I just saw two Trumpeter Swans at the marina in Newcastle - one had a leg band and the other had yellow tags on its wings - No. 566.
Regards, Bettina Murphy From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 15 19:45:59 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web88008.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88008.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.195]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 638D3BB1E7 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:45:59 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [70.24.83.71] by web88008.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:46:22 EST Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:46:22 -0500 (EST) From: RON FLEMING <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: OFO Bird Sightings <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]5 Late Afternoon Great Grays In Newmarket X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 00:45:59 -0000 Lending creedence to observations posted earlier this week about Great Gray Owls' preference for gloomy weather, today's bright sunshine did, indeed, appear to curtail any diurnal hunting. In two areas where at least seven owls were easily seen at midday last weekend (under overcast skies), not a single bird was evident today when I made an early morning visit and an afternoon return (with a group to whom I had all but guaranteed the bird). To add insult to injury, the Snowy Owl I tried to rediscover as consolation also eluded my vision. Fortunately, Mike Vandentillaart bailed me out by spotting a Great Gray Owl at the last stop of the field trip, giving everyone an opportunity to see this impressive species. Ending the trip on that note of redemption, Mike and I turned back toward Newmarket in the fading light of the late afternoon - only to happen upon 4 more Great Grays in the short distance between Bradford and Newmarket! Between 4:15 and 5:15 we had 5 owls - remarkable to us since we had wondered throughout the relatively raptor-less day whether GGOWs had moved out of our area. Two of the owls were observed were seen along the Canal Road, one was just east of the 5th Line bridge, the other well east of the Simcoe Road bridge. Another bird was observed on the west side of Dufferin Avenue, 0.4 km north of the Miller Sideroad (about 3 kms north of Hwy. 9), while two others hunted within a half km of each other on opposite sides of Keele Street, about 1.6 kms north of Hwy. 9. The latter two were particularly surprising since we had carefully checked this road twice earlier in the day! It was a guilty pleasure to see all of these Great Grays when 13 of the trip's 15 participants were already gone home! (If you read this, don't tell them.) Other interesting birds seen for the day were: 3 Northern Shrikes, 25 Horned Larks (but no Snow Buntings) along MacGillvray Road), a Brown-headed Cowbird at Joan Love's feeder in Kleinburg, and a dozen Red-tailed Hawks scattered here and there between Kleinburg and Newmarket. We also had a porcupine and a VERY robust, healthy-looking coyote standing on the frozen canal near Bradford. The areas described above are mainly on the western edge of Newmarket and east of Hwy. 400. Canal Road runs east from the highway about 3-4 kms. north of the Hwy. 9 exit that leads into Newmarket proper. Many thanks to those members of the Richmond Hill Naturalists and the York-Simcoe Naturalists who participated in todays field trip. Next time we'll start at 4:00 in the afternoon. Ron Fleming, Newmarket From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 15 20:35:09 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.83]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 16FBCBB207 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 20:35:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO ?24.112.18.37?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.112.18.37 with login) by smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Jan 2005 01:35:32 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.0.300 [265.6.12]); Sat, 15 Jan 2005 20:38:06 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 20:38:06 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ruffed Grouse--Jan.15--N.Whitby X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:35:09 -0000 In leading a caravan of cars around the country roads of Pickering and Whitby on Saturday, Jan.15, we came across a Ruffed Grouse standing in the middle of a roadway-- remaining there for 20 of us to appreciate, until a truck came straight through from the other direction, causing the Grouse to flee into roadside shrubbery, hence fly low into the fields. >From Westney Rd. and highway 7-- north through conc.7 to conc.8, right/east through Salem Rd.(sdln.6) to the next sideline road (#4)-- south a short distance. 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