Yesterday I saw 2 Northern Mockingbirds and today 1 in the same unusual location - the parking lot of the Toronto Congress Centre. They have chosen a small grassy area with shrubby trees in the SW corner of the parking lot, directly under hydro transmission lines. They do not seem bothered by the constant take offs and landings overhead from Pearson International. Both sightings were around 12:30 p.m. The Toronto Congress Centre is located at 650 Dixon Rd., just off Highway 401. There are entrances off of Dixon or Martingrove.
Linda Ervine Willowdale [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 21 19:21:04 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E7EA63F12 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:20:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from userd14f286784 ([65.95.230.171]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:20:35 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "M. Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:20:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Nonquon lagoons April 21 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:21:04 -0000 Got my permit and found that the Nonquon lagoons have lots of shorebird habitat at present, but not too many shorebirds yet - most were in the second lagoon, with totals today: Killdeer 7 Greater Yellowlegs 33 Lesser Yellowlegs 23 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 1 Wilson's Snipe 1 2 Ospreys were on their reconstructed nest atop the bank of baseball diamond lights just south of the lagoons - this nest failed last year. There were good numbers of most common waterfowl, with highish counts of 126 Green-winged Teal and 192 Bufflehead. 2 tagged Trumpeter Swans. Hundreds of Tree Swallows kept low out of the strong east winds, with smaller numbers of Barn and N. Rough-winged. 2 Pied-billed Grebes. Surprisingly, no Boneys or Caspian Terns. Several flickers, 2 noisy Pileated Woodpeckers. Singing Winter Wrens, Eastern Phoebe, Brown Thrasher, and Song, Savannah, and White-throated sparrows - and the peacocks across the road north of the lagoons! Copying Geoff Carpentier's directions: Permits may be purchased at the Durham Region Transfer Site at 1623 Reach Rd, Port Perry during the following business hours .... Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. To get to the transfer station, travel north on Hwy 12 past Port Perry [Hwy 7A] to the next traffic lights [Regional Road 8 = Reach Rd.] and travel east to #1623 on the north side of the road. The lagoons are located one road north of the transfer site east off Hwy 12 on Concession Rd. 8 [don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are both numbered "8", they are two different roads - one is a regional paved road, the other a dirt concession road.] Please do not enter these lagoons without a valid permit. Last year's permit is not useable this year and every person must have their own. Margaret Bain Cobourg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
