Around 9am this morning i relocated the Piping Plover that was seen yesterday .IT was easy to see from the bridge looking south towards the Hillman house and washrooms .it was hiding in the stubble but still very easy to pic out because it was very pale and it was hanging around with a Semipalmated Plover that to me seemed extremely dark compared to what we usually have in this area .i watched it for a very long time hoping that it might move somewhere closer so i could get a nice picture but no luck i had to settle for a far away shot but at least i got a pic for my records now .Good luck and good birding Robert Horvath [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hillman Marsh Conservation Area is located just east of the junction of County Roads 20 and 37, east of Leamington - just minutes from Point Pelee National Park.
--------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 2 20:24:07 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC68A639E1 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:24:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from queens5kg564bn ([216.209.138.57]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:24:07 -0500 From: "Peter and Jane Good" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:23:53 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Subject: [Ontbirds]Kingston area birds to Nov. 2, 2006 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:24:08 -0000 It has been a good week locally with some obvious signs that we are moving into winter. The first two Long-tailed Ducks were at the Amherstview sewage lagoons on the 30th and two more were on Amherst Island the next day. Both Tundra and Mute Swans were found on Wolfe Island last Friday along with four White-winged Scoter, six Black Scoter, 30 Brant and thousands of scaup. The sewage lagoons have a really good mix of both diving and puddle ducks including 14 N. Shoveler and 2 Ruddy Ducks. There were about 200 Brant in Elevator Bay yesterday. The trip to Amherst Island on Hallowe'en also yielded 6 Common Loons, a Red-necked Grebe and a pretty fair selection of shorebirds for this late in the season; these included 8 Black-bellied and 2 Golden Plover, 35 Dunlin, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, a Woodcock and 4 Greater Yellowlegs. There were also 4 Greater Yellowlegs on Wolfe on the 27th and a singleton at the lagoons on the 30th. A Little Gull was seen at RMC on Monday. Raptors have not yet put in a huge appearance but there were 6 N. Harriers on Wolfe on the 27th and two more on Amherst on the 31st. I received a report this evening of a dark phase Gyrfalcon hunting pigeons on the penitentiary property yesterday. In some years these spectacular birds have lingered for much of the winter; there certainly is no shortage of prey. There are a few owls to mention; one Saw-whet and three Long-eared in the Owl Woods on Amherst on the 31st and a Great Horned calling near Camden East the last few nights. Passerines seem to be in short supply. A few White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows are lingering and the number of Dark-eyed Juncos is increasing rapidly. Two Winter Wrens and five Fox Sparrows were seen at Parrots Bay Oct. 30th and another two Fox Sparrows were on Amherst on the 31st. There were two Chipping Sparrows at a Camden East feeder on Monday. The first Tree Sparrow was on Wolfe the 27th and another showed up near Camden East today. Snow Buntings have finally put in a local appearance with 10 at the lagoons on the 30th, one on Amherst the 31st and then another 17 at the lagoons yesterday. The Kingston Field Naturalists have their annual 24 hour fall roundup this weekend. Here's hoping the birds and the weather cooperate. Cheers, Peter Good 613 378-6605
