This post is sent as a courtesy to birders, not as an "overkill" post about GGOWs in the area. I encountered some birders today who had responded to yesterday's message about Great Gray Owls near Newmarket, only to find empty fields and un-owled trees. Not one of the four birds I'd seen Saturday near Holland Landing were in view today (at least when I was there). This was a good thing for individual birds seeking anyonymity, but a disappointment to the birders trying to find them. As if turns out, the best owling near Newmarket today was just north of Hwy. 9 on Keele Street where three Great Grays could be seen within the first two kms. of that road. Many thanks to Wayne King for alerting me to this particular area. My wife and kids had great looks at this magnificent species. Thanks also to Terry Osborne for being a good sport. As always, anyone who does seek these birds out is encouraged to maintain a respectful distance. A good spotting scope offers excellent views from many meters away. Ron Fleming, Newmarket From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 9 16:13:13 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from edam.execulink.net (edam.execulink.net [199.166.6.57]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4B3CA7D1 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:13:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from systemone (dsl486.rba1.pppoe.execulink.com [66.203.175.234]) by edam.execulink.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id j09LDbc18929; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:13:37 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "A & K Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Denys Gardiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "ontbirds" <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]Gray Partridge at Brantford Airport Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:13:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 21:13:13 -0000
Five Gray Partidges are in the same location as yesterday (2:15 P.M. this afternoon). Interestingly, over a half hour period, they dissappeared for about 10 minutes, reappeared to eat, then dissappeared again and reapeared to eat some more. May require patience. They were located on the north side of Colborne St. W. (old Highway No. 53), opposite of MacGregor Rd., next to the Bluebird Bus property. They were in the grass nest to the Bluebird factory fence; one bird was inside the fence under a bus next to the building. They move around! This area can be reached by travelling south on Highway 24 (Rest Acres RD.) from Highway 403. Turn left (east) on Colborne St. at the traffic lights. Proceed to MacGregor Rd. which runs south from Colborne St. before you reach Airport Rd. going to the airport. Cheers, Ken and Angie Williams Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 547 8580 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denys Gardiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 3:24 PM Subject: [Ontbirds]Gray Partridge at Brantford Airport Ontbirds: Bill Lamond telephoned me this morning saying that there were 5 Gray Partridge near the Brantford Airport. My wife and I went out to see them shortly after his call. They were located on the north side of Colborne St. W. (old Highway No. 53), opposite of MacGregor Rd., next to the Bluebird Bus property. This area can be reached by travelling south on Highway 24 (Rest Acres RD.) from Highway 403. Turn left (east) on Colborne St. at the traffic lights. Proceed to MacGregor Rd. which runs south from Colborne St. before you reach Airport Rd. going to the airport. I believe this is the first sighting of these birds this winter. Denys Gardiner, Brantford, Ontario -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 _______________________________________________ Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] To join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://mailman.hwcn.org/mailman/listinfo/ontbirds ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
