I arrived at Wylie Rd. this morning at 7:30 and heard no Henslow's Sparrow. I spent most of the next 3 hours in the area where I saw it last Tuesday and didn't hear or see the bird. A fellow I talked to later had been there at 6 am and thought he heard it twice south of the area where it has been seen but that was all. Three other people I talked to during the day did not see or hear it either. I left about 5:30 pm. A from Montreal was going to try again at 7:30 pm.
Several adult Eastern Kingbirds feeding young. Several boxes with bluebirds being fed. Savannah and Song Sparrows carrying food. Lots of Eastern Meadowlark families seen. Lots of Grasshopper Sparrows around. I have still to see and hear Clay-coloured Sparrows. Grackles flocking up. About 18 young Tree Swallows sitting on one section of fence. Many birds taking advantage of the puddles for bathing. In the field on the right side before the Sedge Wren Marsh two Common Nighthawks flew all afternoon and landed in trees periodically. Lots of butterflies including: Monarch, Viceroys, White Admirals, Mourning Cloaks, and more. Take 48 Hwy East to Kirkfield. Take Road 6 left in the middle of Kirkfield to the locks. Drive past the locks to McNamara Rd. Turn right and then left onto Wylie Rd. Eleanor Kee Wellman "All Things Wild & Wonderful" Bala, ON, CA P0C 1A0 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 12 07:52:49 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts12.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.141]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3069763F25 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:52:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from RickDesktop ([67.71.124.11]) by simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.net ESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:52:49 -0400 From: "Rick Thornton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:52:48 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Thread-Index: AcalqbIlGMH0SmHuTx64v5h0KFmfhg=Subject: [Ontbirds]Avocet at Grand Bend 7:00pm X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:52:49 -0000 Just to let folks know that the Avocet was seen at the Grand Bend lagoons at 7:00pm last evening. Very nice bird and I would have to agree with Maris... Looks like a female... Had the pleasure of watching it feed, fly and call... It was in the 3rd cell the whole time I was there.... Directions courtesy of Maris Apse.... GBSL are SE of town on Mollard Line - coming out of GB on HC#81 turn right on Mollard Line - lagoons are on right OR from Greenway Road (east of Hwy#21) turn left on Mollard Line - lagoons are on left. Rick Thornton Exeter, ON
