Bill Rapley and I did some casual birding on the Bruce Peninsula this weekend and noted some interesting breeding success. On Crane Lake Road, at the entrance to the Bruce National Park, a pair of sandhill cranes with one large young was noted. Approximately 3 miles south of Brinkman's Corners, in a wooded pond, a hooded merganser with 6 young was observed. At Hope Bay, a common merganser with 7 newly hatched young was seen. Also, at the south end of Isaac Lake, along the Oliphant Road, a female wood duck with at least 4 sizeable young was discovered.
The other interesting observation was a clay-coloured sparrow which appeared to be on territory on Cape Chin Road North (approximately 2 miles in). From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 6 13:10:56 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mailhub.cs.uoguelph.ca (mailhub.cs.uoguelph.ca [131.104.96.75]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F54D6463B for <[email protected]>; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:10:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca (frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca [131.104.96.190]) by mailhub.cs.uoguelph.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j66HEsXt001081 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:14:54 -0400 Received: from frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j66HEss2023565 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:14:54 -0400 Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j66HEsvR023563 for [email protected]; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:14:54 -0400 Received: from ottawa-dial-206-191-1-174.d-ip.magma.ca (ottawa-dial-206-191-1-174.d-ip.magma.ca [206.191.1.174]) by webmail.uoguelph.ca (IMP) with HTTP for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:14:54 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:14:54 -0400 From: Jon Pleizier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontario birds <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.4 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 Subject: [Ontbirds]Indigo Bunting, Palm Warblers, yellowthroats, oh my! X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:10:56 -0000 Hello All, I toured the Mer Bleu area in Ottawa this morning with a few interesting finds. Along the boardwalk(and area) were COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, a PALM WARBLER with 1 offspring, a THRASHER, a male BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER, a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and at least 2 HERMIT THRUSHES could be heard. I then walked a trail off of Anderson Rd and found many more yellowthroats, 3 RED-EYED VIREOS, many EASTERN WOOD PEEWEES, YELLOW WABLERS, a male HARRIER, and a male INDIGO BUNTING. VEERY could also be heard. The bunting was singing atop a leafless tree. I watched it for fifteen minutes were it sat contentedly even after being chased by a peewee. Happy Birding All, Jon Pleizier (613) 835-2293 Ottawa University of Guelph >From HWy 417 exit onto Walkley Rd and turn left(if travelling eastbound). >Follow the road around the sharp cornerand up the hill and turn left at the top of the hill. Follow until the yellow flashing light at Anderson intersection and turn left unless going to the boardwalk(then go straight). Follow Anderson unitl the hill past the parking lot to the left and walk the trail at the bottom of the hill on the left side of the road. Keep to the right until you reach a grassy meadowlike area. I saw the bunting on the trail to the left at the meadow in a leafless tree on the right side of the trail on the hill. Good luck!
