Snow Geese were distributed along concessions west of St. Isidore and continuing about half way to Casselman today. There was no single major flock but numerous flocks of 200-500 and a few of 1,000 or more. They were generally set back a single field. Most birds were on the ground in corn stubble but some occasionally took to the air. There was also another flock of about 500 just south of the Hwy 138 exit off the 417. The inclement weather may have dampened their spirits.
There was a dark-phased Rough-legged Hawk at St. Isidore. St. Isidore is 40 minutes east of Ottawa along Hwy 417. Brian Morin From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 15 22:10:40 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx4-3.spamtrap.magma.ca (mx4-3.spamtrap.magma.ca [209.217.78.178]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A2D46347C for <[email protected]>; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:10:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail3.magma.ca (mail3.internal.magma.ca [10.0.10.13]) l3G2Aesf016592 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:10:40 -0400 Received: from [206.191.1.238] (ottawa-dial-206-191-1-238.d-ip.magma.ca [206.191.1.238]) by mail3.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id l3G2Accq031368 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:10:39 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: ontbirds <[email protected]> From: Eve Ticknor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:06:45 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-magma-MailScanner-Information: Magma Mailscanner Service X-magma-MailScanner: Clean X-Spam-Status: Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa area birds X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:10:40 -0000 Hi Birders, Today was a wet one but I went out anyway. I'm glad I did as I got t o watch 15 Sandhill Cranes on Milton Rd. They were in the usual area, about halfway between the road and the treeline. I also found 7 Hooded Mergansers, a Herring Gull, a Great Blue Heron, several muskrats and little else at Petrie Island....... Cheers, Eve Directions found at http://www.ofnc.ca/birding From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 15 22:48:29 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts20.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.74]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9A0638B6 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:48:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from none ([65.93.60.150]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:48:30 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jean & Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:16:46 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:15:28 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]Fox Sparrows & Caspian Terns in St. Catharines X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:48:30 -0000 Hi Birders, Today at 12.30 pm, my wife and I walked along the Green Ribbon Trail in St. Catharines. The trail overlooks Richardson Creek and crosses the west end of Martindale Pond. We observed three Fox Sparrows and two Caspian Terns. The Caspian Terns were flying back and forth over the area between the Martindale Rd. bridge that crosses Martindale Pond and Richardson's Creek. >From the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Martindale Road, travel north on Martindale Road. After crossing the QEW, continue north on Martindale Road for 1.0-1.5 km. The Green Ribbon Trail parking area will be on the left. Bob Highcock & Jean Hampson St. Catharines, ON
