Braddock Bay Raptor Research is looking for a counter for the 2006 spring season. This is a paid position (about $1200US/month) and includes housing. The watch runs from March 1 through May 31, but the end date can be negotiated. Braddock Bay is located near Rochester, NY, about an hour from Niagara Falls. Anyone interested should contact Daena Ford at 585-321-1616 of by email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mike -- Mike Street Ancaster, Ontario, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 5 14:28:03 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.niagara.com (mail.niagara.com [209.5.56.12]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C91E64006 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 14:28:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from KayoRoy (dsl-254.niagara.com [206.186.77.254]) by mail.niagara.com (8.13.1/8.12.8) with SMTP id k05JSWmF019406 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 14:28:32 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Diane and Kayo Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 14:27:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]2005 Niagara Falls ON/NY CBC X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:28:04 -0000 The 40th annual Niagara Falls Ontario/New York State CBC was held on Sunday. December 27, 2005. This Count is centered at Queenston, ON. with one half of the circle in Ontario and the other half in New York State, with the Niagara River running through the center of the count circle. On Count Day, participants observed 90 species and 36,596 individuals. Three additional species were located during the Count Week period. The number of species is slightly below average, but the number of individuals is clearly lower than usual. No doubt the snow and colder weather of the two middle weeks of December resulted in some birds moving out of the area. Count day was for the most part overcast with light winds and temperatures of 0 degrees C to plus 3 degrees C. Streams and creeks were open, and there was perhaps a couple of inches of snow on the ground. One new species, Red-shouldered Hawk, was added to the Count, raising to 165 the cumulative total of species observed over the 40 years. Wood Duck and Northern Shoveler both observed for the fourth time, and Black-headed Gull a fifth record. Record Highs: Red-throated Loon, 65, previous high of 21 in 2003 Mute Swan, 7, previous high of 5 in 2003 Red-breasted Merganser, 1100, more than double the previous high of 544 in 1993 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 58, increasing by about 10% every year Tufted Titmouse, 25, previous high of 18 in the years 1994, 1996,& 2001 Winter Wren, 16, tied with 16 observed in 1992. Record Lows" Often referred to as the gull capital of Canada, 10 gull species were reported this year on the Niagara River. While this was great for this year, it should however be noted that we experienced a 15 year low in the number of individuals of three commonly seen gull species. Bonaparte's Gull, only 1321 vs record high of 26187 in 1991 Ring-billed Gull, only 1957 vs record high of 14062 in 1990 Herring Gull, only 3469 vs record high of 27464 in 1990. The average for these three species is normally about four to five times the numbers observed this year. Other low numbers included: American Black Duck, 27, an 11 year low Northern Mockingbird, 38, a 10 year low American Tree Sparrow, 311, a 15 year low Red-winged Blackbird, 2, a 10 year low House Finch, 238, a 20 year low House Sparrow, 1257, a 20 year low. Species missed: Winter finches (Common Redpoll, Pine Siskin etc) were not observed in the area, Horned Lark was not reported, Yellow-rumped Warbler, absent for the first time in 10 years, and Ring-necked Pheasant breaks a 17 year record of being found for the count. My sincere appreciation to all the participants and a special "Thank You" to Willie D'Anna, who once again organized the counters for me on the US side of the count. Kayo Roy Compiler Kayo Roy 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON L0S 1E3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 5 15:47:57 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mh1.kwic.com (mh1.kwic.com [205.150.58.4]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A12856416A for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:47:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from OWNER2TGDMY0NU (adsl-209-167-98-164.kwic.com [209.167.98.164]) by mh1.kwic.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id k05KltL56732 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:47:55 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "john miles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:47:56 -0500 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]17th Fisherville Christma Bird Count X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:47:57 -0000 The 17th Fisherville Christmas Bird Count was held Dec. 23rd. A total of 55 people including feeder watchers found a total of 30364 birds of 90 species were found. New for the count White-fronted Goose. New Count highs Great Blue Heron 32 Canada Goose 4614 Red-breasted Merganser 223 Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 Merlin 2 American Coot 5 Northern (Y,-S.) Flicker 24 Pileated Woodpecker 4 Northern Cardinal 288 Brown-headed Cowbird 1659 Of note Red-headed Woodpecker 4 Killdeer 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 50 Eastern Screech-owl 79 John Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
