The Bruce Region birders who were aware of the Piping Plovers at Sauble Beach took additional steps to protect these birds. From May 12 until June 26, even though the birds could be seen by meeting the OFO criteria, they were not posted to ontbirds. Leaders of the Huron Fringe Birding Festival were also asked not to tell participants about their presence. Many local birders spent hours on this busy beach protecting the birds, explaining the situation to hundreds of beach-goers, and preventing disturbance by dogs, people, ATVs, etc.
The Ontbirds report was following the publication of a multi-page newspaper article in the Owen Sound Sun Times. At that point the nesting area was fenced off, an exclosure cage was in place, monitors were present, and over 10,000 people knew about the PIPL. Some birders feel that we should have posted sooner. Others feel that we shouldn't have posted at all. We tried to balance the needs of the birds with the wishes of birders who want to see them. The birds will continue to be monitored and protected until they leave the area. Cindy Cartwright Saugeen Shores www.ontariohummingbirds.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Cranford To: Ontbirds Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:28 PM Subject: [Ontbirds]Exercise care when reporting endangered species Most are but all should be aware of the potential dangers of reporting the location of rare or endangered birds on breeding territories. None of us wants to be responsible for causing a rare bird to abandon a nest or breeding attempt because of disturbance. Ontbirds Guidelines http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm are explicit do not report endangered species on breeding territory unless the bird can be seen by meeting the following criteria: * from a public location (roadside, established path or trail in a conservation area or park or similar); * at a safe distance for the birds (at least 20m/ 60ft); and * safely for the watchers (e.g. roadsides must have shoulders wide enough to accommodate cars and people without making them vulnerable to oncoming traffic, etc.). * on private property where the landowner has given explicit permission for birders to visit. Piping Plover is an endangered species in Ontario Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jun 29 15:03:19 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc3-s3.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s3.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.203]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A6163497 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:03:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hotmail.com ([64.4.38.43]) by bay0-omc3-s3.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:03:19 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:03:19 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 64.4.38.200 by by116fd.bay116.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:03:18 GMT X-Originating-IP: [74.12.161.228] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "STAN LONG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:03:18 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jun 2007 19:03:19.0152 (UTC) FILETIME=[27E92700:01C7BA80] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:31:13 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]Markham's Reesor Pond X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:03:20 -0000 This aft at Reesor Pond : 1 Trumpeter Swan - not tagged or banded 1 GBH 2 Great Egrets - not banded 2 Common Terns 2 Greater Yellowlegs - new Fall migrants 2 Mocking Birds Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham note : Coyote Pond is caput - being filled in as I type From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jun 29 22:19:24 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc1-s36.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s36.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.108]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B4EA63892 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:19:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP05.CEZ.ICE ([65.54.191.165]) by bay0-omc1-s36.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:19:23 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [69.157.50.107] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from slimeball ([69.157.50.107]) by BAYC1-PASMTP05.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:19:22 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Keith Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:19:21 -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 Jun 2007 02:19:22.0973 (UTC) FILETIME=[12C368D0:01C7BABD] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:51:48 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]Glossy Ibis X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:19:24 -0000 The Glossy Ibis was seen on Tuesday 26 of June at the Brighton Wetlands, it was there for a short time while I was taking Samples. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jun 29 22:22:47 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc3-s26.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s26.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.226]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4182B63892 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:22:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP15.CEZ.ICE ([65.54.191.189]) by bay0-omc3-s26.