Posting for Peter Hogenbirk birks at rogers.com. I read 4:30 pm as 4:30pm Monday Oct 24.
Birders Having birded for many years I was surprised to see a bird at the feeder that I didn't recognize. It looked like a small grosbeak, greenish in color with yellow in the wing. The bird was feeding on the ground near some juncos. It flew up into the nearby cedar tree at which point I could see the extensive yellow in the tail. The bill was also quite heavy in appearance. I tried to look for leg bands but could not see any as the legs were partly hidden by foliage. The bird was seen at about 4:30 in the afternoon for about 5 minutes. Unfortunately I had to leave to go to an appointment so wasn't able to post this any earlier. My address is 2897 solina rd n. courtice ont. Directions 401 east of Toronto to courtice rd. Go north to highway # 2 Go east to solina rd. (2 roads) Go north ½ km. to 2897. house is set back from the road but the feeder is in the front. --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 26 18:55:52 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 7B0BC487CF for <[email protected]>; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:55:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 7468 invoked by uid 525); 26 Oct 2004 23:05:57 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 26 Oct 2004 07:10:57 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (26 Oct 2004) 722 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:55:52 -0000 SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 458 46179 50509 Osprey 0 28 245 Bald Eagle 0 38 181 Northern Harrier 0 63 346 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 2186 6545 Cooper's Hawk 10 332 545 Northern Goshawk 2 14 14 Red-shouldered Hawk 31 462 509 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 185382 Red-tailed Hawk 206 3753 4568 Rough-legged Hawk 4 45 45 Golden Eagle 3 14 15 American Kestrel 0 121 1000 Merlin 0 10 51 Peregrine Falcon 0 16 35 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 722 53268 249992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 12:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jeff Schultz Weather: Heavy fog persisted today until early afternoon when there was a gradual dispersal. The rest of the afternoon saw a mix of sun and cloud with heavier cloud cover moving in during the late afternoon in advance of tonights predicted rain. Winds were light northerly switching a bit more to the east by mid afternoon. Observations: There was about a 2.5-hour window after which the fog cleared and before the heavier clouds moved in that was very active for birds. The movement was dominated by Red-tails and TVs but highlighted by three Golden Eagles that flew by in the space of a few minutes. =======================================================================Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
