Two flocks of Cedar Waxwings were seen at 11AM today on Kinburn Side Road near the intersection of Carp Road.
Directions: West on Hwy 417, right on Kinburn Side Road. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 10 19:06:16 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep4.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA6C63BCC for <[email protected]>; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:06:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from mainoffice (d141-159-105.home.cgocable.net [24.141.159.105]) by fep4.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A1C72A94 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:07:03 -0500 (EST) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:07:05 -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 Club Birding Report - Thursday, February 10th, 2005 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:06:16 -0000 GREAT GRAY OWL YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER PINE WARBLER EVENING GROSBEAK Trumpeter Swan Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Gray Partridge Wild Turkey Glaucous Gull Iceland Gull Snowy Owl Northern Flicker Horned Lark Northern Shrike Tufted Titmouse Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Gray Catbird Cedar Waxwing American Tree Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin The stories of owls in the area continue, even hitting the newspaper this week. GREAT GRAY OWLS have been reported in two places this past couple of weeks. No sightings have been reported since a week ago Tuesday of the Great Gray Owl in the Dundas Conservation area. The bird has been seen sporadically in the area of the main trail centre off of Governor's Road in Dundas. It has been seen on Ski Trail A and it has been seen from the Canterbury Hills access of the conservation area as well. There is a possibility of there being two owls but with no recent sightings its hard to tell. Also another sighting came from Monday however the message was received only today of a GREAT GRAY OWL in the Burnamthorpe Road and 9th Line area. The bird was seen in a tree in a field on Burnamthorpe approx 400 m. from Ninth Line. A trip out this way after work today turned up short but a valuable lesson was learned. People are not birder friendly when they are coming home from work. This is a very busy area with very little shoulder to pull over on so weekends are probably better. There were however two light-phased Rough-legged Hawks in the area which was a nice treat. Also reported this week was a sighting of a Snowy Owl in the Bronte Road and Hwy 5 area but that report was only second hand. Another Snowy Owl was reported from Hwy 3 and Cheapside Road last weekend. While cruising the roads today, Horned Larks, a few Snow Buntings and American Tree Sparrows were flying up from the side of the road. Another great bird in the area is the PINE WARBLER surviving the winter in Shell Park. The bird has been seen this week but not reported since Monday. This bird has been present all winter but has been wandering in the area of the garden allotments up the pipeline area and was seen last Sunday in the east side of the park where the pipeline turns north again. It seems to be hanging out with the chickadees, a few Golden-crowned Kinglets and a Brown Creeper. On the lakeshore a flock of about 60 Brown-headed Cowbirds were seen promising spring. Also last Sunday, the Gray Partridge were seen at Brantford Airport. Since the melt they have escaped their snow prison on Colbourne Road and were seen near the terminal building on Airport Road. Good luck.... Winter listers will be interested in a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER seen in Gage Park today. It was located at Gage/Cumberland entrance of the park. Also seen this week was a single Grackle in Hagersville along with a couple of Brown-headed Cowbirds and a Tufted Titmouse at a feeder on Mackenzie Road in the Hagersville area. An EVENING GROSBEAK was present for one day at Mounstberg Conservation Area on the feeder trail across the trail from the main interpretive centre but has not been seen since. This week feeders continue to be a big story here. At the feeders at the maintenance yard and the Hamilton Conservation Authority on Mineral Springs Road, Pine Siskins, Purple Finch and Northern Flicker have been reported. A Pine Grosbeak was reported from the Westdale area, Common Redpolls were reported from Creekway in Burlington and more Pine Siskins were reported from Woodlands Drive in Ancaster. Hawks and Eagles have been making news this week. Beside the above Rough-legged Hawks, I had a Merlin at Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington, a Coopers Hawk on my yard list and sadly a Red-shouldered Hawk was picked up as a road kill on Valens Road this week. Out on the still frozen bay a total of four Bald Eagles have been seen at various times during the week. Glaucous Gulls and an Iceland Gull continue to be seen at rest on the ice as well. Up on 1st Road West, seven Wild Turkey were seen on the east side of the road north of Green Mountain Road and a Northern Shrike was present there on Tuesday as well. A Northern Shrike was also reported from the Dundas Valley Conservation Area. Finally down at Valley Inn, a report that the Gray Catbird has lost its tail but is still being seen as of Tuesday. Also reported from here are a couple of White-throated Sparrows, American Robins and Cedar Waxwings. These birds seem to be wandering about as a report from Hopkins Tract also included the above birds. That's the news for this week. See what turns up this weekend and send in a report to the hotline! Cheers and good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe [EMAIL PROTECTED] HNC Hotline 905-381-0329
