Yesterday afternoon in advance of the major storm-front approaching from the west I bird Rattray Marsh. At approximately 2:15 pm I found a Ruff feeding with two Pectoral Sandpipers and large flock of Killdeer on the southern edge of outflow channel where it meets the mudflats (just sw of the boardwalk on the knoll trail) and directly off the end of Bexhill Road. The Ruff and pectorals flushed several times by a Cooper's Hawk in my stay at the marsh, swirling around the mudflats several times; the trio was last seen at 3:30 pm feeding on the edge of mudflat just nw off the outflow channel into L. Ontario. I guess because of the hawk, the ruff was very tame ... and a times I was with 50-60 feet of the bird ... but unfortunately no camera!!!!!!! I visited Townsend's sewage lagoon on tuesday and got some good views of the Ruff there (a lifer). This Ruff had no signs of the black blotches present on Townsend's bird ... but rather exhibited a dull mottled gray breast and sides, consistent with the full winter adult male plumage shown in Sibley's Bird guide ... obviously another bird. This may represent a small movement through the area so birders should be on the altert that more might be seen ... but easily missed when mixed in with small flocks of yellowlegs which they apparently often socialize with. Good Luck. Wayne Renaud
Directions: Bexhill runs south of Lakeshore Boulevard about a half kilometer east of Erin Mills Parkway which runs off the QEW. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 23 13:35:16 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from beaver.pch.gc.ca (beaver.pch.gc.ca [198.103.196.130]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 527D063D77 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:35:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from no.name.available by beaver.pch.gc.ca via smtpd (for hpo.hwcn.org [199.212.94.68]) with ESMTP; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:35:51 -0400 Received: from rat.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.57.24]) by skunk.apca.gc.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id j8NHZo4b011323 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:35:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: From pp-vrc-multi.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.142.37]) by rat.apca.gc.ca (WebShield SMTP v4.5 MR1a P0803.345); id 1127496975593; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:36:15 -0400 To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:35:37 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on PP-VRC-MULTI/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 09/23/2005 01:35:49 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Ontbirds]Swainson's Hawk - Point Pelee, no reports X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:35:16 -0000 Hi There! I just wanted to let everyone know that I haven't had any confirmed rep= orts of Swainson's Hawks sightings, since Wednesday evening. I was sick yesterday and didn't get out to the site to check for them, though one = of my co-workers said someone said they had seen them yesterday. I am goi= ng to go and do a more thorough check after work this evening and will pos= t again in the event that they are still around. If anyone did see them yesterday, please send me a private response. Thanks everyone! and Good Birding Sarah Sarah Rupert Sr. Park Interpreter- Interpr=E8te de parc principal Education Coordinator - Coordonnatrice - Programmes =E9ducatif Point Pelee National Park of Canada Parc national du Canada de la Pointe-Pel=E9e Leamington, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 519-322-5700 ext 13 fax 519-322-1678=
