I've received two emails regarding our sighting
earlier this evening. One reader commented on
the "rusty top of the head" and thought that this
indicated that it might be a Snow Goose.
When we were viewing this goose, we both noted
that the head and back of the neck had a slight
"greyish" wash to it. I think the rusty
discolouration in my photo is due to the dusky
conditions and the fact that the photo was taken
through my binocular eyepiece. My apologies that
this photo wasn't crisper, but usually, I have to
take about 50 shots to get something really
clear. With the fading light, there just wasn't enough time for that many.
Thanks,
Peg
From: "P. Hauschildt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Ontbirds]Link to photo of possible immature Ross's Goose
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:13:55 -0400
>The link in my previous email became truncated once I posted the
>message. To see the photo of what I believe to be an immature
>Ross's Gosse that I took earlier this evening, please go to
>
>http://www.physics.queensu.ca/~ph/Birds/
>
>and click on the Ross's Goose jpg file.
>
>Cheers,
>Peg Hauschildt
>Kingston, Ontario
>
>
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Another Manx Shearwater on Lake Ontario
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Just after the getting a report of a Razorbill at Derby Hill from Jim
Pawlicki of New York State, Jim just forwarded us the message below
posted by Bill Purcell on the Oneida listserv (Syracuse area) of a
Manx Shearwater seen yesterday off Derby Hill at the southeast corner
of Lake Ontario in New York. Like the Razorbill, the shearwater
likely entered Lake Ontario by coming up the St Lawrence River.
"Not a lot of birds on Monday at Derby Hill at the SE end of Lake
Ontario on the strong W winds but a good variety with a Manx
Shearwater! Wind was WSW @ 25-30 MPH early, went to W by late morning
and diminished a bit by mid-afternoon. Okay, the Manx Shearwater -
It was seen at 1:50 PM at approx. 300-350 yards. Dave Wheeler had
picked up a possible Kittiwake and as I pointed my scope in that
general direction I picked up what I initially ID'd as a jaeger, The
bird had a black back but it's wings were not shaped like a jaeger
and after a few shallow, stiff wing beats I heard myself say, "I
think it's a shearwater". Dave got on the bird and we both noticed
the stiff wing beats, black upperparts, white underparts including
underwing, and long wings relative to the body. The wings were mostly
straight but seemed to be swept back very slightly towards the
pointed wingtips. The shearwater alternately banked so we could see
upper and lower views. It was able to fly directly into the wind with
few wingbeats just about as quickly as any bird might move with the
wind! The only species likely to be confused with Manx Shearwater is
Audubon's Shearwater and the latter species should have had some
brown tones on the upperparts with shorter wings, possibly more
rounded at the tip, and some darkness on the underwing."
Jean Iron & Ron Pittaway
Toronto ON
