The Pied-billed Grebe was still at The Narrows on Big Rideau Lake this afternoon (we first reported it Jan. 25). It and a male Hooded Merganser stayed close together in the open water on the east side of the south bridge.
Directions from Smiths Falls: Hwy 15 south about 25 km, turn right at Hwy 42 to Newboro and turn almost immediately right onto County Road 14 (this turn is about 100 ft from Hwy 15 but can be easy to miss). Continue north on CR 14 to the first bridge at the Narrows on Big Rideau Lake. Don Wigle Ottawa From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 16 21:27:38 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc3-s39.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s39.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.239]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117F0638DD for <[email protected]>; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:27:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.9.96]) by bay0-omc3-s39.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:27:38 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:27:37 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 207.46.9.123 by by119fd.bay119.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:27:35 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.46.148.250] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Maris Apse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:27:35 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Feb 2007 02:27:37.0918 (UTC) FILETIME=[30D545E0:01C7523B] Subject: [Ontbirds]10 Meadowlarks - Melbourne X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:27:39 -0000 Hi all, Following Donald Pye's directions I located these birds ~4:00 pm to-day. 3 were just west of RR tracks - mostly on the roadway with 7 further west beyond the curve, mostly flying about and landing on corn stubble on the north side of Hyndman Dr. Whenever I tried to get a scope view they took off - there were also ~50 Horned Lark, ~80 Snow Bunting, 2 Lapland Longspur, some Dark-eyed Junco and Tree Sparrow for quite an eclectic and active 'mixed flock' along this stretch. It was still quite cold and windy to-day although the sun was shining brightly I'm pretty sure they were Eastern Meadowlark and a treat to see. Directions - Hyndman Dr. is 2 concessions south of Hwy #2 at Melbourne west of Middlesex CR#9, between Mayfair Rd and Thames Rd.(CR #8). Maris Apse 10094 Red Pine Road, Box 22, RR #2 Grand Bend ON N0M 1T0 (519) 238 - 8415 _________________________________________________________________ http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cpC.658648~-79.383962&style=r&lvl&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene702663&cidzBE80D1746919B4!1329 >From January 26 to February 8, 2007
