Wed Sept 22 at about 12:30 we came across 5 American pipits in the farmer's field on the North side of the 10th Line, 2 K West of the 10th sideroad in the Beeton area. There is a small culvert to pull off onto ( a post with a small orange flag ). One pipit was right across the ditch on the edge of the field and approached to within 3 metres of us. Jane Kirkpatrick From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 23 13:13:25 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from maildir.nt.net (rad3.nt.net [209.226.51.11]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54D0C48B3E for <[email protected]>; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:13:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pop4.bellnordiq.ca (pop4 [142.217.217.23]) by maildir.nt.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8NH8ZbD006628 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:08:36 -0400 Received: from smtp5.bellnordiq.ca (smtp5 [192.168.150.25]) by pop4.bellnordiq.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8NHK03w019469 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:20:02 -0400 Received: from yoursz6x6sefxo (Timmins5-80.nt.net [207.35.162.80] (may be forged)) by smtp5.bellnordiq.ca (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i8NHG6Y09803 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:16:06 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:16:00 -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]Juvenile Bald Eagle Mystery in Hearst/Kapuskaing?? X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:13:25 -0000
Hello Everyone!! There seems to be an abnormal number of juvenile bald eagles in poor health passing through our area in the last week. Since last Friday there have been 5 that we know of, which is starting to look a little more than coincidental. A pair in Kapuskasing (100 kilometres east of Hearst) which landed on a house right in town, and would not move. These had to be retrieved and hand fed while awaiting transfer to a rehab. institution. In Hearst there was one which landed on a secondary highway and would not move. Unfortunately this one was so weakened it did not respond to any care and will not make that same journey. Another one in Hearst landed on a residents lawn and was in poor condition, but managed to fly off (Highly unlikely to be the same bird, given the locations). And again this morning in Val Rita (20 kilometres west of Kapuskasing) a resident saw one on the ground beside the TransCanada Hwy 11 and appeared very unhealthy (laying on its side) while the person took digital pictures of it. It also flew off a short distance. I am getting a little suspicious here and wondered if anyone out there has noticed anything of the sort., or may provide some insight here. I guess it could be all dismissed as coincidence, but 5 in 6 days is a little alarming. Hearst is a small community of 6000, 6 hours north of North Bay and 6 hours east of Thunder Bay along the northern TransCanada Hwy #11. Bye for now. Marc Johnson Box 2144 Hearst, ONT., P0L 1N0 (705) 362-5280 home (705) 372-2213 work From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 23 15:39:54 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 8DA084845E for <[email protected]>; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:39:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 26300 invoked by uid 525); 23 Sep 2004 19:34:45 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 23 Sep 2004 03:09:45 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (23 Sep 2004) 99 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:39:55 -0000 Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 7 325 325 Osprey 1 55 55 Bald Eagle 0 13 13 Northern Harrier 0 168 168 Sharp-shinned Hawk 77 2608 2608 Cooper's Hawk 3 51 51 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 27752 27752 Red-tailed Hawk 1 129 129 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 9 682 682 Merlin 1 26 26 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 Unknown 0 7 7 Total: 99 31823 31823 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Bob Hall-Brooks Observers: Chuck Gossel, Esther Gossel, Sylvia Telasco, Wayne Telasco Visitors: We said goodbye to the Gossell's today but were glad of the handful of visitors who remained today. We also played host to the St Pius School from Tecumseh who visited the conservation area today. Weather: Foggy to start then sunny and hot with no clouds to speak of. Observations: Eighty-nine raptors today with 67 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 3 Coopers, 9 Kestrels, a sole Merlin, a sole Red-tailed Hawk, one Osprey and seven Turkey Vultures. Blue Jay migration has started in earnest with 8225 today. Predictions: The forecast is for cooler temperatures this weekend. Saturday will be our last Festival of the Hawks day. =======================================================================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).
