Hi All I was birding at Shoreacres Estate in Burlington this PM was able to find 3 Black-crowned Night Herons roosting together in one tree. I was there on Monday they were not there. Also there was 3 Eastern Phoebes & quite a number of Golden-crowed Kinglets. Also out on the lake I saw a pair of Red-necked Grebes. I did manage pictures of the Herons. Directions: The estate is on the south side of Lakeshore Rd. between Appleby & Walkers Line. Bill Morden From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 12 04:39:57 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web88310.mail.re4.yahoo.com (web88310.mail.re4.yahoo.com [216.39.53.233]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 731AF6348D for <[email protected]>; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:39:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 43886 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Apr 2007 08:39:56 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=h/zMNPiogn7QqsXT16DUh9Tnf9MW5lpN9B0/XlsTuOS4bIvoYNGXfjL3ikXWbKsarmdMsZSXDtalOSamlY2K1Va70foYuXxvr4oHUl4P73ucdMtnYOwtdzH3RviiJbSkzTQQGuqWbtAFxy8fzy2Q75DbRArdxe7yzku8WPGfg5k=; X-YMail-OSG: pRX478EVM1mr09qDiX7eGdBm1ERy0wNKhNFSutQS.M5V3VUB Received: from [74.105.46.30] by web88310.mail.re4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:39:56 EDT Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:39:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Roger Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Greater Snow Geese (St. Isidore), Tundra Swan (St. Pascal) (East of Ottawa) X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:39:57 -0000
After looking in the Bourget, Cobb Lake, Riceville areas in vain, finally located a huge flock of up to 100,000 Greater Snow Geese at the St. Isidore lagoons, around 14h.00 on Wednesday, 11 April. Two cells were carpeted with the geese & more were flying overhead. After about thirty minutes, most took off & broke up into "smaller" flocks (generally flying south & west of St. Isidore). They left behind a handful of Canada Geese & ducks, including a pair of Redhead, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, & other regulars. Earlier in the afternoon, there was a single Tundra Swan resting (& flying) with a hundred or so Canada Geese, in the open fields south of St.Pascal. A quick check at the Embrun Lagoons around 16h.30 showed little activity although the cells are about 75 per cent ice-free. Among a couple of dozen waterfowl in the north-east cell was a single Ruddy Duck, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Wood Duck, Common Merganser, & Hooded Merganser. Roger Clark (Ottawa) Directions for St. Isidore: the sewage lagoons are down a farm lane off County Road 3 at the north end of town. Take County Road 3 west (signposted to Embrun) & drive 1.3 km to a paved road on the right, which becomes a farm lane after .5 km. The lagoons are to the northwest. If other directions are needed, please e-mail me privately. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 12 09:44:04 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc3-s15.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s15.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.215]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0133A634A3 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:44:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.155.104]) by bay0-omc3-s15.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:44:04 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:44:04 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 65.55.155.123 by by144fd.bay144.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:44:00 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.226.250.110] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Ronald Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:44:00 -0400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Apr 2007 13:44:04.0256 (UTC) FILETIME=[A27B7A00:01C77D08] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Harris's Sparrow in Prince Edward County STILL! X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:44:04 -0000 This is Nancy Fox again. I saw the Harris's sparrow chasing a house sparrow this morning and recognized it right away, it landed shortly after to feed under the first feeder on the pole. I hadn't seen it since Saturday. We are located at 2800 county Rd. 1, R.R. 1 Bloomfield, Ont. Following Loyalist Parkway from the 401 Wooller Rd. cut off before Trenton, take #33 (Loyalist PARKWAY) until you reach County Rd. 1 just past Consecon, go left on # 1 and our house is exactly 17 km. down that road. We have had a brown creeper at the feeder area for the past week, plus our pair of Red-Bellied Woodpeckers. Nancy From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 12 18:01:22 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B7A63478 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:01:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from trentu.ca ([216.208.194.68]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:01:21 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:01:21 -0400 From: Fred Helleiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 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]Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending April 12, 2007. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:01:22 -0000 The spring bird migration at Presqu'ile Provincial Park has been stalled for over a week. Many of the birds that had arrived with the latest push of southerly winds have not moved out of the Park, making for rather exciting birding, at least in terms of numbers. The composition of the flocks that are present is mostly what one would expect for the first third of April. On April 11, for the first time in a number of days, large flocks of Canada Geese migrated over the Park, among which was one Cackling Goose, less than half the size of the others in the flock. A male Wood Duck was seen exploring a cavity in a dead tree deep in Newcastle woods. While there are fewer Gadwalls than a week ago, there are more American Wigeons, Northern Pintails, and Green-winged Teal. The immature male Surf Scoter at the foot of Langdon Avenue, first sighted almost two weeks ago, has been consistently present and conveniently close to shore for every day in the past week. The flock of Ruddy Ducks in that same area tends to remain a bit farther out in the bay. The size of the flock has hovered around 14 birds through most of this week, a highly unusual number for Presqu'ile, where the species is normally uncommon, but has dwindled in the past couple of days to a mere four on April 12. Red-throated Loons are being spotted regularly in Popham Bay, with eight there on April 11. Two Red-necked Grebes were off the day use area on April 10. Although no Great Egrets have yet been seen in the Park this spring, one was observed not far away last weekend that may have originated at Presqu'ile. Two Turkey Vultures were photographed devouring a raccoon. A Merlin was seen on April 8. The flooded area of the "pannes" just inside the Park gate has provided good habitat for yellowlegs in previous years and should be watched for them in the coming days. Five Bonaparte's Gulls appeared on April 11, the first in ten days. Caspian Terns are back in several areas. The elusive Northern Shrike at the calf pasture put in another appearance on April 12. Early April land birds of which at least one of each has been seen in the past week include Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers (several), Tree Swallows (including some that were examining a nest box at 38 Bayshore Road, but no other swallows yet - any day now), Winter Wrens, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet (feeding on a lawn on April 6), Eastern Bluebirds (actually over a week ago but not reported until recently), Hermit Thrushes, a Brown Thrasher (on the surprisingly early date of April 10), Eastern Towhees (several), Chipping Sparrows (one as early as April 4, apparently a record early date), Field Sparrows, Fox Sparrows (several), and a Swamp Sparrow (at 83 Bayshore Road on April 8). Within the next week, the first of the warblers are likely to appear. To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton. Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid that is available at the Park gate. Access to the offshore islands is restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial nesting birds there. Questions and comments about bird sightings at Presqu'ile may be directed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Fred Helleiner 186 Bayshore Road, R.R. #4, Brighton, Ontario, Canada, K0K 1H0 VOICE: (613) 475 5309 If visiting, access via Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
