Just to pass on this info , A Pacific Loon was found early this afternoon today at Humber Bay Park West , it was last seen at 5 :00 pm swimming out in to lake Ontario , but had started quite close to land giving Bev and I great looks at this vary rare bird for the GTA . Thanks to Jerry Guild for getting the word out on this one so fast!! it shear beet racking leaves in the back yard !! Craig Humber Bay Park West is found just of the lakeshore rood south of the QEW at Park Lawn rd. look for it one parking lot past the police marine unit . Craig & Bev McLauchlan Toronto, Ont, Canada, World From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 8 19:42:08 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.82]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5E34D48BB5 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:42:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO MAIN) ([EMAIL PROTECTED] with login) by smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 Nov 2004 00:53:07 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Todd Weeks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:53:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa area, Milton Rd & Smith Rd (Navan)...Sandhill Cranes X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Todd Weeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:42:08 -0000
Hello everyone at OntBirds, After numerous attempts to find the Sandhill Cranes everyone has been reporting at this location, myself and Thomas Robertson were treated to a great half hour viewing session on this sunny, cool afternoon. The Cranes were all along the back of a freshly ploughed/harvested corn field on the south west corner, enjoying the succulent treats turned up by the recent passage of a farm tractor. We were able to view them from two different angles and observed some very humorous behaviour. There were 16 Cranes to begin with. Two of them were in an open field beside the corn field, and appeared to have trouble figuring how to get to the other side of the fence where the buffet was being served. They paced back and forth, and peered over the fence at the feast with looks of longing. Finally, one of them figured out how to fly and the other followed suit. That wasn't the end of our session though. We moved to the second location where we were able to get a much closer look, the colours and markings standing out splendidly. While watching, five more came in to land and join the fun. Shortly after, three more came in. We were close enough at this point to hear the melodic calls of the Cranes as the new birds were landing to join the group. A spectacular afternoon. Todd Weeks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
