Ontbirders Ian Shanahan, Mark Ansell, et al. saw an adult Ivory Gull flying eastwards along the shore towards the Presqu'ile Lighthouse shortly after noon. The gull was last seen turning into Presqu'ile Bay where there is much ice and cold northwest winds. Don Shanahan Brighton [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Dec 19 19:57:57 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD2D7A00E5 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 19:57:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([216.209.144.44]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 19:58:27 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:56:19 -0500 From: Doug McRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ont birds <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Presqu'ile CBC X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:57:57 -0000
Greetings all, The 40th Presqu'ile CBC was held today, Sunday Dec. 19th in increasingly bitterly cold, windy conditions. There are still some feeder numbers to come in but so far we stand at 70 species plus 5 in count week which is about typical for the past decade. Here are the highlights to date: Best Birds: Ivory Gull - an adult seen flying east past the Presqu'ile lighthouse shortly after noon and has not yet been relocated. Incredibly this is the 2nd time we have had Ivory Gull on this count - the last time on January 2, 1967! It is also the 4th Park record. Great Gray Owl - one bird seen hunting along the Murky Canal about 250m west of the western bridge; another was reported from Presqu'ile's Jobes' Wood Trail yesterday but was not found today. Tufted Titmouse - one at the feeders near the lighthouse is actually our first ever for the count. This is the same bird that has been here since early October. Good Finds: 1 Com Loon 1 D-c Cormorant 1 R-n Duck 3 Bald Eagle - ties the all time high count CP Merlin 2 Purple Sandpiper - at shoals on SE corner of Gull Island 1 R-b Woodpecker - now seems to be normal to see one or two each year 1 Com. Raven 4 Winter Wren - ties all-time high Some misses include Am. Kestrel, C. Grackle, Song and Swamp Sparrow Thanks to all who took part, your compilers, John Blaney, Doug McRae, Maureen Riggs
