Birders Posting for Craig McLauchlan.
The Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was seen again today Jan 27 by Craig McLauchlan and Dave Mudd at the same location as previously reported near Chelmsford (west of Sudbury). Directions to Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch >When arriving at Sudbury, coming north on highway 69, take the "new" >Trans-Canada Highway 17 Bypass west (Southwest Bypass). From the >Trans-Canada Highway 17 west of Sudbury, just past the Lively turn-off, >take Highway 144 north to Chelmsford. Continue through lights (at highway >35) north on County Road 15 and follow it past a big curve until you get >to >Montee Principale, in a small cluster of homes. Turn left on Montee >Principale >(opposite direction from the Sudbury Downs Race track) >and follow to the end, where it curves off to right onto Seguin Rd. The >feeders are at the first house, number 374. Name on the mailbox is >Somerset. --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 27 21:58:31 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep2.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E57764DCC for <[email protected]>; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:57:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from mainoffice (d141-159-105.home.cgocable.net [24.141.159.105]) by fep2.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id D84122799 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:58:35 -0500 (EST) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:58:38 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Birding Report - Thursday, January 27th, 2005 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:58:31 -0000 At 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 27th, 2005 this is the HNC Birding Report: SNOW GOOSE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER FIELD SPARROW White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Red-tailed Hawk Northern Goshawk Wild Turkey Bald Eagle Gray Partridge Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Winter Wren American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Horned Lark Gray Catbird Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Snow Bunting Brown-headed Cowbird White-winged Crossbill Brrrr! Nothing like waking up to the contents of your water heater all over the basement floor so I apologize for the tardiness of this report. Things are moving along at a nice pace this week. Typical winter species continue to be seen in the Hamilton area. Of note this week the SNOW GOOSE was last reported on Saturday. Not too many reports of other waterfowl in the area as there is a great deal of ice on the bay and now on the lake. Species seen at Travelodge included White-winged Scoter and Common Goldeneye. On the other side (the bay) eagles continue to be making a presence with up to five being seen in the harbour and bay area. LaSalle park seems to be a great spot at the moment to view these majestic birds. Owls are in the news this week with three species being reported. A couple of Northern Saw-whet Owls were reported last Friday from the west side of Bronte Creek Provincial Park. I managed to catch up with one of these on Tuesday on the west side of the park north east of Parking Lot A. In Parking Lot D, nine Horned Larks and 57 Snow Buntings were seen. Long-eared Owls were seen on the east side of the park from the northwest end of the campground area located at the end of Upper Middle Road off of Bronte Road. Other birds seen while walking here on the east side were Northern Mockingbird, American Robin and Red-bellied Woodpecker. Other owls reported in the week were Short-eared and Long-eared Owls from the Stoney Creek area. A Red-bellied Woodpecker and Red-headed Woodpecker were reported coming into a suet feeder in the Campbellville area this week. Feeders continue to be active this week with the cold weather. At the Valley Inn, White-throated Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow and Fox Sparrow continue to be seen. The Gray Catbird, Winter Wrens and Song Sparrow can also be seen in the Hendrie Valley here. At the RBG Arboretum a FIELD SPARROW continues to be seen last seen yesterday at the feeders on the west side of the Arboretum. A Red-bellied Woodpecker and Red-headed Woodpecker were reported coming into a suet feeder in the Campbellville area this week. Another White-winged Crossbill was reported at a feeder in the Sherwood Forest Area of Burlington. Other yard birds reported from a couple of areas in Hamilton and Brantford this week include Brown-headed Cowbirds. Wild Turkeys were reported today from the interchange of Hwy 52 and 403. Five were seen here today but I have viewed about a dozen at this location a couple of weeks ago on the north side of the 403. Another goodie seen this week was the report from two parties of a Northern Goshawk lurking about in the Berry Tract at the RBG. Continuing on raptors 31 Red-tailed Hawks were counted this morning between McKenzie Rd & Hwy 6. A pair of peregrines have also been reported from the Standard Life Building in Hamilton. >From the Brantford Airport, close scrutiny of the snowholes in the field west of the Bluebird Bus Company on Colbourne Street is still successful in locating at least the heads of Gray Partridge. A good winter bird not reported too often this winter was a Hermit Thrush seen this week at Martin's Road and Mineral Springs. That's the scoop for the week. Hopefully things will continue to turn over and move around this week. Have a great week. Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe 905-381-0329 HNC Hotline
