Posting for Denis Lepage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Cranford Ontbirds Coordinator
I just heard that 2 Cave Swallows have been reported earlier this afternoon at one of our remote stations on Long Point. Given the current weather system from the US and the time of year, more birds could show up elsewhere in southern Ontario, so it'd be worth keeping on eye out for them. Denis Lepage Denis Lepage, Senior Scientist/Chercheur sénior National Data Center/Centre national des données Bird Studies Canada/Études d'Oiseaux Canada PO Box/B.P. 160, Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0 519-586-3531 ext. 225, fax/téléc. 519-586-3532 --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Nov 5 00:33:16 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 4E7B548127 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 00:33:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from m7.nyc.untd.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by m7.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABA2YEY9AXVKJ5S for <[email protected]> (sender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 21:42:55 -0800 (PST) X-UNTD-OriginStamp: +I4zx4PQdguu3tHbbJmampCSKSGj+X8cNZHTMCMNHT33lrtdNPv0Vg=Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by m7.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id KBNA455F; Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:42:00 PST To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 00:40:48 -0500 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: 0-1,5-11,15-30,33-37 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 From: Alan Wormington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-ContentStamp: 10:5:2657246910 X-MAIL-INFO: 36a13499d1a01dd0d5e4 Subject: [Ontbirds]..Cave Swallow Summary X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 05:33:16 -0000 Cave Swallow Summary As expected (predicted) another incursion of Cave Swallows has taken place into the Great Lakes Region. I suspect birds are scattered across (inland) southern Ontario, so in the days ahead individuals should start to appear at various migration points along the lakeshores. I am aware of the following sightings thus far: October 25: (1) "orange-rumped" swallow N of Waterloo, Ontario Its highly probable that the low pressure moving into southern Ontario on October 29-30 (from the US Southwest) is responsible for the arrival of birds reported to date. Thus, this Waterloo bird could well have been a Cliff Swallow as so indicated by the observer. Reported Cave Swallows (probably incomplete: October 30 -- (1) at Whitefish Point, Michigan October 31 -- (3) at Hamlin Beach State Park (Lake Ontario), New York November 1 -- (4) at Cape May, New Jersey November 3 -- (1) at Presque Isle State Park (Lake Erie), Pennsylvania November 3 -- (8) at Cape May, New Jersey November 4 -- (2) at Long Point, Ontario Despite daily coverage at the Tip of Point Pelee there has yet to be any sightings of Cave Swallows, even though small flocks of Tree Swallows continue to be seen on a regular basis. Alan Wormington, Leamington ________________________________________________________________ Juno Platinum $9.95. Juno SpeedBand $14.95. Sign up for Juno Today at http://www.juno.com! Look for special offers at Best Buy stores. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Nov 5 02:02:12 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 B83D348E0C for <[email protected]>; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 02:02:11 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 384 invoked by uid 525); 5 Nov 2004 03:05:24 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 04 Nov 2004 10:11:24 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff (03 Nov 2004) 1562 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:02:12 -0000 Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 261 523 10037 Osprey 0 0 137 Bald Eagle 6 12 200 Northern Harrier 20 35 492 Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 105 5887 Cooper's Hawk 19 42 372 Northern Goshawk 17 19 41 Red-shouldered Hawk 134 206 463 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 14900 Red-tailed Hawk 989 1524 3743 Rough-legged Hawk 32 50 93 Golden Eagle 28 43 83 American Kestrel 2 2 2676 Merlin 1 1 70 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 61 Unknown 1 9 33 Total: 1562 2573 39288 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Mac McAlpine, Su Ross-Redmond Observers: Colin, Mac, Tom T. Visitors: Ed, Mac, Dan, Colin, Tom and Dave were there. Weather: Clear skies till around noon when the clouds finally rolled in. Temp to 13 with light N and NE winds. TUV=2(Poor) Observations: The birds started flying at around 8:00 and got fairly high with the east component to the wind, but still nice looks. Wow!! Another great day for Golden Eagles...the total of 28 is tied for the 2nd highest daily count. Two early Golden's that we didn't record the time for, they were both before 9:30 A.M., must have been relatively close before the rain started yesterday. There was then an interval of approx. an hour and half before the next Golden's showed up. 1 imm. @ 11:06, 1 imm. @ 11:10, 1 imm. @ 11:29, 1 Ad. @11:40, 2 @ 11:40 (1 Ad. & 1imm.), 1 imm @ 11:43, 2 @ 11:58 (1Ad. & 1 imm.), 1 imm. @ 12:01, 1 imm. @ 12:02, 1 imm. @12:20, 1 imm. @ 12:24, 1 imm. @ 12:35, 1 imm. @ 12:55, 1 imm. @ 1:00, 1? @1:10 Red-tails(850) just kept coming fast and steady with a good number of Red-shoulders (131), Rough-legs (25), and Northern Goshawks (14). Two late American Kestrels, 1 Merlin and 1 Peregrine (this Peregrine is the first record in November for Hawk Cliff going back at least the last 10 years!!) were nice additions to the day. Final bird of the day, was a "dark" dark morph Roughie. This bird was "totally" BLACK, and none of us had ever seen this "morph" befo A very unique looking Roughie and easy to ID as it flew in low and passed directly overhead, then treated all of us to a look-at-me-turn. =======================================================================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
