Spring migration is gaining momentum. Sandhill Cranes, Killdeer, Great Blue Herons, Double-crested Cormorants, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Meadowlarks, and many ducks: Ring-necked, Pintail, Greater and Lesser Scaup, Redhead, Black, Blue-wing Teal, and of course Mallards. Tundra and Mute Swans, and Snow Geese are scattered in the area. Snowy Owls are still being observed as they move north.
Cindy Cartwright Saugeen Shores www.ontariohummingbirds.ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 29 17:00:15 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from r1.mycybernet.net (r1.mycybernet.net [209.5.206.8]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32ABF63EC8 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:00:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from 112-61-222-209.mycybernet.net ([209.222.61.112]:62819 helo=blue) by r1.mycybernet.net with smtp (Exim 4.50 (FreeBSD)) id 1FOihs-000HaH-Je for [email protected]; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:00:00 -0500 From: "Connie or Jack Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:59:55 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Importance: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ring-Necked Pheasant, Pickering X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:00:15 -0000 At 8:15 this morning, there was a Ring-Necked Pheasant wandering around on the south side of Myrtle Rd (Durham County Road 5) about 2 km west of Lake Ridge Rd (Durham County Road 23). We saw it as we drove east through Balsam, just as we were leaving the village. Myrtle Rd runs east-west, about 5 km north of 407. Jack & Connie Walker From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 29 17:09:22 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DCAF64023 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:09:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp1.sympatico.ca ([209.226.175.204]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:09:08 -0500 X-Mailer: Openwave WebEngine, version 2.8.6.6 (webedge20-101-174-112-20020617)" From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:09:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:54:15 -0500 Subject: [Ontbirds]Gyrfalcon - Clyde Woods - Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:09:22 -0000 On my second trip to Clyde Woods this week, and after an hour and half of waiting on top of the underground reservoir in Clyde Woods, I was rewarded with 20 minutes of a Gyrfalcon. It screamed across the grass at 5 ft off the deck and floated around and over the hilltop, providing excellant views. Finally it headed east and did a dive into a flock of pigeons near an apartment building but failed to make a kill. Then it slowly climbed high into the sky and headed off in a south eastern direction. The bird was there from 2:10 to 2:30 PM, Wed, Mar 29. Also saw a Goshawk and a Merlin. iain wilkes "happy with a new lifer"
