Daisy and I have spent a lot of time over the last several weeks enjoying the bird life around 50 point.. the Warblers are now getting into full swing, and lots of activity today.
some species recently viewed would include... magnolia warbler yellow warbler yellow-rumped warbler palm warbler black and white warbler American redstrart green heron great blue heron cormorants caspian terns common terns turkey vultures cardinals blue jays blue-winged teals cowbirds grackles starlings song sparrows barn and tree swallows kingfishers killdeer warbling vireo northern flickers yellow-bellied sapsuckers long tail ducks red breasted mergansers both king-lets robins cat birds I am sure we have missed some.. but I did get some images of a few... be my guest to have a look through a condensed version of my 50 point pics... http://www.pbase.com/raymondjbarlow/temporary_gallery_2 and I add new images to this gallery almost everyday... my recent shots... http://www.pbase.com/raymondjbarlow/recent_photos kind regards, and good birding! Raymond J Barlow 13 Sandra Crescent Grimsby Ontario Canada L3M 4Y8 www.rayswildlife.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 12 05:55:25 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B0B9634A9 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 12 May 2007 05:55:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 81073 invoked from network); 12 May 2007 09:55:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@70.55.238.20 with plain) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 May 2007 09:55:25 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: tDt37bcVM1mwwKePT5mn58xcHtNfypvdd6M3T1e5KGSWH0Q1.ZlG07Bq7CV0pzvT5Q-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 05:55:13 -0400 From: Mark Cranford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]American White Pelican YES on Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 09:55:26 -0000 Forwarding for Liz MacDonald who is either not subscribed or subscribed to Ontbirds with a different address. Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The attached message has been automatically discarded. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > American White Pelican YES on Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe > From: > Liz MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Fri, 11 May 2007 22:43:59 -0400 > To: > <[email protected]> > > To: > <[email protected]> > > > > This evening (May 11) from 6:00pm to 6:40pm my daughter Julie and I > watched the American White Pelican (approx 500m to 750m) directly ahead > of the dyke road on a small reed island at the south end of Cook's Bay > in Lake Simcoe. A spotting scope is definitely an asset. We have > pictures (digiscoped in windy conditions) which will be submitted to > Ontbirds tomorrow. The 'knob' on its bill was obvious. This beautiful > bird was preening itself and resting while we were there. Thanks to > Andrew and Frank for their postings and directions! > > Also sighted from this location were the Caspian Terns, Cormorants, > Great Blue Heron, an unidentified heron and other smaller common birds. > There were no swans in sight at this time. > > DIRECTIONS: from Newmarket follow Leslie St. north to Ravenshoe Road. > Turn left (west) on Ravenshoe past the residential area and into the > fields. Turn right (north) on the first dike/road (unnamed and > unmarked) that you come to and follow it a short distance to the lake. > You can see the island/reeds directly offshore about 0.5 km. > > WARNING: the dike road is fairly rough; you will want a high clearance > vehicle. If you are in a car proceed very slowly and you won't bottom > out too often, there are some deep ruts! We were in a mini-van and were > just able to navigate the dyke road only bottoming out once. > > Happy birding, > Liz and Julie Macdonald (Barrie, ON) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger Get it now! > <http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 12 08:37:01 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 8BC236348D for <[email protected]>; Sat, 12 May 2007 08:37:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp05.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.165]) by bay0-omc2-s17.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sat, 12 May 2007 05:37:00 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [65.94.159.199] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from VALUED7B9600FA ([65.94.159.199]) by bayc1-pasmtp05.