Last weekend on both Saturday and Sunday, I had the pleasure of hearing for the first time in years the sound of a northern bobwhite calling from a field in Backus Woods Heritage Conservation Area. Because the bird is threatened, I did not pursue a sighting and was content just to enjoy the calls.
You dont actually have to go in the main gate of the park. Park at the North Gate (locked) on Concession Three (one concession to the north of the park). Directly across the road and east of the Charles Sauriol Property is a house (private property). The park surrounds the house. The bird was calling from the field behind the house, just northeast of the house. Backus Conservation Area is located on Regional Road 42 (Concession Two), 1 kilometer west of East Quarter Line Road (just a few minutes north of downtown Port Rowan) in Norfolk County. For detailed directions to the park, go to http://www.lprca.on.ca/there.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 13 20:59:21 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.110]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5D0563CC4 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:59:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gavin6f0bgywau ([67.71.53.80]) by tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net SMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:59:46 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Gavin Edmondstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:00:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Subject: [Ontbirds]More on the Bronte Red-necked Grebes X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:59:22 -0000 We returned to the Red-necked Grebe nest this evening (June 13) and were a bit surprised but not shocked to see that there are at least seven eggs in the nest. The hatchling was riding on a parent's back. We were told by another grebe watcher that hatching took place in the middle of last week (June 7 or earlier) and that there were two hatchlings but one has since disappeared. Large numbers of eggs in the nest is a fairly common occurrence with the Red-necked Grebes nesting in Bronte Harbour. On one occasion (July 17, 2002) I observed an egg being dumped in a nest. Directions: Exit the QEW at Bronte Rd. (Oakville) and go to the lake. Turn left at Ontario St. and park near the Lighthouse Restaurant. The nest is on an anchored floating tire in the basin east of the restaurant. It is fairly close to shore and easily observed from the path. Gavin Edmondstone Oakville, Ontario
