A male CHAFFINCH was first seen at our feeders in Atikokan at 08:00 Sunday May 8/06. It was observed and photographed initially for 10 minutes and then observed again at 09:00. Bird appeared in perfect plumage and has no bands. Fed on ground with B.H. Cowbirds, W.C.Sparrows and R.W. blackbirds with no conflict.
Dave and Mary Elder, 23 Birch Road, Atikokan, Ontario - 807-597-2008 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 7 13:50:46 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.80]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 689E263F0A for <[email protected]>; Sun, 7 May 2006 13:50:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 38010 invoked from network); 7 May 2006 17:50:29 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=gW7eS4YNiQ0nAuQIzze5d73LCYrYyKmb31KuWehxRB12au3nLHv+S2PP8irKh1KwAVvICu03hvFt1ZrNGaASgZGUYdJxMeQSGssYEumbmlMqEXcKhl9VOTS3YWTBFhOQUScfPUmu4oJyGH75zOSbBqdzgWV85iU4oiwJmR92cK8 ; Received: from unknown (HELO doug) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.141.178.44 with login) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 May 2006 17:50:28 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 13:50:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] May 7 at Thickson's in Whitby--pockets of good warblers, Green Heron among several shorebirds on the marsh X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 17:50:46 -0000 Many birders enjoyed the challenge of locating the spots for warblers on this May 7 morning, within the pine woods of Thickson's. I list the birds that I know were seen: shorebirds--Dunlin, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper. Least Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs Green Heron Hooded Merganser Ruby-throated Hummingbird Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo, Warbling Vireo Winter Wren Thrushes--Veery, Hermit T., Wood T., Am. Robin Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher Warblers--Nashville, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated green , Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian, Palm, Black-and-white, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Yellow-rumped White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Exit 401 onto Thickson Rd. in west Whitby, south toward the lakefront, turning east onto the road that runs along in front of the pine woods. Doug Lockrey, Whitby From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 7 16:08:04 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts5.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79FCB63EA1 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 7 May 2006 16:07:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from blinding ([65.92.155.66]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 7 May 2006 16:07:49 -0400 From: "Jacques Giraud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 16:07:52 -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: AcZyEevhrDGfTLalQvKpaly4lTM+eg=Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Sandhill Crane at Thickson's Woods X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 20:08:05 -0000 I observed a Sandhill Crane flying east to west just north of Thicksons Wood around noon today. Other than that, birding was sparse at the woods. Exit 401 onto Thickson Rd. in west Whitby, south toward the lakefront, turning east onto the road that runs along in front of the pine woods. Good Birding Jacques Giraud
