On Saturday morning while hiking below the McMichael Art Gallery in Kleinburg,
my sons and I observed several Ruby-crowned Kinglets mixed in with numerous
Golden-crowns in the trees along the riverside trail. Just north of Kleinburg,
on the King-Vaughan Line east of Hwy. 27, there was a pair of Belted
Kingfishers rattling up and down the Humber River at the bridge where the
bluebird boxes are and - a km or two east - a Pileated Woodpecker was smacking
away at a telephone pole just east of Kipling Avenue, where the KV Line jogs
northward.
North of Newmarket, Hochreiter Road's time in the local limelight is waning:
the flooded fields that played host to so many migrant waterfowl over the past
month are now drying up and most of the ducks and swans have departed for
points north. Still, a few Caspian Terns showed up at the west end of
Hochreiter on Friday and several Osprey can now be seen in the area: one pair
that has decided to nest on top of a telephone pole right beside Bathurst
Street less than a km north of Hochreiter Rd. and another twosome that is
nesting on a more peaceful platform northeast of where Bathurst ends.
A few minutes southeast of this location, the Holland Landing sewage lagoons
held a few "good" ducks in the third cell Friday afternoon: three pairs of
Ring-necks, six pairs of Wood Ducks, and one Ruddy Duck drake. A male
Northern Harrier passed overhead twice while I was there as well as about 30
Tree Swallows hawking insects higher up. A loudly hammering (and occasionally
calling) Pileated Woodpecker showed himself from time to time in the flooded
woods on the north side of the lagoons (visible from the fenceline).
This morning (Saturday) I joined Mary Carnahan and Mike Van den Tillaart for
a morning walk at the Cawthra Mulock reserve in NW Newmarket. We had a pair of
Wood Ducks at the pond, a few Ruffed Grouse "drumming" from the river valley,
plus vocal male birds of several species proclaiming territory from various
treetops - N. Flickers, Eastern Phoebes and E. Meadowlarks, and a trio of
sparrow species: Field, Savannah, and Song. We also observed a Common Loon
winging its way northward as we stood on the highest ridge overlooking the
lowlands of the Holland Marsh.
Mary ventured over to the other side of the Holland River yesterday afternoon
and successfully followed up on Peter Wukasch's report of Sandhill Cranes north
of Bradford (see Peter's Apr. 12 post re: Bradford area sightings).
Ron Fleming, Newmarket
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I have been in touch with staff at Durham Region about access to the =
Port Perry lagoons on several occasions in the past few weeks. They have =
advised that they do not yet have insurance for the site and will not =
allow access until they have it in place. That may take a few more days. =
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as their sensitivity is already heightened.=20
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Little Gulls at Oshawa Second Marsh
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The Little Gulls have returned to the Oshawa Second Marsh. There are
currently 12 Little Gulls in the marsh area. Birds are easiest seen between
7am and 9am in the marsh. After that time most gulls go out to the lake to
feed. However a few remain in the marsh to preen,sleep etc. on the floating
logs.
With the Little Gulls there is now approx 800 Bonaparte's Gulls present.
25 Common Loons were also observed flying nw between 7:30 and 8:30am
Waterfowl in the marsh included 1 Canvasback, 2 Redheads, 5 Wood Ducks, 5
Northern Pintails, and 6 Ruddy Ducks among the 20 species of waterfowl.
Also present today were several calling Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots,
and Virginia Rails.
New arrivals over the weekend included Barn and Rough-winged Swallows,
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Savannah Sparrows and American Bitterns.
Since the Lake level is currently lower then this time last year, the marsh
level is also lower. The Gravel bar in the marsh is now partially above
water. Greater Yellowlegs and Killdeer have been seen foraging on it so far
this spring.
Directions
Exit from the 401 at the harmony Rd. Exit(419) in Oshawa. Go south on
Farewell St. Colonel Sam Drive. Turn East onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow
to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot
close to the marsh. The east (GM) platform is visible from the NW corner of
the lot.
For a trail map of the Oshawa Second marsh area visit
http://secondmarsh.science.uoit.ca/ and check the link for a trail map of
the area.
