The female has laid eggs for the past 5 days with the last egg laid last night. I suspect that the clutch size is now complete because the female is now incubating. When I checked today, the female was sitting tightly on the nest despite looking at her from a distance of two feet. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jun 9 18:05:49 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from canada.com (64-22-133-163.mx.canada.vsi.net [64.22.133.163]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AE4F4638C7 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 18:05:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from donna [64.22.128.3] by MARSHA.canada.com with SMTP (1.1.1.51) Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:05:48 -0700 From: "Ric McArthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] date: 9 Jun 2007 15:05:48 -0700 content-transfer-encoding: base64 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:26:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]white pelican at rondeau X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:05:49 -0000
VG9kYXkgYXQgNC40NXBtIGFuIEFtZXJpY2FuIHdoaXRlIHBlbGljYW4gd2FzIG9ic2Vydm Vk IGZseWluZyBvdmVyIHRoZSBtYXJzaCBhdCBSb25kZWF1IFByb3ZpbmNpYWwgUGFyaywgYW xv bmcgTWFyc2ggVHJhaWwuPGJyPkl0IHdhcyBmaXJzdCBzZWVuIG5lYXIgdGhlIHBhcmtpbm cg bG90IGF0IHRoZSBlbmQgb2YgTWFyc2ggVHJhaWwuIEl0IGZsZXcgc291dGggaW4gdGhlIG dl bmVyYWwgZGlyZWN0aW9uIG9mIEVyaWVhdS48YnI+PGJyPlRha2UgZXhpdCAxMDQgb2ZmIH Ro ZSA0MDEsIGFuZCBmb2xsb3cgdGhlIHNpZ25zIHRvIFJvbmRlYXUgUHJvdmluY2lhbCBQYX Jr Ljxicj48YnI+UmljIE1jQXJ0aHVyPGJyPjxicj48YnI+PGJyPlJpYyBNY0FydGh1cjxicj 5Q TyBCT1ggQjEsIE1vcnBldGg8YnI+T250YXJpbywgTjBQIDFYMDxicj48YnI+ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jun 10 10:08:00 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s18.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s18.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.154]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F3CE638B5 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:08:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BAY124-W39 ([207.46.11.202]) by bay0-omc2-s18.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:08:00 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [74.12.233.147] From: David Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:08:00 -0400 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Jun 2007 14:08:00.0370 (UTC) FILETIME=[C0D85520:01C7AB68] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Algonquin Park - Rusty Blackbird, Red Crossbill X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:08:01 -0000 This morning, from 5:30 to 8:30 am I birded the upper part of the Mizzy Lake Trail Loop in Algonquin Park, accessed by the old rail bed off of Arowhon Rd. Overall birding was excellent, there was no wind and the cold overnight temperatures kept the mosquitoes within tolerable limits. The two most interesting birds were: 1. a pair of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Wolf Howl Pond right where the Mizzy Lake Trail meets the old rail bed. The male was "singing" in the top of a spruce along the edge of the berm and the female was in a nearby tree. 2. an early morning flyover of a calling female RED CROSSBILL on the rail bed west of Wolf Howl Pond. Other Algonquin breeding specialties were well in evidence, including: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (5), Olive-sided Flycatcher (1), Blue-headed Vireo (2), Gray Jay (2), Boreal Chickadee (1), Golden-crowned Kinglet (2), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (5), and 13 species of warblers, including Northern Parula (3) and Canada (1). DIRECTIONS - From Highway 60, turn off on Arowhon Rd., about 15 km east of the West Gate. Continue north for about 6km until the road forks into three, turn right onto the old railbed and continue a short distance, parking where there is a chain across the road. Walking this rail bed for about 500m will join up with the upper part of the Mizzy Lake Trail at Wolf Howl Pond. Continuing along this trail will take you past West Rose Lake another 300m past this a productive coniferous swamp.From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jun 10 11:19:58 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web88001.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88001.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.188]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B34DF6347D for <[email protected]>; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:19:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 90970 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Jun 2007 15:19:56 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=CWOd1rUU+sK4f9I3JoeITI927Ojgqf1k11pb3CZZXdGffLJq0LpWSGaNuwDK5ZG0mQmW1G32zdGLNsAM/Q9OLAWWu0D7d92jEPo1AwmInAU27Jkxwfp8ptVRbBSiD86lXLqC2EKJVIO11oYFaRbbXadVFfToQoOKscC5A3OYJow=; X-YMail-OSG: hBkzKdQVM1n7eJBShBtxrAU4pyTXmkdkWo8w94vZ.pu7prDEULCXcD3htHp6msm7hpIJW_ELBb9FVo4nQZImi4YW2cKGzhlBJawG5EKSWyHOJVxg6BRtsQTdRovPE9TRlt4Cbt.rqH4- Received: from [74.120.216.165] by web88001.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:19:56 EDT Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:19:56 -0400 (EDT) From: RON FLEMING <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: OFO Bird Sightings <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Least Bittern, Clay-coloured Sparrow, etc. Newmarket Area X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:19:58 -0000 Finally had an opportunity to do some local birding again and found some interesting local birds this morning. Best of these was a Least Bittern that flushed from the south side of Hochreiter Road as I walked the stretch between the gray garage and the road's western end. It stayed above the grass tops for about 5 seconds before dipping down and out of sight - a brief look, but long enough to take in details like the white "braces" on its black back, the buffy patches at the leading edge of the wing, and the diminutive size of this little bittern. Also flushed a Sora and a Blue-winged Teal, then heard a Virginia Rail doing his "kiddick" calls somewhere just out of sight. There were also several Marsh Wrens singing like little sewing machines in the tall grasses there. At the Cawthra Mulock reserve the local nesters were in good voice. The most interesting of these was a Black-billed Cuckoo singing along the hydro cut halfway between Dufferin and Keele (possibly the same bird that vocalizes from the orchard east of the square silo), a Clay-coloured Sparrow doing his dry buzzes below Bobolink Ridge, and several Alder Flycatchers announcing "free beer" east of the hydro cut. In the "slightly old news" department, Bruce Brydon had an Olive-sided Flycatcher along Bathurst Street north of Morning Sdrd. (NW Newmarket) about ten days ago and Frank Pinilla had Common Nighthawks going over his place in north Richmond Hill on four different occasions in late May. Hochreiter Road runs west from a Bathurst Street North in NW Holland Landing while the Cawthra Mulock reserve is situated north of Green Lane on the west side of Bathurst Street in NW Newmarket. Ron Fleming, Newmarket
