Yes, the snow and the cold winds do blow, BUT I was rewarded today/Friday with a) several sortees by 2 different N.Shrikes AND, at 1045 I heard a commotion behind me; looking around I saw this marvelous hawk sweeping down the pathway toward me, as all of the squirrels and feeding passerines "froze"-- a dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK glided just above my head, continuing eastward over the wetlands, perching briefly on an alder tree, then lifting off to come back westward.
Other than that great incident the only other raptors were 1 adult Red-tailed, a male N.Harrier , 1 resident Harrier and 1 Cooper's. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THEM, COME DOWN THIS WEEKEND !!-- I counted over 30 from the viewing platform, and another 20 from the north platform--- pyramidal muskrat push-ups are being revealed as the cattails die down. As I said, come see them, AND offer an opinion as to what they bode for the wetlands. I did NOT see or hear Crossbills this AM. The official close to the 2005 Raptor Watch is Wednesday, Nov.30. Hall's Rd. leads south from Victoria St. in southwest Whitby-- drive down to the second roadside parking area. Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW www.pickeringnaturalists.org From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Nov 25 17:03:00 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp1.golden.net (smtp.golden.net [199.166.210.31]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4220764E4E for <[email protected]>; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:03:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from node-584.tor.pppoe.execulink.com ([216.59.242.72] heloÊrol8a19c7f3e) by smtp1.golden.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Eflox-000656-U7 for [email protected]; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:13:32 -0500 From: "Carol & Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:13:29 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcXyDXa4MNLLU2GcQPuc8veZYodb4A=Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Sandhill Cranes, Waterloo X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:03:01 -0000 Hi birders, Today after picking up my sister from work Mike and I stopped in at Laurel Creek in Waterloo, and were quite surprised to see a flock of 67 Sandhill Cranes roosting beside the main stream at Laurel Creek. As well the snowy weather has brought an Eastern Meadowlark and 3 Pine Siskins to the Heidelberg area (just north of Waterloo). Directions: Take Hwy. 85 north to Waterloo, exit at Northfield Drive, go west and follow the signs to Laurel Creek C.A. The SACR's were in the middle of the drained reservoir near the west end. Good Birding, Kenny Burrell Heidelberg, Ont.
