Woodcocks have arrived at Rondeau. I saw at least 10 and heard many more this evening at 7 pm. They are 'peenting' and displaying with gusto.
Earlier today we had robins singing, white throated sparrows singing and song sparrows singing. Tufted titmice are still coming daily to the feeders at the visitor centre. Thousands of tundra swans are at Erieau where the water is open at the head of Rondeau Bay and in outlying fields. Anne McArthur Directions to Rondeau: Take 401 to Kent 15 exit. Travel South towards Lake Erie on Kent 15 until you reach Rose Beach Line. Turn right to the park gates. Once inside the gates (unattended weekdays) you will be on Rondeau Road. Follow it until it ends and turn left onto Gardiner Road. At the end of Gardiner the Visitor Centre will be on your right and a grassy knoll will be on your left. The woodcocks are in this grassy area and across the road along the sand dunes. The Visitor Centre is only open on weekends. Ric McArthur PO Box B 1 Morpeth, Ontario N0P 1X0 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 22 00:38:31 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C278638C5 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:38:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from brucedb4u2q8ov ([64.230.29.104]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:45:30 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Di Labio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:45:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa: Great Gray Owls X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:38:31 -0000 Hi Everyone, Yesterday, March 21st (late afternoon) , I observed 7 Great Gray Owls along the March Valley Rd. These birds were easily visible from the roadside. good birding Bruce Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/ Directions: GGO/ From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Klondike Road and turn right. Go east to March Valley Road and turn left or right. Follow along making numerous stops scanning the fields.
