Did the Toronto, Hamilton, Long Point, Fisherville, Toronto loop .Much of this same stuff reported recently (thanks to all who posted it) but there are new items.
On toward Hamilton. At Windows on the Bay on North Shore Drive RED NECKED GREBE plus lots of GREATER SCAUP, etc At LaSalle Park on North Shore Drive, GREATER SCAUP and LESSER SCAUP close up plus an AMERICAN COOT. At the Burlington Ship Canal Green Lift Bridge, 2 adult PEREGRINE FALCONS on the support cables and lots of WHITE WINGED SCOTERS etc. Note that South Gateway Rd off Eastport into Windermere Basin now has a large red sign saying it's a secure area. I did not venture in so missed some good ducks. At LP Sayers Park, lots of KING EIDERS including first winter males plus WHITE WINGED AND SURF SCOTERS. Further east at Fifty Point Conservation, one NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL plus two female KING EIDERS plus KILLDEER. On toward Long Point. At Fishers Glen a SONG SPARROW(heard). At Turkey Point (headland south of the marina) 1 BALD EAGLE, many TUNDRA SWANS going over, 2 SANDHILL CRANES landed in the tall grass west of the headland. Also seen 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE and 6 CANVASBACK DUCKS. On Front Road from Turkey Point to St Williams, a flock of blackbirds (COMMON GRACKLES, BROWN HEADED COWBIRDS, 2 first winter male BREWERS, RED WINGs, and STARLINGS) all foraging in fields. Great lunch stop. Field south-west of St Williams, lots of TUNDRA SWANS. Booths Harbour was still frozen over (snowmobilers coming across?) In the shorebird marsh on #42 just west of Port Rowan and east of #59 1 bulldozer? On Concession Rd A west of #59 lots of TUNDRA SWANS south of the road. In one field between #59 and the first bridge, 2 SANDHILL CRANES. Many of the fields had ice or snow and were devoid of birds. Similarly, Lee Browns and Hahn Marsh. Also, the causeway waters were frozen solid. Many TUNDRA SWANS sitting on the ice. In the stream at the bridge halfway across the causeway, some GREATER SCAUP and 1 RUDDY DUCK. The lake south of the causeway frozen way out. On #24 near #59 an AMERICAN KESTREL. On to Fisherville. On #3 east of Jarvis, north side field full of TUNDRA SWANS. On Conc 6 between 12 and 53 just north of Fisherville, 9 SHORT EARED OWLS in some trees north of the road. And 5 or 6 ROUGH LEGGED HAWKS. Two HARRIER HAWKS were cruising the owl preserve fields. Great day. Lots of sun. mike johnston Cobourg/Toronto DIRECTIONS: The quickest way to get to Long Point is to take Hwy. 403 west past Hamilton, then Hwy. 24 south all the way down to Lake Erie. Take note that the exit for Hwy. 24 North comes much earlier than the exit for Hwy. 24 South if you are coming from the east. Once you are through the town of Simcoe (which has at least 3 Tim Horton's), look for the signs leading to Fisher's Glen, Normandale, Turkey Point, Port Rowan and Long Point. To get to Fisherville you can follow #6 north from Port Dover to #3, then take a right on 3 and follow it to Balmoral. Turn south on Regional Road 53 and drive down to Concession Road 6. Turn left (east) and start looking for hawks and owls, especially around house # 343 and eastward. For Hamilton Harbour birding, take QEW from Toronto and take North Shore exit and turn right and follow the harbour to the two sites listed above. Then return to QEW and go down to next exit, Eastport Drive. Follow that to the lift bridge. Then take Eastport again back up to the QEW (don't follow Eastport south east to Burlington Rd as there is no left turn back to the QEW).and go toward Niagara Falls to Centennial Pkwy exit and go north to N. Service Road and turn right. Go east to Drakes rd, turn left go to Lakegate and turn right and drive to LP Sayers Park. For 50 Point CA, follow N Service rd east again past 50 Rd and turn left on Baseline Rd and follow it to Kelson Rd and turn left and drive to end. Walk the path along the fence to the lake. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 23 16:03:55 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6938364517 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:03:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO o6l2c8) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@69.198.207.165 with login) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Mar 2005 21:11:09 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "keith dunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:11:17 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Subject: [Ontbirds]Carolina Wren, Keswick. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:03:55 -0000 After an absense of about 18 months a Carolina Wren visited my feeder in Keswick this afternoon. Also making use of my feeders were, a single Common Redpole, Hairy Woodpecker, Common Grackle, plus lots of the usual suspects Chickadee's Goldfinches, Nuthatches, and Starlings. Keswick is located about 60km north of Toronto on the shores of lake Simcoe