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:22:47 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [69.157.50.107] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from slimeball ([69.157.50.107]) by BAYC1-PASMTP15.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:23:03 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Keith Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending June 28, 2007. Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:22:46 -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 Jun 2007 02:23:03.0898 (UTC) FILETIME=[9671E3A0:01C7BABD] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:51:48 -0400 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:22:48 -0000 The Osprey have hatched and are still in the nest, as of yet we have not seen them pop there heads above the nest line, but mom and dad are still feeding them. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jul 1 12:23:35 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp2.cogeco.ca [216.221.81.29]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D018863497 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:23:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from todd4a18005ed3 (d57-54-224.home.cgocable.net [24.57.54.224]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id DE006A4E for <[email protected]>; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:23:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Todd Pepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:23:39 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:49:18 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Common Loon - Hillman Marsh X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:23:35 -0000 A Common Loon, locally rare in the summer months in the Point Pelee birding area, was seen this morning at Hillman Marsh. Adding a taste of fall to this summer morning was three Sharp-shinned Hawk flying south-west in a migratory fashion. Todd Pepper Leamington, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jul 1 19:19:02 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc1-s33.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s33.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.105]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DDF8634A6 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 19:19:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP03.CEZ.ICE ([65.54.191.163]) by bay0-omc1-s33.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sun, 1 Jul 2007 16:19:00 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [69.157.59.179] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from slimeball ([69.157.59.179]) by BAYC1-PASMTP03.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sun, 1 Jul 2007 16:18:59 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Keith Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 19:19:00 -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: 01 Jul 2007 23:19:00.0159 (UTC) FILETIME=[34B08CF0:01C7BC36] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Brighton Wetlands X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:19:03 -0000 The Brighton Wetlands and part of the Brighton Lagoon system will be open to the general public on Sunday July 8th from 9 am to 11 am. Directions: Brighton's Constructed Wetland is at the SE corner of town. From Hwy. 401, take the Brighton exit and follow south through Brighton, the two sets of lights, over the RR tracks, then south further for about 1 km at which point the main road will swing left, while a secondary street (Cedar) continues straight. Just as you complete this wide turn you will see the Constructed Wetland on the right. Park by the viewing deck in the lot provided, and walk east along the road shoulder to the easternmost gate for foot access. Keith Lee From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 2 12:39:11 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca (scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca [205.194.19.96]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2289A63470 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:39:11 -0400 (EDT) X-SBRS: 3.5 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+kX-BrightmailFiltered: true X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.16,487,1175472000"; d="scan'208";a="327810968" Received: from unknown (HELO MCDC-SMTP-RELAY.apca.gc.ca) ([205.193.82.253]) by scmze000.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca with ESMTP; 02 Jul 2007 16:38:11 +0000 To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.4 March 27, 2005 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:39:01 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on MCDC-SMTP-RELAY/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5.4|March 27, 2005) at 02/07/2007 12:39:12 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]American Avocet - Point Pelee National Park X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:39:11 -0000 American Avocet - Point Pelee National Park: West Cranberry Pond - mudflat. (The area where the bird was observed can be accessed by canoe/kayak only). Bird (with photograph) was reported by park visitors today to have been seen on Friday, June 29th, 2007. West Cranberry Pond is not regularly accessed