Hi weekend birders: since nobody has mentioned the Willet today, I would like to confirm that the adult non-breeding eastern subspecies of the Willet is still on the shallows/mud flats of Rattray marsh as of 12:30 pm on Friday Sept.8. For those who need Willet for Toronto/Hamilton geographical lists, it is worth cheking it out. As well, the mud flats may attract other 'goodies' to be aware. Shorebirds observed: **** Willet 1 ** White-rumped Sandpiper 2 Solitary Sandpiper 1 (at least) Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 Least Sandpiper 2 Pectoral Sandpiper 6 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Lesser Yellow-legs 5 Greater Yellow-legs 4 Semipalmated Plovers 2 Killdeer..... several Herons: **Great Egrets 2 ( at least, one with an orange tag above the tibia) Great Blue Herons 20+ Black-crowned Night-Herons 1 Ducks & Swans Wood Ducks, some 20 individuals of various plumages Green-winged Teal, several Gadwall, several Black Duck & Mallard Duck, several Hooded Merganser 2 Common Merganser 3 **Goldeneye, one individual Juvenile Raptors: Turkey Vultures 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 adult and 1 very light juvenile Northern Harrier 2 Falcon sp. ( Merlin?) Passerines: ** Louisiana Waterthrush (fide Alex Gray & Andrew...) Northern Waterthrush, several Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warblers, several Common Yellowthroat 1 Carolina Wren 2 etc. etc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIRECTION copied from Mark Cranford Rattray Marsh is in Mississauga. From the QEW exit at Southdown Road, travel south to Lakeshore Road (old Highway 2). Turn left (east) and drive through Clarkson Village. Turn right (south) on Bexhill Road (just past the 5th or 6th stop light east of Southdown). Park at the bottom of the street near a laneway access to Rathway . At the bottom of the hill follow the boardwalk east( LEFT) to the lake then walk the shore west to the outlet.
2347 Nikanna Rd. Mississauga, Ontario CANADA, L5C2W8 905-2734596 BE at Peace with Nature ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 8 19:37:42 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB68634AE for <[email protected]>; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 19:37:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.110]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [email protected]; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:36:53 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [email protected]; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:36:53 -0600 (MDT) Received: from j9c4r7 ([24.109.175.178]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [email protected]; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:36:53 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:36:47 -0400 From: Nicholas Escott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds <[email protected]> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]N. Wheatear at Thunder Bay X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:37:42 -0000 A NORTHERN WHEATEAR was found by Keith Wade at the CNFER building on the = Lakehead U. campus on wed Sept. 6. It was still present this evening, in = and around the chain-link fenced compound on the east side of the = building. The CNFER bldg is the brick building ahead and on your left as = you traverse the parking lots coming in from the Balmoral St. entrance = to L.U. Nick Escott 650 Alice Ave.=20 Thunder Bay ON P7G 1W9 345-7122 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 8 19:38:20 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 121E663B20 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 19:38:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 9533 invoked by uid 30); 8 Sep 2006 23:34:37 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08 Sep 2006 19:09:37 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (08 Sep 2006) 29 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:38:20 -0000 SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 10 10 Osprey 12 40 40 Bald Eagle 1 22 22 Northern Harrier 0 16 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 108 108 Cooper's Hawk 1 21 21 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 131 131 Red-tailed Hawk 1 22 22 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 113 113 Merlin 0 3 3 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Total: 29 488 488 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Borchers, Fred Kirn, Jim Maki Visitors: Frank Kitakis Weather: Today saw the continuation of the warm southerly flow of the last few days. Skies were clear, if a bit hazy, with a bit of cumulous cloud building up during the afternoon. Winds were light southwest throughout the day, increasing somewhat in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: The flight was very much similar to yesterday with Ospreys making a decent showing but with little else moving. Non-raptor Observations: As stagnate as the hawk flight was today, other birds moved in very good numbers most notably Purple Martins and Barn Swallows with lesser numbers of Chimney Swifts seen. An Olive-sided Flycatcher was seen briefly on its annual perch in a snag to the west of the count area at the boat launch. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
