Ron Scovell contacted me on April 6 to inform me that he saw a Ruffed Grouse fly from high in a tree at the east end of the woods at Thickson's Woods towards the wetland, this being around 4pm. Indeed, I told him that I would contact area birders to see if a RG has been noted there in the recent past. Other birds of note in the woods on April 6-- Eastern Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush and Eastern Phoebe.
Exit the 401 onto Thickson's Rd. in east Whitby, south towards the lake, turning east to park along the north fringe of the pine woods. Doug Lockrey, Whitby From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 7 15:21:40 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp2.execulink.net (smtp2.execulink.net [199.166.6.52]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F255B63DA7 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 15:21:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from golden1.internal.mail.execulink.net (golden1.internal.mail.execulink.net [69.63.44.66]) by smtp2.execulink.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k37JKxBm014336 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 15:21:00 -0400 Received: from node-77.tor.pppoe.execulink.com ([216.59.240.77] heloÊrol8a19c7f3e) by golden1.internal.mail.execulink.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1FRwTl-0003va-OW for [email protected]; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:18:45 -0400 From: "Carol & Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 15:21:01 -0400 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: AcZaeGea3jpYB6hkTHOjqALRW2XakQ=Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Snowy Owl north of Waterloo X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 19:21:40 -0000 While it appears that most of the Snowy Owls which wintered just north of Waterloo have departed we found a single bird today around noon. This bird was in a spot where we have not seen any Snowies this winter so it may be just a migrant passing through from further south. This is probably the 6th or 7th individual this winter in this general area that we are aware of. There are still a few Rough-legged Hawks around, plus the odd Eastern Bluebird has returned. This bird was seen at the south-east corner of Hergot Rd and Ament Line (between St. Clements and Hawkesville). To get here travel north on Hwy 85 from Waterloo, exiting at the second King Street exit and turning left towards St. Jacobs. At the 3rd set of lights (Lobsinger Line) turn left, and at the main intersection in St. Clements turn right (Hergot Rd). Travel north until you reach Ament Line (the 2nd road I think). Good Birding, Mike Burrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