and no further reports of the bird have been taken. Directions: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pelee/visit/visit1_e.asp Jason (Jay) Wade Senior Park Interpreter Point Pelee National Park of Canada 407 Monarch Lane, RR#1 Leamington, Ontario N8H 3V4 Phone: 519.322.5700 ext.12 Fax: 519.322.1678 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jul 3 00:46:36 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (unknown [64.233.166.178]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F7DC63893 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 00:46:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f31so3506719pyh for <[email protected]>; Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:46:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s¾ta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bÄb8aOo4UIpHZw50Uc7nXLAoFmmQ6LZHO4R8s6H2ZrBX/nyQDvVWOojw4G9pq+i9SRo30FWCnRJCKku/J1gqSMHaPFt9mbgFGuE2MZ+FQypeEth9sEr7H+1+IyymbaV+blKx7PR5TCj+YotIzwqFnwSroG/h/DTkqwQ1Xy8uSdwDomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s¾ta; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=gKtmAyM37UUL/gQNk4Zz+SfwkBhzLrkBPpThUHKCFg+nktnigguhcXnkPJ/eA9vwg9sRhlrWoTs3rwP+Af7y5/bcf40ta96BRvkUdjY0ChioSzIn66HyDRUaEvuXJkc1IngDaqjfkWdEvyoly0L5NhZha4wFIKufGD0j+LVvfqsReceived: by 10.65.188.14 with SMTP id q14mr10087789qbp.1183437996574; Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:46:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?74.114.137.143? ( [74.114.137.143]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id e16sm2591741qbe.2007.07.02.21.46.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:46:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:46:35 -0400 From: Van Waffle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Brampton Mockingbird X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:46:36 -0000 Over the weekend I attended a softball tournament at the Powerade Centre in Brampton. On Sunday about 11 a.m. I heard a Northern Mockingbird singing and looked up to see it flying to the top of a tall light standard near the middle of the five baseball diamonds. I was only able to observe it for a few seconds before tournament events distracted me. I'm sorry I was unable to report sooner. Directions: from Highway 401, take Highway 410 North toward downtown Brampton. Take the Derry Road exit and turn left on Derry Road. Turn right at the first light, which is Kennedy Road. Follow Kennedy across the overpass, and the next right turn is the entrance to the Powerade Centre. The baseball diamonds are located behind the arena complex. Van Waffle Guelph, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jul 3 20:26:49 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web88206.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88206.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.221]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A7B95638B6 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 20:26:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 54236 invoked by uid 60001); 4 Jul 2007 00:26:49 -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=QWUI5cXtJ9QHNCX9tALwH8G1+N69RQDWrs4vjazBSIGu9SwCj4kbdw1GdgMshKOsyI3LuyvnEdQ7wQO4q4Y0hYwNB8cCjjuGoejhVBFpA9HjlGzw85Qx9txefe0vXsQ7K2WNxqaQlJEwbmQN6eXSPPjuSOnASWt7pZ3QYG/bNjQ=; X-YMail-OSG: IYVU1BkVM1l0buOpaG5zKOpE8JQkkN5VQTODqDzF Received: from [99.244.0.236] by web88206.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:26:48 EDT Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 20:26:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [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]Dark-eyed Junco - Brampton X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:26:49 -0000 An adult male Dark-eyed Junco was at my feeder in Brampton this evening at about 7:45. We are in the Mayfield Road Heart Lake area of Brampton. To get to the feeder - park on Mayfield Road by the Ogada Wilderness Camp (in Heart Lake CA) road off Mayfield between Kennedy and Heart Lake Road. Walk up the lane to the fifth house and look in the underbrush and around the feeder. There is a feeder at the next house that may also attract the bird. Bob Noble Brampton From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jul 3 20:30:10 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.78]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9E8C7638FA for <[email protected]>; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 20:30:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 77000 invoked from network); 4 Jul 2007 00:30:10 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:Content-Type:To:From:Subject:Date:X-Mailer; b=AWNQhUXFWPlM5jr+hxgIGens7MNp7eVR28OaW9o/nQrLaHXa0DWEneBquaC6fE/O6SmqXcStky1iF9zsmrQ/jqubm9CGiKtlypmntr+jB0Xxg8DihuZkGdO1lVxsk7CxnW7RYp450eM98TS5tBWLfxz5XOBnQWbgHo6Qtvd6LxI ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?74.124.152.80?