Today 12/21/04 ~ 3:45pm Brenda Carter and I saw a Great Gray Owl hunting on the east side of Twin Elm Rd east of the town of Richmond. The bird was ~ 1 mile north of intersection of Brophy Rd and to the south of the Twin Elm Rugby Club (located on the west side of Twin Elm Rd).
A Northern Shrike was seen on RR#4 ~ 2 miles north of the town of Merrickville. Good Birding, Gerard Phillips Merrickville, ONT From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Dec 21 22:21:49 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4BF5A08D6 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:21:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from home8a9uqgcqzx ([209.226.138.121]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:22:56 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Dan Bone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:22:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Gray: Fenelon Falls X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 03:21:50 -0000 Hello all: The Great Gray Owl that was at my home on Bulmer's Road near Fenelon Falls on Friday Dec 17 and Saturday Dec 18, has not been seen since. However, a Great Gray Owl was seen on Monday, Dec 20 about 7 kilometres south west of here on the outskirts of Fenelon Falls near the intersection of Highway 121 and Northline Road. I checked behind the Candle Shop and Storage business today at 4:00 p.m. and could not locate it. Directions: From 401 take Highway 35 approx 60 kms north through Lindsay to the Fenelon Falls exit at Highway 121. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Dec 21 23:37:18 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4955E9F302 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:36:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@69.194.192.20 with login) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Dec 2004 04:37:49 -0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0.6 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:35:51 -0500 From: Wayne Renaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>, "Mark Chojnacki/CBC coord." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Rattray Marsh, Mississauga--more wrens, etc. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:37:19 -0000 Today I spent four hours combing Rattray Marsh to look for some the 'big misses' on Peel-Halton CBC last saturday ... and also try to relocated the titmouse. I met Leon (his last name escapes me) and he had no success ... so I spent a bit of time birding with two other birders (again I'm terrible with names) who also had not found the titmouse. So we parted I walked the marsh on both sides of creek (which is mostly frozen) which separates Jack Darling Park and Rattray marsh, and found several American Tree Sparrows, one Lincoln's Sparrow and three Song Sparrows ... in bend in the creek were some major springs form a large fen and a lot of tangled, fallen willows, bulrushes and dogwoods, I hit the mother-load: 3+ Carolina Wrens (one singing), 1 Swamp Sparrow (singing), 8+ Winter Wrens, a Yellow-rumped Warbler and 20+ American Trees Sparrows. This fen is located directly behind a very large 'modern' house with a large lawn area with a timber edge adjacent to the fen ... and is located direction on the site line from the bridge over the creek to termination of the bend in the creek. Elsewhere along the inner boards walks I found three more Winter Wrens ... also fair numbers of robins (12+), waxings (20+), creepers (3), Golden-crowned Kinglets (5) and the other usual suspects. If you wish to walk the stream ... wear waterproof hiking boots or rubber boot ... your feet will definately get wet. Directions: It is easiest to drive south through Jack Darling Park (located just south of Lakeshore about 500 meters west of Clarkson/and near Erin Mills Parkway), parking in the western-most parking lot and walk west about 200 meters to the creek. Wayne Renaud From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 22 15:52:06 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.kingston.net (mail.kingston.net [205.189.48.5]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 896DB9F5EB for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:52:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from ripley (ik-dynamic-66-102-76-173.kingston.net [66.102.76.173]) by mail.kingston.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id iBMKrGpI027760 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:53:17 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Ripley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:47:38 -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 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Gray Owl - North of Kingston X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:52:06 -0000 The GREAT GRAY OWL reported by Dennis Garratt on the 20th was seen again today by Bud Rowe, Joel Ellis and I. It was 2.8 km. west of Parham on the Wagerville Road on the north side of the road at 1:30p.m. Merry Xmas Bruce Ripley Parham is about 40 minutes north of Kingston on highway 38. Turn left at the stop sign in Parham and drive 2.8 km.
