The European Goldfinch was present for extended viewing after a tough drive from Chelmsford. The bird is considered an "escapee" by the ABA. Please contact me (email) for directions (the homeowner wants to control this).
Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY 716-773-7452 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 28 09:31:25 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5709363B98 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:31:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO computer) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.102.245.185 with login) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Jan 2005 14:32:17 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Geoff - Birds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OntBirds" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:36:04 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Hall's Road - Great Gray Owls X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:31:25 -0000 I saw between four and six Great Gray Owls this morning at about 7:20 - = 8:30 a.m. along Hall's Road and Lakeridge Rd. The interesting thing to = me was watching their hunting behaviour, which has not been widely = reported during the recent invasion. In addition to the typical sitting and waiting in a tree for a vole or = mouse to appear, I watched at least five forays by 2-3 owls whereby they = would leave the perch and slowly fly low over the ground [about 2-3 = meters high] scanning the ground blow in all directions. They would = alternate the flap with a glide, much as an accipiter would do, but much = slower - almost at "stall speed". Once prey was spotted they would dive = vertically down and disappear into the tall weeds and stay on the ground = there for 3-4 minutes out of site. Later I was able to watch one bird, = after such a dive, as it sat on the ground, without prey, and actively = did the 270 degree head thing as it searched from this level for prey. = After a few minutes it heard/saw [?] something and flew up to a height = of about 0.5 meters above the weeds and plunged again to the ground - = unsuccessfully. It repeated this until it returned to a higher perch in = a tree. Of interest was an immature Goshawk saw near the north trail on Hall's = Road and four robins in Lynde Shores. Directions: Exit 401 at Salem Road and follow south to Bayly and then = east to Lakeridge Road [runs north-south] and when done then proceed = farther east to Hall's Road [also runs north-south]. Lynde Shores is = about 0.75 kilometers further east from Hall's Road. =20 Geoff Carpentier Ajax, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 28 10:51:45 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from hotmail.com (bay23-f33.bay23.hotmail.com [64.4.22.83]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DEBD64135 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:51:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:52:04 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 63.135.1.66 by by23fd.bay23.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:51:47 GMT X-Originating-IP: [63.135.1.66] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Robin Bolton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:51:47 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jan 2005 15:52:04.0181 (UTC) FILETIME=[4FF40850:01C50551] Subject: [Ontbirds]Gray Crowned Rosy Finch X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:51:45 -0000 Saw the finch yesterday and wanted to pass on this warning. I was appraching the house very slowly as I did not want to spook any birds there. Suddenly a small bird (Redpoll as it turned out) flew in front of my car and did not come out the other side. By the time I stopped and backed up a little the Finch also flew in front of the car. They were both eating the salt droppings off of cars in the roadway. I could only think of the relief I did not runover or hit the star bird of the area. My advice is to approach the site slowly as the feeders and birds are relatively close to the road. Dave Bolton Sudbury