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@74.124.152.80 with plain) by smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Jul 2007 00:30:10 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 9tjoi.8VM1kyip1xyPOPR4RWwlMaBvaxee69zLJk6Y4BKXKEFPSL2PcWbiF9P3SGcQ-- Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: ONTBIRDS list <[email protected]>, WELLBIRDS WELLBIRDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Karl & Kathy Konze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 20:30:08 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: [Ontbirds]Dickcissel fly past in Guelph X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:30:10 -0000 Hi all, This morning (July 3) at about 9:20, I heard what I believed to be the flight call of a Dickcissel. It gave a short, harsh buzz call repeatedly as it flew overhead in a northeast direction. I never saw the bird (or even had binoculars handy). I have heard this call note before at Point Pelee and cannot think of any other species that could be potential candidates. Certainly young birds can be problematic at this time of year but I didn't get that sense at all. I heard this bird at 77 Wyndham Street South, near the confluence of the Speed and Eramosa Rivers in downtown Guelph. Good birding, Karl Konze Guelph, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 4 07:59:57 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc1-s14.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s14.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.86]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1775763481 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 07:59:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP10.CEZ.ICE ([65.54.191.183]) by bay0-omc1-s14.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 4 Jul 2007 04:59:57 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [64.229.27.151] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from VALUED7B9600FA ([64.229.27.151]) by BAYC1-PASMTP10.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 4 Jul 2007 05:00:13 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Norman Murr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 07:59:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Jul 2007 12:00:14.0516 (UTC) FILETIME=[E18DD740:01C7BE32] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Carden Alvar - Sparrows, Sparrows X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:59:58 -0000 Good morning folks and folkesses. Yesterday Ian Cannell took Jay Peterson and I up to the Carden Alvar at Kirkfield for a beautiful, mostly sunny day of birding without Mosquitoes and tons of unidentified Butterflies and despite the lack of Warbler song and Waterfowl species we did come up with 91 species for the day. High lights for us were family groups of Loggerhead Shrikes, Brown Thrashers and Clay-colored Sparrows, juvenile Virginia Rail, and juveniles of most of the 10 Sparrow species we found and of course it is always nice to see Osprey nestlings. We were very surprised to find Clay-colored Sparrows in 3 areas where none have been seen by the three of us in the past as well as the usual places and we did find 2 new areas of Sedge Wrens (singles heard). The great thing was that virtually all of the 10 Sparrow species were still on territory and singing (lots of song all day) and we also observed an Upland Sandpiper in display flight while calling and circling a small area. We also noticed that the Grackles and Bobolinks are now forming post breeding flocks. We found 2 flocks of Bobolinks with one of about 40 birds and one of about 25 birds. The male breeding plumage is fading away and in the flocks were many females and the juveniles if they sat long enough were easy to identify. When we saw a Brown Thrasher we usually saw 2 to 4 of them including juvenile birds. One of the best thing with the Sparrows is the fact that we had great up close looks of them as a lot of the adults and juveniles sat on fence wires very close to us. As I said up front a beautiful day for birding. Following are some of the high lights of our trip. Green Heron, American Bitterns, 13 Osprey including 5 nests with a total of 6 chicks seen, Wild Turkey, Virginia Rails including a chick, Common Moorhens, Sandhill Cranes, 18 Upland Sandpipers, some juveniles, Common Loons, 5 Black-billed Cuckoos, 3 within feet of us, 6 Common Nighthawks also close up as they chased each other, Whip-poor-wills, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Belted Kingfishers, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 7 Flycatcher species including Eastern Wood-Pewees, 6 Alder Flycatchers, Willow and Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Phoebes, and 93 Eastern Kingbirds (undercounted), Common Ravens, 6 Loggerhead Shrikes, 16 eastern Bluebirds, 8 Veerys, Wood Thrushes, Northern Mockingbird, 29 Brown Thrashers, 5 Sedge Wrens, Marsh and House Wrens, Purple Finches, Northern Waterthrushes, 76 Savannah Sparrows (undercounted), 24 Grasshopper Sparrows, 41 Chipping Sparrows, 19 Clay-colored Sparrows, 8 Field Sparrows, 26 Vesper Sparrows, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 78 eastern Meadowlarks (undercounted), 89 Bobolinks, and 92 American Goldfinches (undercounted). Directions:- CARDEN ALVAR INCLUDING WYLIE ROAD, THE SEDGE WREN MARSH, and PROSPECT ROAD Wylie Road is north of Kirkfield in Victoria County and Kirkfield itself is on County Road 48 east of Highway 12 and well north of Whitby and about 130 km from Toronto if you follow the roads and not a Crow. From the centre of Kirkfield go north on County Road 6 passing under the Lift Lock on the Trent Canal and drive about 2 ½ km further north to where the road curves left or west. On this curve and on your right is McNamee Rd, turn right here onto McNamee and drive east for about 300 yards and you will be at Wylie Road. This road is about 9 ½ km long ending at Alvar Rd (a T intersection). Birding can be good on this road as well, either way. The Sedge Wren Marsh is about 5 ½ km up Wylie Road, you cant miss it as it has the only bridge along the road. Park just to the south of and overlooking the bridge and walk the road. Birding is good all along the road and I find that the best birding happens when you park and walk both ways a km or 2 from your auto. Wylie Road is a narrow road with little traffic but be sure to park in such a way as to not block the road as you dont want to rile up the locals. This is all private property but there really is no need to leave the road at any time or for any reason. Other roads to check in the area are Shrike, Curls, Dalrymple, and Eldon Station Roads. