Hello Ontbirders, Today there was an adult Greater White-fronted Goose at Constance Bay. Constance Bay is about 30 minutes west of Ottawa. To get there from highway 417, take the March Road exit at Kanata, follow this to Dunrobin Road, then follow this past Dunrobin and Woodlawn until you see the signs to Constance Bay. Follow Constance Bay Drive until it reaches the river just past the gas station. The goose was there with a large flock of Canada's.
Other birds of note locally today include Red-throated Loon, Black and Surf Scoters at Shirleys Bay. These birds have been reported in previous postings by others. Jeff Skevington ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 8 17:32:04 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 51684488F2 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:32:04 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 7286 invoked by uid 525); 8 Nov 2004 22:42:27 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08 Nov 2004 05:11:27 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (08 Nov 2004) 246 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 22:32:04 -0000 Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 38 695 14613 Osprey 0 0 83 Bald Eagle 9 12 57 Northern Harrier 1 13 261 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 81 5452 Cooper's Hawk 6 48 331 Northern Goshawk 4 12 17 Red-shouldered Hawk 19 150 304 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 27843 Red-tailed Hawk 108 726 1918 Rough-legged Hawk 3 18 47 Golden Eagle 1 25 27 American Kestrel 0 1 1369 Merlin 0 1 59 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 15 Unknown 36 99 232 Total: 246 1881 52628 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Olga Klekner Observers: Claude Radley, Jim Crozier Visitors: Jim Crozier and Claude Radley were our observer visitors. Many thanks, Claude, for your energetic help throughout the day. Weather: Cold, breezy, partly cloudy day with winds out of the West, Northwest. Temperatures were between 2.8 and 9.1 degrees Celsius. Observations: The highlight of the day was a Golden Eagle passing over the marsh at 11:55. Five Bald Eagles and four Northern Goshawks added to the excitement. Some of the hawks flew very high over the tower. Thanks to the crisp day, we were able to see bird activity over the Northern part of the marsh. The clouds of Starlings were getting fewer. Over 5000 crows, 1500 finches and 3500 Red-winged Blackbirds were counted until 13:00. Three groups of Tundra Swans lit up the sky, totaling 62 for the day. Predictions: Clear, cold day. High only 4 degrees Celsius. Wind NW at 10 km/hr. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Olga Klekner () Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
