My wife and I saw a Hairy Woodpecker with bright yellow head patches this afternoon from 20 feet for a good 5 minutes about 4:45 p.m. Directions: Mapart Ontario Road Atlas, page 39. South for 3.5km on County Road 10 from the stoplight at the intersection of Highway 5 and County Road 8 in Hepworth to the disused rail line (just north of the large building with a blue roof on the west side of County Road 10). Walk west on the easement to the bridge over the rail line (perhaps 1km). The bird was feeding at the southwest side of the bridge. It would probably be easier to approach the bridge from Sideroad 5, but we've never done this, as the walk in is through good habitat (Eastern Bluebirds and Eastern Meadowlarks today). If we're out there tomorrow, and see the bird, I'll post directions for Sideroad 5 if this is a quicker way to get to the bridge. Thanks to Fred Jazvac for finding the solution in Terres' 1980 Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Xanthrochroism is also discussed n the August, 2003, issue of Birder's World. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 19 22:50:26 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s17.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s17.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.153]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14AB16347F for <[email protected]>; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:50:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp02.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.162]) by bay0-omc2-s17.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:50:26 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [74.14.148.16] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from penfoldlhvhxk0 ([74.14.148.16]) by bayc1-pasmtp02.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:50:25 -0700 From: "Helen and Mike Penfold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:51:32 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Apr 2007 02:50:26.0201 (UTC) FILETIME=[A6013090:01C782F6] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]FW: Xanthrochroistic Hairy Woodpecker, Bruce County X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:50:27 -0000
-----Original Message----- From: Helen and Mike Penfold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:49 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Xanthrochroistic Hairy Woodpecker, Bruce County My wife and I saw a Hairy Woodpecker with bright yellow head patches this afternoon from 20 feet for a good 5 minutes about 4:45 p.m. Directions: Mapart Ontario Road Atlas, page 39. South for 3.5km on County Road 10 from the stoplight at the intersection of Highway 5 and County Road 8 in Hepworth to the disused rail line (just north of the large building with a blue roof on the west side of County Road 10). Walk west on the easement to the bridge over the rail line (perhaps 1km). The bird was feeding at the southwest side of the bridge. It would probably be easier to approach the bridge from Sideroad 5, but we've never done this, as the walk in is through good habitat (Eastern Bluebirds and Eastern Meadowlarks today). If we're out there tomorrow, and see the bird, I'll post directions for Sideroad 5 if this is a quicker way to get to the bridge. Thanks to Fred Jazvac for finding the solution in Terres' 1980 Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Xanthrochroism is also discussed n the August, 2003, issue of Birder's World. Mike and Helen Penfold Owen Sound From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 19 22:56:42 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s29.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s29.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.165]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCAF86348E for <[email protected]>; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:56:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp02.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.162]) by bay0-omc2-s29.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:56:42 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [74.14.148.16] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from penfoldlhvhxk0 ([74.14.148.16]) by bayc1-pasmtp02.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:56:41 -0700 From: "Helen and Mike Penfold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:57:48 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Apr 2007 02:56:41.0709 (UTC) FILETIME=[85D329D0:01C782F7] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]FW: Xanthochroistic Hairy Woodpecker, Bruce County X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:56:43 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: Helen and Mike Penfold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:52 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: FW: Xanthrochroistic Hairy Woodpecker, Bruce County -----Original Message----- From: Helen and Mike Penfold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:49 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Xanthrochroistic Hairy Woodpecker, Bruce County My wife and I saw a Hairy Woodpecker with bright yellow head patches this afternoon from 20 feet for a good 5 minutes about 4:45 p.m. Directions: Mapart Ontario Road Atlas, page 39. South for 3.5km on County Road 10 from the stoplight at the intersection of Highway 5 and County Road 8 in Hepworth to the disused rail line (just north of the large building with a blue roof on the west side of County Road 10). Walk west on the easement to the bridge over the rail line (perhaps 1km). The bird was feeding at the southwest side of the bridge. It would probably be easier to approach the bridge from Sideroad 5, but we've never done this, as the walk in is through good habitat (Eastern Bluebirds and Eastern Meadowlarks today). If we're out there tomorrow, and see the bird, I'll post directions for Sideroad 5 if this is a quicker way to get to the bridge. Thanks to Fred Jazvac for finding the solution in Terres' 1980 Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Xanthochroism is also discussed n the August, 2003, issue of Birder's