Hello: I birded the Toronto Islands on Monday, May 28th and saw and heard a male mourning warbler on Ward's Island and a flock of 8 red knots in a variety of plumages on a spit of land on the south side of Ward's Island. Also saw and heard a Carolina wren. To get to the Toronto Islands go south on Bay Street to Front St. and catch the ferry to Ward's Island. Regards Lloyd Paul From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 30 09:19:23 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc3-s37.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s37.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.237]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB2B763896 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 30 May 2007 09:19:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP07.CEZ.ICE ([65.54.191.167]) by bay0-omc3-s37.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 30 May 2007 06:19:22 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [67.70.37.217] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from VALUED7B9600FA ([67.70.37.217]) by BAYC1-PASMTP07.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 30 May 2007 06:19:27 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Norman Murr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:19:09 -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: 30 May 2007 13:19:28.0203 (UTC) FILETIME=[2683A9B0:01C7A2BD] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Long Point area Warblers, Cuckoos, Lark Sparrows, etc. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 13:19:23 -0000
Good morning birders. Early yesterday morning Ian Cannell picked up Jay Peterson and myself and off we went to the Long Point area for a day of birding and we picked a beautiful day for it. We arrived at the LARK SPARROW site early and we were lucky enough to find 2 of these nice birds (See below for directions). After watching and listening to these birds for awhile it was off to some serious birding and below are some of the 106 species we found despite the very low number of Waterfowl and Shorebird species. Green Heron, Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Ruddy Duck, 2 Bald Eagles, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's and a Kettlete of 3 Red-shouldered Hawks putting on a show as they wheeled and dove on each other. Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane, Black Tern, 8 Black-billed Cuckoos (some as close as 8 feet), 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, 2 Eastern Screech Owls, 1 of them right above our heads as it checked us out. We actually had stereo Screech Owls a one was calling on each side of us. Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pileated Woodpecker, lots of Eastern Wood Pewees and Great Crested Flycatchers, 5 Swallow species, Carolina Wren, Marsh Wren, Hose Wren, a surprise Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher, several Eastern Bluebirds, Blue-headed and 4 Yellow-throated Vireos as well as a ton of Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos, 16 Warbler species including 1 singing Prothonatory, 8 Cerulean, 19 Hooded, 2 Mourning, 4 Blue-winged and 1 Golden-winged Warbler. These were the easy Warblers and we had to dig to find ones like Wilson, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided and Blackburnian Warblers. 8 Sparrow species including a bunch of Eastern Towhees, some in our face and all singing and calling, Field, Vesper, Swamp and LARK Sparrows, Scarlet Tanagers, Bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks. It was a very satisfying trip with constant singing after it warmed up in the morning and for you Butterfly folks we did see many Butterflies of some type or another and we also saw a Mink (plus a baby (eyes still closed) one being taken care of at Old Cut), Deer, Muskrats, etc., etc. The birds didn't stop until it got too dark for us and we headed for home. Directions LONG POINT AREA - CENTERED ON PORT ROWAN Port Rowan is southwest of Hamilton, to reach it you can drive south on Hwy 6 from Hamilton, passing through Hagersville and turning right, west in Jarvis onto Hwy 3, drive to Simcoe and turn left, south on Hwy 24 and follow this to Hwy 59, ( it curves to the west south of Simcoe). The woodlots,fields, marshes etc. are north, south, east and west of the town. LARK SPARROWS These Sparrows are at Walsingham East Quarter Line Road and Hwy 24, one concession west of Forestry Farm Road or one concession west of Hwy 59. The birds were right at the northwest corner of the intersection and about 500 yards north of Hwy 24 and were singing constantly. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON "Sils mordent, mords les" From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 30 10:04:06 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from grpwise7.ghc.on.ca (mail.ghc.on.ca [64.25.165.217]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21231638C3 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 30 May 2007 10:04:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from GHC-MTA-MTA by grpwise7.ghc.on.ca with Novell_GroupWise; Wed, 30 May 2007 10:04:06 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0.2 Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 10:03:34 -0400 From: "Kirk Zufelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]King Rail- Pumpkin Point -Algoma X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:04:06 -0000 Birders: I returned to Pumpkin Point with John Ralston this AM at about 0535. We heard the King Rail vocalize right away about 100 feet from the observation platform. It spontaneously vocalized every 15-20 minutes thereafter until we left at 0730. We heard both of its vocalizations repeatedly and John got a couple of audio recordings of the "kek" calls. The directions can be found in the post from last night. Kirk Zufelt Kirk Zufelt Sault Ste. Marie,Ontario Canada From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 30 12:09:28 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s22.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s22.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.158]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CFC2634CB for <[email protected]>; Wed, 30 May 2007 12:09:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP06.CEZ.ICE ([65.54.191.166]) by bay0-omc2-s22.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 30 May 2007 09:09:27 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [67.70.130.227] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [67.70.130.227] ([67.70.130.227]) by BAYC1-PASMTP06.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 30 May 2007 09:09:32 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Tony Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:09:24 -0400 To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 May 2007 16:09:32.0693 (UTC) FILETIME=[E8DD4450:01C7A2D4] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Elizabeth Le Geyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Jon McCracken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Prothonotary Warbler - Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 16:09:29 -0000 Hello Ontbirders Susan Goods advises that the bird was still present this morning "further down the road". Also, Barb Robertson believes that she might have been hearing this bird in that area for almost a week. My opinion is that the habitat is not ideal for Prothonotary Warbler nesting. However, I have only checked a small portion of the woodlot, and anything is possible in the world of birds. On behalf of Jon McCracken (Birds Studies Canada): Anyone intending to keep tabs on this bird should report any potential breeding evidence or unusual behaviour to the numbers below. Jon McCracken Ontario Program Manager Bird Studies Canada/Etudes d'Oiseaux Canada P.O. Box 160 115 Front St. Port Rowan, Ontario Canada N0E 1M0 tel: 519-586-3531 (ext. 205) toll free: 1-888-448-2473 fax: 519-586-3532 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.bsc-eoc.org Cheerio Tony Beck 158-B Woodridge Cr., Ottawa, Ont. K2B 7S9 tel.: 613-828-5936 website: http://www3.sympatico.ca/beck.tony
