Fellow birders,
I have thought about this message for a number of days and I am
convinced that we should talk about where the Great Grey Owls did not turn up.
In
other invasions they turned up in swamps and marshes on the shield. - but not
this time. I cross country skiied about a hundred kilometers in total at the
Kawartha Nordic Ski trail and Algonquin Park over the months of Jan. Feb. and
Mar. with no sightings. I drove a snowmobile about five hundred kilometers
in total around Apsley down to the Petroglyph Park and up to the south end of
Algonquin Park without seeing one. I have been in the Apsley region three
or four days every week. Yet I bird Thicksons Woods and Cranberry Marsh and
have seen numerous owls. They seemed to avoid the shield probably due to vole
populations but still I thought not seeing owls is as important as seeing
them.
good birding
King Baker
Box 551 Apsley
KOL1AO
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Subject: [Ontbirds]19 King Eiders - Stoney Creek
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Dear Fellow Birders,
Decided for a return visit down to Sayers Park in Stoney Creek, and this time
turned up 19 King Eiders (7 imm. males, and 12 females). All were about 80-100m
offshore on the east side of the park. Also present were all three species of
scoters, including 3 Black Scoters.
Another productive area today was the river inlet into Windemere Basin, where
Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, Ruddy Duck, Northern Shoveler, both scaup, and
many other waterfowl were present.
Directions:
LP Sayers Park - Exit the QEW at Centennial Parkway, head north, then turn right
at North Service Rd. Continue east until Drakes Ave then turn right and follow
this to Lakegate Dr and turn right. The park is located at the end of the road.
Windemere Basin River Inlet - Exit the QEW at Centennial Parkway, head north,
then turn left at North Service Rd. At the first lights turn left, then at the
second turn right. The river inlet is at the intersection and parking is at the
side of the road. HOWEVER, make sure you pull over as far as you can, as it is a
very busy road.
Mike Boyd
Oakville, Ontario
