Bill Broderick phoned to say he had two PURPLE SANDPIPERS at Goat Island directly out from the third Sister Island as you look towards Canada. There is a dead tree out there that forms a crescent. The birds were on a small rock down river and towards the American side from the tree. >From the Ontario side, you should look from the Ontario Hydro building (probably the upriver side) which is about 1/2 mile above the falls. Betsy ---------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 11 17:05:05 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from simmts8-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts8.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.166]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 366E363C11 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:04:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.0.1.2] ([69.156.144.34]) by simmts8-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:04:49 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: "Ont \"birds\"" <[email protected]> From: Doug McRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:05:48 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Subject: [Ontbirds]B-n Stilts still at Brighton X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:05:05 -0000
Greeting all, Just an update to say that the two Black-necked Stilts are still in the wastewater polishing pond as of 1700h. Also, the adjacent landowner just contacted me to let me know that they have been here since yesterday - 10 April. Directions: From Hwy. 401 take Cty. Rd. 30 south to Brighton. Go south through the two traffic lights, over the railway tracks, and as you near the Lake the road (Prince Edward St. at this point) swings left. The ponds are on the south (right) side just as you complete the turn. There is a viewing deck and the birds are about 100-150m away, about 45 degrees to the left if you are looking straight out from the deck. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 11 17:35:18 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B3A63BAB for <[email protected]>; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:35:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 1063 invoked by uid 30); 11 Apr 2006 21:33:22 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11 Apr 2006 17:04:22 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (08 Apr 2006) 155 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:35:18 -0000 Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 72 2391 4637 Osprey 2 3 5 Bald Eagle 0 1 69 Northern Harrier 1 5 35 Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 240 407 Cooper's Hawk 2 43 138 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 91 654 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 58 424 2416 Rough-legged Hawk 4 19 83 Golden Eagle 0 5 7 American Kestrel 0 6 36 Merlin 0 0 6 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 4 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Unknown UA 0 5 22 Unknown UB 0 13 54 Unknown UF 0 1 2 Unknown UE 0 0 3 Unknown UR 1 4 33 Total: 155 3251 8618 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Phil Waggett Observers: Colin Horstead, Tom Thomas Weather: Raptor Observations: 1 Dark morph Red-tail. RL 3 light phase and 1 dark Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bill Smith () Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at: http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/ Directions to site: To get to Beamer CA, take the QEW to Exit 72, follow Christie St./Mountain St. to the top of the escarpment, turn right on Ridge Road West, and go 1.6km to Quarry Rd. Turn right on Quarry Rd. and drive 100m to the conservation area. Parking is normally available inside the park. If parking at the entrance or on the roads, do NOT leave valuables in your car.
