On Saturday morning there was a significant movement of Rusty Blackbirds near the water treatment pumping station off of Industrial Parkway. I estimated there were 200 or more in small groups of 20 - 30 birds. As well, there were a number of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and Eastern Phoebes moving through as well. To visit this location, take Hwy. 11 south through Bradford ( towards Newmarket) and turn left onto Disette Avenue at the lights. Drive along to the first public road on the right. Cross the RR Tracks and continue 'till it dead ends. Park there and walk to the end of the gravel road, past the pumpins station and along the trail to the marshy area. Lots of sparrow activity as well. (Wh. Thr., Swamp, Song, Wh. Cr., Lincoln's). Peter Wukasch Peter Wukasch From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 7 17:29:35 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.82]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A153963E89 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:29:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 81551 invoked from network); 7 Oct 2006 21:29:35 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-Antivirus:X-Antivirus-Status; b=tmXHQcz+kcX4NQNK4MEnt+8iiqo35ydNBN4AuEHs1MQ2qyH66kLbPHE5HFtzh8pDwki2SOv7ScQHs7rHqXwGGs8FD2jnnqEOwrFnNYtsXUDC+FYdg2mmg7a5ASw1nqwfH8Lii5FD59ayT9Y82HfFnJ+HdY/+MkVYrv3NhHw/iSI ; Received: from unknown (HELO main) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.138.163.227 with login) by smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Oct 2006 21:29:34 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "kim zbitnew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:27:46 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0640-5, 10/07/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: [Ontbirds]Cattle Egret east of Ottawa (casselman) X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:29:40 -0000
The Cattle Egret was seen again today, October 7, about 2.30-3.30 pm in the backyard of #545 Route 500, actively feeding as well as resting and flying. It was seen from the south bank of the sewage lagoon. Therefore there is no need to enter the property. Regards, Kim Zbitnew Directions (from Chris Lewis's message): DIRECTIONS: (*NOTE - THESE SEWAGE LAGOONS ARE DESIGNATED AS PRIVATE PROPERTY, SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO VISIT EITHER LOCATION, PLEASE BE DISCREET AND RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. CASSELMAN - Take Hwy 417 east from Ottawa to exit 66 (watch out for construction and some tricky lane closures from the Embrun though the Casselman exits!) At exit 66 turn left (north) and proceed past the Tim Horton's and the RR tracks. Take Laurier St. (the 2nd right after the RR tracks) and follow it until you reach Rte 500. Turn right onto Rte. 500. The laneway to the lagoons comes up immediately on your right. The property of Marc Denis (the owner of the farm on which the egret has been enjoying its sojourn) is at #545 Rte 500. As previously mentioned, there is no need to enter the property to see the bird, but Mr. Denis is birder-friendly and if you check with him at his home he is evidently happy to let people onto his property until Sat. Oct. 7th). _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