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON "Sils mordent, mords les" From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 4 22:35:24 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.78]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25934634C0 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:35:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 46946 invoked from network); 5 Jul 2007 02:35:24 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=iiTyQawgISkkU06/elWCBQ9nnUukA6u+5c0dA0ngjJrMG5mXfWXqFYtIGztUkhFAJqe475Zh6yLyVaUvead7ZW9YF/sosvRyZPQ95O61kTs+luOCJ+FVLcGFL2xVW+kt9Wft4ZITdlwY81GEVpgFcR1PjpPQA3k3+3G3kbMAPm8 ; Received: from unknown (HELO douglus0kdu880) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@99.247.219.250 with login) by smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Jul 2007 02:35:24 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: B2XuGSEVM1khCZHSWReEkP181bIGxa97TipNl1o9QUf_riyovsnnzs_ueuthW99GTA-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:37:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Halls Road - Four Wild Turkey Babies X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:35:24 -0000 Chris McConnell sent me a video of Mom Wild Turkey crossing Hall's Rd., followed by 2 of her 4 wee chicks. Unfortunately the video was not on, because Mom was heard quietly calling back to the two which had not yet followed. Click the website below--you will enjoy it. Hall's Rd., one block east of LakeRidge Rd. in southwest Whitby, runs south from Victoria St. --the turkeys are usually seen below the half-way point down the road. Doug Lockrey, Whitby http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/jando1111/Birds/?action=view¤t=Turkey_Babies-1.flv -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/885 - Release Date: 7/3/2007 10:02 AM From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 5 17:39:31 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 B199763492 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:39:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from trentu.ca ([216.209.98.117]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:39:30 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:39:27 -0400 From: Fred Helleiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending July 5, 2007. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:39:31 -0000 As is to be expected in early July, little has changed on the birding scene at Presqu'ile Provincial Park from a week earlier, which is to say that there are plenty of birds, and a good variety, most of them being summer residents. The Trumpeter Swan which has been accompanying a Mute Swan just outside the Park gates since early spring has been seen in that area as recently as June 29. Wood Ducks were in the marsh as recently as June 30 and are likely still there. Other ducks in the vicinity of Gull Island on most days include Gadwalls, an American Wigeon, up to five Redheads, and four scaup. Common Loons are regularly seen in Presqu'ile Bay and Great Egrets and Black-crowned Night-Herons have been frequenting the marsh. A Semipalmated Plover and a Semipalmated Sandpiper were near Owen Point on June 30 and July 1. Two early Least Sandpipers, the forerunners of the hordes of shorebirds that will soon be descending on Presqu'ile, were foraging on the algae mats at Owen Point on July 1 and 3. As the algae continues to build up, more of that species can be expected, as well as other species such as Baird's Sandpiper and Stilt Sandpiper, both of which are normally absent at Presqu'ile in spring but have shown up in early July in recent years. A Bonaparte's Gull was at the lighthouse on July 1. A Rock Pigeon showed up at 186 Bayshore Road, where they are seldom noted. Four Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, probably a family group, have also been frequenting that address. An Eastern Towhee was at the calf pasture, in exactly the same location where one was found over three weeks ago. An Orchard Oriole was near the lighthouse on July 3. To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton. Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid that is available at the Park gate. Access to the offshore islands is restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial nesting birds there. Questions and comments about bird sightings at Presqu'ile may be directed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Fred Helleiner 186 Bayshore Road, R.R. #4, Brighton, Ontario, Canada, K0K 1H0 VOICE: (613) 475 5309 If visiting, access via Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
