Today, Jan. 1 2007, we saw 8 Bald Eagles from the docks of the Royal Resort located near Highway 35 and the Third Concession of Somerville ( Baddow Road) and 8 Bald Eagles on and near a small Island just south of the private bridge near the end of Juniper Isle Road a few kilometres north of the Royal Resort. Some of these birds would be double counted as the Juniper Isle site can be seen from the resort so we had perhaps a dozen birds, approx 4 adult plumage, 4 in transition and 4 sub adult. No Eagles were seen from the south end of Indian Point. Common Mergansers were numerous throughout this area. To get to Indian Point road, turn west off Highway 35 on to Grandy Road in downtown Coboconk.
Coboconk is located on Highway 35, a 40 minute drive north of Lindsay. Dan Bone From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jan 1 17:09:12 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc3-s26.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s26.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.226]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83245634A2 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:09:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.10.92]) by bay0-omc3-s26.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Mon, 1 Jan 2007 14:09:11 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 14:09:10 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 207.46.10.123 by by121fd.bay121.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:09:09 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.221.81.97] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "dave milsom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:09:09 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jan 2007 22:09:10.0952 (UTC) FILETIME=[76F58A80:01C72DF1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]OFO Trip-Peterboro' X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:09:12 -0000 10 intrepid birders enjoyed the 8 degree temperatures and drove the environs of Peterborough and Apsley today. Despite only recording 34 species, some good finds were made : Raptors included 2 Coopers' hawks, an adult Bald Eagle, a dark-phased Rough-legged Hawk, and 3 Red-tails. The group also saw 3 Northern Ravens, a Northern Shrike, 5 Purple Finch (#6 s. of Petroglyphs), a Red Crossbill and 12 Pine Siskins (Jack Lake Rd., Apsley). Also on #6, a flock of about 40 Cedar Waxwings included 5 Bohemians. All were feeding on Juniper berries. A Kingfisher was seen on the Otonabee River near Trent University. Many thanks to Jerry Ball for co-leading this outing. Dave Milsom [EMAIL PROTECTED] References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jan 1 18:01:32 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE03863884 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 18:01:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([69.157.121.166]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 18:01:31 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:01:38 -0500 From: john black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: brock university User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Cackling Goose Fort Erie X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:01:32 -0000 A single Cackling goose was present in a flock of about 100 Canada geese grazing on the lawns on the Lake Erie side of the Peace Bridge at 1430 hours, January 1. Exit the QEW at Fort Erie, and when you reach the road along the lake shore turn left toward the Peace Bridge. The geese were on the left hand side of the road before you reach the Peace Bridge. If the birds are not there they may be grazing at other points along the shore. Try driving along the lake shore away from the Peace Bridge toward the Fort. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jan 1 23:24:00 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP13.CEZ.ICE (bayc1-pasmtp13.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.173]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06478634B2 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 23:24:00 -0500 (EST) X-Originating-IP: [64.230.109.176] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from personaldil636 ([64.230.109.176]) by BAYC1-PASMTP13.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 1 Jan 2007 20:24:17 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Ott User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 23:24:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jan 2007 04:24:18.0140 (UTC) FILETIME=[DE49E1C0:01C72E25] Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Blue Heron - (East of Ottawa) X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:24:00 -0000 While traveling between Ottawa and Montreal today, January 1st, 2007, stopped over at Concession 20 and Ste-Rose. Was very surprised to see a Great Blue Heron standing in a snow covered field next to trench/drainage ditch along Concession 20 (east of Ste-Rose just after house # 2997). It walked slowly down the bank and into the ditch. After awhile it flew across the road into another trench/drainage ditch that goes around a farm field. It stabbed at something in the water but I did not see if it caught anything. It was still there when I left. The mild weather of late had melted a lot of the ice in the ditch. Picture #1 of late GBH http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/72463525 Picture #2 of GBH http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/72463623 DIRECTIONS: >From Ottawa, take Hwy 417 and go past Casselman. Take the next exit which is # 58 and turn left on Cty Road 8 until you come to Concession 20. Turn right on Concession 20 and continue past Ste-Rose. Go past house # 2997. There is a very long and deep drainage ditch on the left side of Concesssion 20 and also a much longer one that goes around a farm field on the other side of the road. W.H. Ottawa, Ontario.
