West Humber group today recorded 48 species, including 3 Great Grays, 3 Barred, N. Saw-whet, Long-eared, Great Horned owls all near Halls/Lakeridge roads. Also found a Brewer's Blackbird with Rusty,Red-winged blackbirds and Cowbirds in Cranberry Marsh. Then saw Hawk Owl at Welcome just west of Kellogg Rd. No Short-ears located near Newcastle but found over 1000 Mallards and 2 N Shrikes. Dave Milsom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 7 11:41:19 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web60110.mail.yahoo.com (web60110.mail.yahoo.com [216.109.118.89]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 351C563DAE for <[email protected]>; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:41:19 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 48184 invoked by uid 60001); 7 Feb 2005 16:42:05 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [209.202.75.14] by web60110.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:42:05 EST Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:42:05 -0500 (EST) From: Randy Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:03:12 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Glaucous Gulls at Wheatley Harbour X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:41:19 -0000 My search for the Pelee area King Eider turned up empty yesterday (just needed to go further south that 0.5 km!), and at 4:00 p.m., while Todd Pepper was enjoying the bird, I was at Wheatley Harbour looking for it there. But at least the trip was worthwhile in that I found one adult Glaucous Gull and another first winter Glaucous not far from shore. There was also a small number of waterfowl in one of the polynias that included 6 male Redheads and an adult male Hooded Merganser. Randy Horvath, Windsor [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 7 13:08:45 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from e450.mnsi.net (e450.mnsi.net [216.8.137.207]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BA0B63CEA for <[email protected]>; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:08:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from macsnest (dyn216-8-148-138.win.mnsi.net [216.8.148.138]) by e450.mnsi.net (8.13.2/8.13.2) with SMTP id j17I9TMc006632 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:09:31 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jim McAllister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontariobirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:12:21 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Fw: Humming Bird Nest X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 18:08:45 -0000 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Andy Garlatti=20 To: Jim & Claire McAllister=20 Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 9:29 PM Subject: Fw: Humming Bird Nest ----- Original Message -----=20 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Andy Garlatti=20 Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 9:18 PM Subject: Humming Bird Nest =20 THE BIRTH OF A HUMMINGBIRD=20 This is truly amazing. Be sure to click on NEXT PAGE at the bottom = of each page; there are 5 pages in all. A lady in CA found a hummingbird = nest and got pictures all the way from the egg to leaving the nest. Took = 24 days from birth to flight. Because you'll probably never in your = lifetime see this again, enjoy; and please share.=20 =20 Click here: Humming Bird Nest=20 =20 or copy & paste to your web browser: = http://community-2.webtv.net/hotmail.com/verle33/HummingBirdNest/index.ht= ml=20 =20 =20 =20 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 7 13:50:16 2005 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 55F6163DF2 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:50:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO Bowles1) ([EMAIL PROTECTED] with login) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Feb 2005 18:51:03 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bob Bowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontario Birds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:51:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2739.300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Stressing the Great Gray Owls X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 18:50:16 -0000 It is with some disappointment that I am posting this message today. I = was going to wait until mid-week to see if the owls recovered from the = weekend but decided after posts to the Simcoe Nature Board and what I = observed on Saturday I decided to send this today to ask for your help = to prevent stress to the owls visiting our area this winter. I was observing up to 33 Great Gray Owls and 3 Barred Owls along Muley = Point and posted this to bird boards. This weekend there were even more = cars and people visiting the area to view the owls. I have been telling = people to stay in their cars and view the owls from there using the car = as a blind. The owls are not stressed by the nearby cars and will come = right out and sit on fence posts right beside the road and even fly over = the cars while hunting. However, once a person gets out of the car and = approaches the owls then they become stressed and move back. This = weekend I saw people walking right up to the owls and the owls would = move back. Again they approached the owls and the owls retreated = eventually into the woods missing the window of feeding opportunity. I = spoke to several and asked them to keep their distance and view the owls = from their cars. Photographers have been great staying well back from = the birds but then with a long lens there is no need to approach such a = large bird so they get better photos by staying back. It is the weekend = photographers with their little instamatics or people who want to walk = right up to the owls within a meter who are causing the problems. = Everyone I asked moved back from the owls but I understand from reports = from others that some would not and felt they had the right to approach = the owls regardless of the stress level. =20 So I would ask that you do not stop or park on the travelled portion of = the roads or near curves or corners but pull well off and stay in your = cars to enjoy the owls. If you observe someone approaching the owls = explain how the owls are stressed by their close approach and will not = be able to find food that evening if people bother them. Normally I see = about 30-35 owls along Muley Point Road in the evenings and about 15 in = the mornings. On Sat. evening we were only able to count 20 and this = morning only 7. I will check again later in the week to see if they have = recovered from the weekend. The owls will only be with us for another = three to four weeks so it would be nice if we can keep the roads clear = for traffic, not stress the owls and enjoy this once in a life time = experience with these exceptionally high numbers.=20 Many have asked if they can put food out like hamburger meat or bread to = feed the owls. I have had to explain several times that you should = never feed bread to any bird and that owls mostly want live prey and = that Great Grays prey mostly on meadow voles which are still abundant in = the fields. Some have asked if the owls will take their cats and small = dogs. Great Horned Owls have been known to take cats and small dogs but = the Great Gray Owls from northern Ontario that are visiting us now = mainly restrict their diets to voles and other small rodents and unlike = Great Gray Owls in the northern USA seldom eat chipmunks or squirrels. Thanks for your help on getting the word out about stressing the owls = and you can check out some of the comments about the owls at the Simcoe = Nature Board at = http://www.b2g4.com/boards/board.cgi?&user=3DSimcoeNatureBoard Bob Bowles Orillia, Ontario
