----- Original Message ----- From: Karl Egressy To: Ontbirds Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:16 PM Subject: Clay-colored and Grasshopper Sparrows at Forks of The Credit Prov. Park.
Hi Fellow Birders, It seemed to us that there were a lot of Clay-colored Sparrows at the aforementioned location. Many were singing, some carrying food as an indirect proof of nesting. Also Grasshopper Sparrows, lots of Field Sparrows (carrying food) and Savannah Sparrows. The best location for Clay-colored was only one hundred meters from the parking lot along the trail marked with green. They were perching very close to the trail. Good Luck, Karl & Marienna Egressy www.kegressy.com Direction to Forks of The Credit P.P. >From Toronto take Hw 401 West. At exit # 342 take HW 10 towards Orangeville. At Caledon take HW 24 (124) towards Erin (South). About 8 km down the road you should find a T intersect with McLaren Road. Drive an other 2.5 km to the entrance of the park. (parking fee $ 2.0 per hours) From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jun 19 19:27:13 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx2.magma.ca (mx2.magma.ca [206.191.0.250]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E23464682 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:27:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail4.magma.ca (mail4.magma.ca [206.191.0.222]) by mx2.magma.ca (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j5JNSWXM025097; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:28:33 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer.magma.ca (ottawa-hs-209-217-99-223.d-ip.magma.ca [209.217.99.223]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail4.magma.ca (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j5JNSSu2002508; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:28:30 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:27:06 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 18Jun05... Caspian Tern, Redhead, Common Nighthawk X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:27:14 -0000 - RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 18 June 2005 * ONOT0506.18 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler REDHEAD Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Wilson's Phalarope Ring-billed Gull CASPIAN TERN Black-billed Cuckoo COMMON NIGHTHAWK Golden-winged Warbler - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 18 June 2005 number: 613-860-9000 for the status line : press 2 for rare bird alerts: press 1 to report a sighting: press # coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que. compiler : Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - JUN 18 2005 AT 8:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. A change in the weather to cooler and more seasonal temperatures this past week was a welcome relief, but as usual for this time of year in the Ottawa area, bird reports were lean. The St. Albert and Embrun sewage lagoons were checked today June 18, but water levels are very high after the recent rain, and the only noteworthy birds were a few puddle ducks such as Wood Duck, Mallard, and Northern Shovelers all with ducklings, as well 4 Wilson's Phalaropes at the Embrun site. More interesting sightings included an immature Bald Eagle flying over the Jack Pine Trail on the morning of the 16th, and an adult Bald Eagle perched along Hwy 17 east of Arnprior at the Madawaska River on the 18th. A CASPIAN TERN was loafing on the rocks with the Ring-billed Gulls in the Remic rapids at Parc Brebeuf on the 15th and was searched for but not subsequently seen. At the large pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. on the 12th, a female REDHEAD was seen along with approx. 30 mostly male Ruddy Ducks. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported from both downtown Ottawa and the village of Carp on the evenings of June 11th and 12th respectively. Also on the 12th, a Black-billed Cuckoo was heard and a male Golden-winged Warbler was singing a "Golden-winged" song-type near the hydro cut along the railroad tracks east of Huntmar Dr. The male of the two downtown Peregrine Falcon chicks made his first successful flight on June 16th. For more information about the Peregrines' progress, please check the OFNC web site at www.ofnc.ca and look for the Falcon Watch notice on the "bulletin board". Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
