Over Easter weekend at the east end of Algonquin Park just off hwy 60 I saw a mixed flock of at least two hundred and fifty small birds. The ratio was approximately 45% tree sparrows. 45% juncos and 10% fox sparrows. I saw the same ratio of the same species at feeders at a house south west of Huntsville . There were about 100 birds feeding. sylvia naylor From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 17 19:33:56 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web88004.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88004.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.191]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D5DE6419A for <[email protected]>; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:33:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 46417 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Apr 2006 23:33:38 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=sQIT+VxEbYoT+rczCI6alweXN4ZAY/tSA6eYwY8LhBIhGgx6NMxaQdEpKw+UruGnIxPe1vHU+GVDT2M1prKQkW3wD6fiQ1PFBjKgyvsLQrEWYy81emgIhfwg2ElgNNNjngduk7bdvTOPmqWDvXRgAmn1A+a9H/UhDGPll+5MT3I ; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [72.58.152.249] by web88004.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:33:38 EDT Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:33:38 -0400 (EDT) From: RON FLEMING <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: OFO Bird Sightings <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: Mike Van den Tillaart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Pine Warblers, etc. - York Region X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:33:57 -0000
Seeing your first warbler species of the year is always a treat, so I was very pleased to encounter several PINE WARBLERS singing on territory at the Hall Tract in Ballantrae this afternoon. Two birds were singing from high in a pine tree (as they should, by rights) at the parking lot on McCowan Road north of Wellington Rd., while at least three others were too busy foraging to do much singing at all. These latter three were much easier to see; they were in a shorter group of conifers (spruce?) that sits at the east end of the fields marked for reforestation (directly east of the junkyard). There were also large numbers of Golden-crowned Kinglets, several N. Flickers and Brown Creepers, two drumming RUFFED GROUSE, two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, and a PILEATED WOODPECKER in this area. I also had my first butterfly of the spring: a Gray Comma. I hoped to see or hear Red-shouldered Hawks back on territory in this area but had no luck. Still, I would be surprised if they are not back yet. Stephen Cluff, who lives further east in Goodwood (beyond York Region and into Durham) has had Red-shoulders back on his wooded property for almost three weeks now. Following St. John's Sdrd. west to Aurora, I stopped to check the McKenzie Marsh. There are still 30+ RING-NECKED DUCKS, 4 HOODED MERGANSERS, and about 10 COMMON MERGANSERS lingering in the north pond, plus two PIED-BILLED GREBES that may well nest at this location. I heard my first SWAMP SPARROWS of the spring singing from the cattails on the south side. Mary Carnahan reports that another PB Grebe has been hanging around the southernmost pond at Newmarket's Fairy Lake (right beside Mulock Dr.) for two weeks now. At the Cawthra Mulock nature reserve in NW Newmarket this morning the many GC Kinglets in attendance have been joined by an influx of their fiesty cousins, the RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS. Ron Fleming, Newmarket The Hall Tract is east of the Newmarket/Aurora area, accessed most easily by taking Wellington Road east out of Aurora and following it to McCowan Road. Turn north and go past the first forest tract, then look for a new gravel parking lot (freshly fenced)on the east side of the road. If you get out and see a junkyard on the south side of the lot, you are in the right place. To get to the McKenzie Marsh, go a km further north on McCowan and turn west at St. John's Sdrd. This leads straight into Aurora; the marsh is just east of Yonge St. Newmarket and Aurora are halfway between Barrie and Toronto. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 17 19:51:22 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4759663C2A for <[email protected]>; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:51:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([65.92.155.66]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:51:07 -0400 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.384 [268.4.2/314]); Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:51:10 -0400 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: "Jacques Giraud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:51:10 -0400 Organization: Concentrated Consulting Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Thread-Index: AcZhjrFGMVzcsj1tSym67n53sthkog=Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Beamer Pt - April 15, 2006 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:51:22 -0000 April 15, 2006 was an excellent day at Beamer Pt. The birds were low and in good numbers and by the time I left (around 2:30 PM), 12 species of raptor had been seen: red-tailed hawk, broad-winged hawk, red-shouldered-hawk, merlin, american kestrel, peregrine falcon, osprey, sharp-shinned hawk, coopers hawk and turkey vulture. 3 species of swallows were also seen as well as a brown thrasher that was calling from around the park. I managed to get good shots of red-tailed hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, osprey, northern harrier, turkey vulture and broad-winged hawk. By luck, I also managed to get 2 bad photos of a peregrine falcon and red-tailed hawk in the air at the same time. All the photos can be seen at http://www.giraud.com/latest. Good Birding Jacques Giraud
