Birders: After a month of waiting impatiently in the Sault I got my first opportunity to try for the Razorbill today. Needless to say I watched the sunrise from the parkette in NOTL and was not disappointed. Shortly after it was light enough to see (around 0800) I spotted the Razorbill drifting along the "rip line" as described in numerous previous posts. It spent 20-30 minutes drifting back and forth leisurely from the US side to the Canadian side and back again. At about 0830 it started feeding actively and when I left at 0900 it was still present. This was especially gratyfying as this was my third alcid on the Great Lakes in as many months. The Black Guillemot on the Spanish River on Nov.19 was number two and a stunning Ancient Murrelet at the mouth of the Tahquemenon River on Whitefish Bay on Oct.29th was number one. I have a feeling this streak may be a bit difficult to sustain but a Dovekie in January wouldn't be impossible. Kirk Zufelt From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Dec 24 11:29:50 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F046348B for <[email protected]>; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:29:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from videoedge (d141-150-198.home.cgocable.net [24.141.150.198]) by fep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id B8089142F4 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:29:50 -0500 (EST) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:29:47 -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 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Subject: [Ontbirds]Orange-crowned Warbler - Oakville X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:29:50 -0000
For those wishing to break away from the rush of Christmas Eve, Dave Don just phoned to say he relocated the Orange-crowned Warbler along the railway line just north of the tracks on Kerr Street in Oakville. It was associating with a group of chickadees a bit closer than when I located it last week. It was seen on the north side west of Kerr Street and east of the old shack further down the tracks. Walk west from Kerr Street along the path that parallels the tracks. Directions: Take QEW to Dorval/Kerr Street exit. Kerr Street is the next major road east of Dorval and is not marked going eastbound on the QEW. It is accessed via the North Service Road or you can access Kerr Street off of Lakeshore. I parked at a small turnaround located just north of the railway tracks but this could be private property. Alternatively, you could use the LA Weightloss parking located just south of the tracks. Happy Christmas Eve! Cheryl Edgecombe
