Travelling on the Burlington Skyway today at 12:30 I saw 2 Bald Eagles, one which appeared to be an adult over Hamilton Harbour, and a subadult a little further north near the Fairview interchange. Both were soaring and circling at approximately 100 metres.
Dave Bailey From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 3 19:33:30 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A098563AB6 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:33:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from mainoffice (d141-159-105.home.cgocable.net [24.141.159.105]) by fep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C9487151 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:37:38 -0500 (EST) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:37:40 -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, March 3rd, 2005 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:33:30 -0000 THAYER'S GULL Tundra Swan Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Redhead Ring-necked Duck King Eider Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Belted Kingfisher Northern Shrike Tufted Titmouse Horned Lark Red-winged Blackbird Winter lingers on here bringing little change in the mix for the week. The story of the week has been gulls and ducks, not unusual for February but we are definitely ready for some spring migrants and to have a word or two with that groundhog. This week a THAYER'S GULL was seen in a flyover at Old Guelph Road and York. Iceland and Glaucous gulls were seen on the bay this week as well. The lake continues to be productive with all three scoters reported this week off of Fruitland Road, Millen Road and L.P. Sayers Park. A sleeping King Eider was seen last Sunday off of Millen Road. Windermere Bay is an excellent place to view a variety of ducks with a good number of Norther Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser and of course Ruddy ducks hanging out in the basin. Bald Eagles have been seen on the ice on the bay with up to six birds of various ages being seen in this area. A Belted Kingfisher was reported from Hwy403 and Old Guelph Road. Nearby at the Northshore trails of the Arboretum at the RBG, at least one Tufted Titmouse was present at the feeder of the intersection of the Gray Doe Trail and the Captain Cootes Trail. Behind the Dundas Arena, a couple of Red-winged Blackbirds were spotted last Sunday perhaps first migrants. Last Sunday a search for the Snowy Owl up on the mountain resulted in only a number of Horned Larks floating around the runway. This owl may still be about and should be looked for again. At 10th Road East a Northern Shrike was seen on Saturday. At LaSalle Park a wintering Tundra Swan is amongst the waterfowl there making for a nice exercise in "Where's Waldo" amongst the Tundra and Mute Swans hanging out at the waterfront. In the southern end of the area in Caledonia a number of Red-tailed Hawks were seen along with a couple of Rough-legged Hawks mixed in. Keep the reports up, now that the birding is slow its time to go out to spots you haven't visited in a while to dig up those birds that have been hiding all winter. Have a great week. Cheryl Edgecombe 905-381-0329 HNC Hotline