World. Mike and Helen Penfold Owen Sound From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 19 22:57:38 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 383F06348E for <[email protected]>; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:57:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from videoedge (d141-150-198.home.cgocable.net [24.141.150.198]) by fep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 26EBCE05; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:57:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:57:11 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Importance: Normal cc: Dagmar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, April 19th, 2007 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:57:38 -0000 On Thursday, April 19th, 2007 this is the HNC Birding Report: EARED GREBE New Migrants Broad-winged Hawk Virginia Rail Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruby-throated Hummingbird Barn Swallow Pine Warbler Baltimore Oriole Wood Duck American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Harlequin Duck White-winged Scoter Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Red-throated Loon Common Loon Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey Peregrine Falcon Bonaparte's Gull Common Raven Tree Swallow Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow I think its finally happening. Winds are shifting, temperatures rising and migrants are again filtering into the area. Its been a tough spring for these early migrants, particularly the insect eaters who have suffered many casualties during this cold wet spring. But, looking forward, many migrants should be entering the area in the next few days. Among rarities and new migrants present this week, the EARED GREBE was last reported Friday at the Grimsby Sewage Lagoons. This week, our first rail of the season, a Virginia Rail, was heard at the marsh on Safari Road just east of Kirkwall Road. Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs were present in the flooded fields up in the Salfleet area in the ponds seen from Ridge Road between 8th and 10th Road East and in the field at Powerline and 5th Road East. A scope is helpful for identification. An extremely early Ruby-throated Hummingbird was reported from Mountain Brow on the east Hamilton Mountain an important reminder for all of us to put out those hummingbird feeders as a few have been seen in Southern Ontario this past week. Our first Barn Swallow was reported flying in front of Canada Centre for Inland Waters today. Pine Warblers have been in for a couple of weeks with one being reported two weeks ago singing behind an apartment complex in Hamilton (sorry I missed this one!) and Pine Warbler being heard this week at the traditional spot of LaSalle Park. And last but not least, two reports of Baltimore Orioles coming into feeders, record early. One on the mountain in Hamilton and one near Lakeshore and White Pines in Burlington. So as you can see, some birds are not deterred by our saugy cool spring. In other areas this week, at Valens Conservation Area, Horned Grebe, American Wigeon, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Common and Hooded Merganser made up the bulk of the population on this inland lake. A pair of Blue-winged Teal were seen on Thirty Road just north of Mud Street last Friday. Continuing to work across the Saltfleet and Grimsby Area, Northern Pintail, Wood Duck and Green-winged Teal seem to make up the bulk of the waterfowl in the flooded fields up here. Soon (I hope), more shorebirds will make this place a stopover. On 10th Road East, a pair of Ring-necked Pheasants were seen at the edge of the field just south of Ridge Road last Friday. Three Bonaparte's' Gulls were seen in a field on Bowslaugh Road. Out on the lake, a large raft of White-winged Scoter were gathering along the eastern shore last Friday. Numerous Red-breasted Mergansers are present. The female Harlequin Duck was seen off of Sayers Park last weekend, nice to get this late in the season! On the bay side, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Bonaparte's Gull, large numbers of Red-necked and Horned Grebes have been seen in the week. At the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch at Beamer Conservation area in Grimsby, continuous north winds have hampered hawk migration but last Saturday, the first Broad-winged Hawk appeared. Two Broad-winged Hawks were also seen near Olympic Arena last Saturday. This next few days could be good up there so it may be worth a run up the mountain. Good news from the peregrines at the Sheraton Hotel in Hamilton. Madame X is now sitting on four eggs. She has kept close the last week but we should get some view this weekend as the weather gets warmer. Tune into http://www.hamiltonnature.org/hamfalcam.html to take a peek. At the Valley Inn this week, a male Blue-winged Teal was seen in the creek, a Great Horned Owl continues to be seen sporadically in the space between the girders at the bridge. Ospreys have moved into the area along with a number of Black-crowned Night Herons. On the Lakeshore Properties, Hermit Thrush, Brown Creeper, Eastern Towhee, Golden-crowned Kinglets are continuing their migration through Shell Park in Oakville and Paletta Park in Burlington. These areas should change over in the next few days as well. In the odds and sods department, Chipping and Field Sparrows were reported from feeders this week. Savannah Sparrows seem to be increasing in numbers in fields surrounding the urban areas. A Lincolns Sparrow was reported singing in Clarkson near Winston Churchill and Truscott. A Common Raven was seen again near the quarry on Brock Road between 4th Concession and 5th Concession actively defending its territory from a Red-tailed Hawk. Bluebirds were reported checking out the boxes in Hopkins Tract, competing with the resident Tree Swallows. A Brown Thrasher was observed in Central Park today. I'm sure the landscape will change in the next few days. Be sure to get out and enjoy the sunshine. Report any significant sightings to the hotline! Good Birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC Hotline 905-381-0329
