On Sunday afternoon, Apr.15, the breakwater opposite the parking lot at the south end of Brock St. in Whitby, among the gulls was a Caspian Tern, hunkered down in the blowing wind. In the harbour waters were 2 Common Loons.
>From the 401 take Exit 410, south down Brock St., towards the lakefront. Doug Lockrey, Whitby From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 16 09:50:07 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8978863479 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:50:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jean-bapu1sw48i.sympatico.ca ([69.158.103.96]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:50:08 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:51:04 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Jean Iron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Sharp-tailed Grouse - OFO Manitoulin Island Trip X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:50:07 -0000 Hello Ontbirders, In perfect birding weather on Saturday and Sunday, 14 and 15 April, members of the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) attended the 11th annual outing to Manitoulin Island to view a Sharp-tailed Grouse lek at Gore Bay Airport. From the blind we had close views of up to 80 Sharp-tailed Grouse dancing and displaying on this large lek. See photos http://www.jeaniron.ca/2007/stgrouse.htm After viewing the grouse we looked for other Manitoulin birds. This spring is particularly good for raptors presumably because there is a high meadow vole population. We saw about 90 Rough-legged Hawks, 60 Northern Harriers and 60 American Kestrels attracted to the vole prey. There were 13 Short-eared Owls between Gore Bay and the airport. We also saw 15 Bald Eagles and 2 Merlins. Other Manitoulin highlights included two Bald Eagle nests, Red-tailed Hawk nest, Common Raven nest, Great Horned Owl nest, 75 displaying Sandhill Cranes, several Northern Shrikes, 4 Pileated Woodpeckers, Snow Buntings and an adult Glaucous Gull. Don Barnett coordinated this memorable outing. OFO thanks our Manitoulin hosts, Steve and Reta Hall, Sylvia Kemp-Fletcher, Rodney Campbell and The Friends of Misery Bay for their splendid hospitality and for showing us the Sharp-tailed Grouse. Happy birding, Jean Jean Iron 9 Lichen Place Toronto ON M3A 1X3 416-445-9297 www.jeaniron.ca
