I would like to thank those of you who responded to my inquiry so quickly. This appears to be an Eurasian Collared Dove. Directions to my home are as follows: Address is 2234 Bleams Road - Shingletown. From Kitchener take Ottawa heading west through Mannheim. Ottawa changes to Bleams road in Mannheim. Proceed west on Bleams Road approximately 8 km and you will come to Shingletown ( speed drops to 60 km/hr). My house is the last house on the left hand side, where the speed increases to 80 km/hr. Gray cape code style house. The dove is very shy and has been seen around the feeder in the back yard. Thanks, John ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthews To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 8:48 AM Subject: Albino Mourning Dove?
Good Morning, There has been a white dove feeding with Mourning Doves the past 2 days. Here is a description of the dove: - White in colour with a black neck band around the sides and back of the neck. - Appears to be slightly larger than the Mourning Doves that it is feeding with. - Orange/red legs with a dark coluored beak( not black). - No other spots or markings on the head or body. Any help in identifying this bird would be appreciated. Thanks, John Matthews From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 19 11:42:57 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from cwwisp.net (ftp1.intown.net [216.16.233.12]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E8D48260 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:42:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from UPSTAIRS [207.164.197.206] by cwwisp.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id A9B2C50140; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:45:54 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:46:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Declude-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [207.164.197.206] X-Declude-Spoolname: Da9b200c50140de3f.SMD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Fw: Albino Mourning Dove?- Possible Eurasian Collared Dove X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:42:57 -0000 Typographical error---Address is 2231 Bleams Road not 2234. Thanks, John ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthews To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:14 AM Subject: Fw: Albino Mourning Dove?- Possible Eurasian Collared Dove I would like to thank those of you who responded to my inquiry so quickly. This appears to be an Eurasian Collared Dove. Directions to my home are as follows: Address is 2234 Bleams Road - Shingletown. From Kitchener take Ottawa heading west through Mannheim. Ottawa changes to Bleams road in Mannheim. Proceed west on Bleams Road approximately 8 km and you will come to Shingletown ( speed drops to 60 km/hr). My house is the last house on the left hand side, where the speed increases to 80 km/hr. Gray cape code style house. The dove is very shy and has been seen around the feeder in the back yard. Thanks, John ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthews To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 8:48 AM Subject: Albino Mourning Dove? Good Morning, There has been a white dove feeding with Mourning Doves the past 2 days. Here is a description of the dove: - White in colour with a black neck band around the sides and back of the neck. - Appears to be slightly larger than the Mourning Doves that it is feeding with. - Orange/red legs with a dark coluored beak( not black). - No other spots or markings on the head or body. Any help in identifying this bird would be appreciated. Thanks, John Matthews From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 19 13:18:43 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 A166848020 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:18:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 12251 invoked by uid 525); 19 Sep 2004 17:13:05 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 19 Sep 2004 01:09:05 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff (18 Sep 2004) 7523 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:18:44 -0000 Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 44 44 44 Osprey 6 83 83 Bald Eagle 6 54 54 Northern Harrier 88 256 256 Sharp-shinned Hawk 931 2618 2618 Cooper's Hawk 31 70 70 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 6074 12585 12585 Red-tailed Hawk 109 133 133 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 223 1593 1593 Merlin 8 29 29 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 4 Unknown 0 1 1 Total: 7523 17473 17473 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10.5 hours Official Counter: Su Ross-Redmond Observers: Dave Brown, Keith Sealy, Mac, Mike Street, Tom Bolohan Visitors: A huge crowd at Hawk Cliff today...of special note was Clay Sutton , author of several birding related books and involved with the Cape May Bird Observatory...he was a guest speaker at the HCF banquet Saturday evening. Also with us today to help out was Mike Street, regional coordinator for HMANA and others from the Hamilton area, Mark Cranford who's the coordinator for ONTBIRDS and many others to numerous to mention. Thanks to everyone that helped out with the count today. :) Weather: Temps from 14 early to a high of 23 with strong N - NE winds and NO CLOUDS IN SIGHT!! TUV=4 (Good) Observations: Definitely a big Broadwing Hawk day today... unfortunately with no clouds to use as a backdrop, and given the reasonably good TUV today over our area we knew that 1000's were passing unseen over the hawkwatch today. Checking the counts of the hawkwatches to our west proved this out. Our final tally was 6074 Broadwings for the day...still a great day! Even more excitement today with the sighting of what appeared to be a "PRAIRIE FALCON" right along the cliff. This bird was observed at fairly close range by a group of very experienced birders...a rare bird report will be filed. We also saw our first Goshawk today along with the first couple of Red-shouldered Hawks. Just a great day of hawkwatching for the start of our second big weekend at Hawk Cliff!! The highlight today for passerines (when one had the time) was a Tufted Titmouse that was feeding right behing the count area. Lots of warblers and vireos again today...especially later in the afternoon. Predictions: Looks like more of the same...lets hope there's a bit more cloud...if so the counts could be really big again for Sunday. Predicted TUV=4 (Good) =======================================================================Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie