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sat, 12 May 2007 05:36:58 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Norman Murr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 08:36:54 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 May 2007 12:37:00.0250 (UTC) FILETIME=[3C6163A0:01C79492] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Toronto Island Migration - May 11, 2007 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:37:01 -0000 Good morning Eh :-) Following is a list of the birds that I sent to the TOC Records = Committee that Margaret Liubavicius and I found on the Toronto Islands = yesterday May 11th. In all we found 91 species including 20 warblers and = 5 Vireos. It was a beautiful day with light winds until late afternoon. - Double-crested Cormorant - 750 - overhead thru-out - Bufflehead - 9 - on harbour off Snake Island and in lagoon on Centre = Island - Cooper's Hawk - 1 - Wildlife Sanctuary - Common Tern - 60 - 50 on Tern Raft in the Trout Pond on Gibralter = Point and the rest overhead thru-out - Belted Kingfisher - 3 - Snake Island and Trout Pond - OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - 1 - Sanctuary - Least Flycatcher - 20 - thru-out - YELLOW-THROATED VIREO - 1 - great eye level looks - Blue-headed Vireo - 13 - thru-out - Warbling Vireo - 19 - thru-out - Philadelphia Vireo - 1 - Hanlans - Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Wards Island and Sanctuary - Cliff Swallow - 6 - Centre Island - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 35 - thru-out - Blue Gray Gnatcatcher - 9 - Wards, Centre, Sanctuary and Hanlans - Veery - 23 - thru-out - Gray-cheeked Thrush - 9 - Wards and Sanctuary - Swainson's Thrush - 28 - Wards, Snug Harbour and Hanlans - Hermit Thrush - 2 - Wards - Wood Thrush - 7 - Wards, Snug, Centre and Gibralter - American Robin - 50 - thru-out - Gray Catbird - 19 - thru-out - Tennessee Warbler - 4 - Wards - Nashville Warbler - 37 - thru-out - Northern Parula - 2 - Wards - Yellow Warbler - 83 - thru-out - Chestnut-sided Warbler - 24 - thru-out - Magnolia Warbler - 22 - thru-out - Cape May Warbler - 6 - Wards and Hanlans - Black-throated blue Warbler - 14 - thru-out - Yellow-rumped Warbler - 112 - thru-out - Black-throated green Warbler - 20 - Wards, Sanctuary, Gibralter and = Hanlans - Blackburnian Warbler - 11 - Wards, Gibralter and Hanlans - Palm Warbler - 9 - thru-out - Black-and-white Warbler - 20 - thru-out - American Redstart - 5 - Wards, Snake, Centre and Sanctuary - MOURNING WARBLER - 1 - Wards - Common Yellowthroat - 2 - Wards and Hanlans - Wilson's Warbler - 5 - Wards, Snake, Sanctuary and Hanlans - Canada Warbler - 1 - Wards - Scarlet Tanager - 8 - Wards and Hanlans - Savannah Sparrow - 13 Hanlans - Song Sparrow - 34 - thru-out - Lincoln's Sparrow - 7 - Wards and Gibralter - White-crowned Sparrow - 137 - thru-out - Northern Cardinal - 16 - thru-out - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 7 - Wards, Snug, Sanctuary, and Hanlans - Indigo Bunting - 1 - Wards - Baltimore Oriole - 76 - thru-out - American Goldfinch - 33 - thru-out We also found Turkey Vultures, Willow (calling) and Great-crested = Flycatchers, Eastern Kingbirds, Cliff Swallows, Brown Creeper, House and = Winter Wrens, Brown Thrashers, Bay-breasted Warblers, Ovenbirds and 4 = Bobolinks at the airfield on Hanlans Point. Directions:- TORONTO ISLANDS (Wards Island to Hanlans Point - without side trips is 5 = km) To get to the Toronto Islands from Queen and Yonge Streets on the TTC. = If your on the subway southbound stay on it and get off at Union = Station, walk south about 1 km to the ferry docks at the foot of Bay = Street at Queens Quay and you are there. If in an auto on the Gardener = Expressway or on Lakeshore Blvd, then exit at Bay Street and drive south = to Queens Quay, there are lots of parking lots nearby (fee). There is a fee for using the island ferries ($6.00 adult / $3.50 for = seniors & students) and to find out the sailing times you can phone = (416) 392-8193. There are washrooms on the islands as well as the city = side at the ferry docks and you can pick up a schedule at the docks or = check on line. The 1st boat to Wards Island (my preferred starting point) is 6:35 am = and the 2nd is 7:00 am Monday to Friday.=20 The 1st is at 6:35 am and the 2nd boat is at 7:15 am on Saturday, Sunday = and Holidays. The 1st boat to Hanlans Point is 8:00 am and the 2nd boat is at 8:30 am = Monday to Friday. The 1st is at 8:15 am and the 2nd boat is at 9:15 am on Saturday, Sunday = and Holidays. If arriving in early am you must obtain your ticket from a machine just = inside the gate so be sure to have $1.00 and $2.00 and/or 25 cent coins = before you arrive at the docks as there is no place to get change and = the machine does not make change. (There is a change machine (up to a = $10 bill) there if you want to chance it). There are coffee shops across from the ferry docks in the building on = the northwest corner and they are open early. food and beverages on The = Islands when open are very expensive i.e. soft drink around $2.50 plus. For a detailed ferry schedule check the following web site.=20 http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/springschedule.htm=20 PS - There is a map of the Islands at each of the Island side ferry = docks and the City side. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Eliminate annoying spam! My mailbox is protected by iHateSpam, the #1-rated spam buster." http://www.ihatespam.net
