Hello Ontbirders
Although still cold, breezy and gray, there was much activity in the
fields southwest of Ottawa.
At the Quarry Ponds off Moodie Drive there were many diving ducks,
Ruddy Ducks, and geese, including one Cackling Goose, one Pied-billed
Grebe and an American Coot . Periodically, individuals of Snow Buntings
would fly overhead.
Directions per Neily World:
http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/stony8.htm
Along both sides of Eagleson Road, south of Fallowfield Road, many
gulls, geese and American Pipits foraged through the harvested fields
(mainly east of Eagleson, between Shea and Akins Roads). Also present
were small numbers of Snow Bunting, and a group of about 14 Lapland
Longspurs. A flock of 50 Brant also flew overhead.
Directions modified from Neily World: From Highway 416 take exit 66
(Fallowfield Road). If southbound, a 0.4 km offramp dumps onto
Fallowfield, where you will turn right or west. If northbound, the 0.4
km offramp brings you to Fallowfield, where you will turn left or west
onto it and in 0.5 km join the southbound offramp traffic. Both groups
will now follow Fallowfield Road west 7.0 km from here, passing Moodie
Drive and Richmond Road to reach Eagleson Road. Turn left (south) on
Eagleson Road.
At the corner of Moodie Drive and Brophy/Bankfield, mixed in with the
Canada Geese and a flock of 60 Snow Buntings, were 2 Cackling Geese and
1 Greater White-fronted Goose.
Directions per Neily World:
http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/stony7.htm
Note: Hunters have intermittently set up stations in the fields
throughout this area.
Cheerio
Tony Beck
158-B Woodridge Cr.,
Ottawa, Ont.
K2B 7S9
(613)-828-5936
website: http://www3.sympatico.ca/beck.tony/
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Subject: [Ontbirds]RE:Re: Fox sparrows at Pinecroft, near Aylmer, Ontario
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Oct. 26, 2006
Greetings fellow birders:
This week has been very active for a flury of fall migrants discovered
at Pinecroft. Yesterday, at around 6:00 pm on the south side of the
pond a small flock of Hermit thrush moved through with Brown creeper,
Ruby crowned kinglet, Golden crowned kinglet, Black capped chickadee
and numerous American robins. Over the weekend 2 Fox sparrows
appeared on Trail C, located on the east side of the parking lot. The
Fox sparrow and Hermit thrush were new birds for the official
Pinecroft bird species list, which is available for purchase inside
the Green frog tearoom restaurant for $1.50 CAD.
To get to Pinecroft, take Highway #3 to Aylmer. On the west side of
Aylmer, turn left, heading south on Rogers Road South. Continue on
Rogers Rd. S. approximately 1.5 kilometers to the stop sign at
Conservation Line. Continue through the stop sign at Conservation
Line to the third or forth entrance on the left, or east side of
Rogers Rd. S. This is the entrance to Pinecroft. If you get lost you
may phone them for directions at; 519-773-3435.
Good birding!
Dave Jolly,
Senior Instructor
EARTHQUEST Biological Field School
8122 Rogers Road South
RR#5 Aylmer West, Ontario N5H 2R4
Phone: 1-519-875-3340
Email: earthquestAThotmail.com
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Markham - Reesor Pond
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La Conte's sparrow still to be found in undergrowth North end of
Reesor
Pond [thanks to Jim Fairchild] also seen this am [among others] were 2
Cackling
geese, a family of four Trumpeter swans and a lone Greater yellowlegs
- Reesor
Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road, Markham - cheers -
Stan Long
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Subject: [Ontbirds]
late Hummingbird, 2 foxes, blue-headed vireo AND 2 GOLDEN EAGLES
among 270 migrating raptors-Cranberry--Oct.26
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The mild N-NW winds and blue sky were not the best for a raptor flight, let
alone make it easy to spot the birds. However, I am grateful for the large
numbers of observers coming to help withe data-collecting. By mid-AM the
Red-shouldereds and Red-taileds started to come across, along with 2 very
distant GOLDEN EAGLES.
Observations made by 15 observers over 6 hours-Oct.26
Counters--Dan Kaczynski, Jim Munroe, Gerry Ball, Doug Lockrey
Observers-- Jim Fairchild, Eleanor Wellman, Bettina Murphy, Joyce
Collier-Brown, John Stirrat and several others
Raptor highlights--19 Red-shouldereds, 107 Red-tailed, 1 Rough-legged, 2
Golden Eagle
IN THE LATE AFTERNOON A MERLIN CAME LOW ACROSS THE WETLANDS AND CIRCLED OUR
MOUNTED OWL.
Non-raptors--Warblers--Wilson's Snipe, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-headed
Vireo, a late R-t Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, both Kinglets, our first
Am. TREE SPARROW (winter is here!!!), Hermit thrush.
2 FOXES were seen at 0730 out near the roadway.
Day's Count TOTAL
Turkey Vulture 88 2223
Osprey 0 158
Bald Eagle 0 55
N. Harrier 7 189
Sharp-shinned 37 1728
Cooper's 3 147
Northern Goshawk 0 15
Red-shouldered 19 54
Broad-winged 0 974
Red-tailed 107 633
Rough-legged 1 3
Golden Eagle 2 4
American Kestrel 2 659
Merlin 2 28
Peregrine 1 115
Unidentified 1 96
TOTAL 270 6984
From the west--Exit 401 at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, east through
Lakeridge Rd., one block to Hall's Rd., south towards the lake, parking at
the entrance to the south pathway.
From the east--Exit 401 at Brock St. in Whitby, south to Victoria, west past
the Lynde C.A. parking lot to Hall's Rd.--
Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON
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