gossel, Esther Gossel, Sylvia Telasco, Wayne Telasco Visitors: Visitors from New York state, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, and Owen Sound, Ontario made the day entertaining in between the migrating birds. Weather: A little bit of everything today. We had a thunderstorm, drizzle, cloud and sunny conditions. Strong winds tapered off to light winds, all from the south. Temperatures ranged from comfortable (22) to hot and humid (29). Observations: Only 45 raptors were seen today, but included migrating Bald Eagles (seen at the same time as our five residents), a Peregrine Faclon and six Merlins. No Broad-winged hawks were seen. The Least Bittern continues to wow visitors. Passerine migration included 604 American Goldfinch, 124 Cedar Waxwing, and 77 Chimney Swift. Shorebirds included 29 Kildeer, a Semi-Palmated Plover, and a Yellowlegs SP.The hummingbird count was ten for today from the Tower. Predictions: I heard a rumour of northerly winds overnight tonight. Could be good tomorrow. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Hall-Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Information on southern Ontario's hawk migration and the Holiday Beach Conservation Area site ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Southwestern Ontario is largely an area of flat, featureless farmland. There are only two geographic features of note in the region. One is the proximity of the Great lakes, which influence bird migration in the area to a great extent, The second is the shape of the province, roughly funnel-shaped with the narrow end to the southwest. These features confine south-bound bird migrants, especially hawks, to specific flight corridors. Holiday Beach Conservation Area was formerly a Provincial Park, but is now administered by the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA). It is strategically located at the extreme southwestern tip of southern Ontario. The park is on the eastern end of a large freshwater estuary known as Big Creek. (Specifically the site is 1.1 miles south of the junction Highway 20 (old 18) and Essex Road 50, Town of Amherstburg). The Holiday Beach Migration Observatory (HBMO) (founded in 1986) is a non-profit, volunteer organization formed to promote the study and protection of migrating birds. Activities focus primarily on fall migration of raptors and other species. This site is in Essex County, Ontario, on the north shore of Lake Erie near the Detroit River. In 1988, HBMO persuaded Detroit Edison to donate a 40 foot Hawk Tower which is now at the site. Southwestern Ontario has a funneling effect on migrating raptors due to the geography of the nearby lakes and the reluctance of most raptors to cross large bodies of water. Birds gain altitude over the flat farmland to the north and east, rising easily with the thermals that such areas provide in abundance. As the birds head south they meet Lake Erie and, reluctant to cross it , turn west. With appropriate wind and weather conditions, birds pile up along the lake shore and move west until they reach the narrow crossing at the Detroit River (or island hop within the river mouth).
