Just want to give a shout out to Steve on the list serve for keeping birders informed through Ontbirds of the presence of the Kiskadee. With a bird like this that hides for a great deal of time and would be difficult to find, the information has been most helpful to birders spending time and gas money down to see this amazing bird.
Don't want to start a cascade of emails here just thought it was important to give a kudos. Please email me privately if you want, my apologies if this is inappropriate to post on a wider basis. Lots of storms upon us. Its an exciting time to be birding. Cheryl Edgecombe HNC. -----Original Message----- From: ONTBIRDS [mailto:birdalert-boun...@ontbirds.ca] On Behalf Of Steve Charbonneau via ONTBIRDS Sent: September 10, 2018 11:22 AM To: ontbirds Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] Rondeau Great Kiskadee Monday YES Hi again everyone, My last post today. Just a quick summary of this morning’s sighting. Around 9:50, Karl Overman heard the bird calling about 200m along the trail. This is 75m past the S curve. It was still calling when three of us got there 4 minutes later. It was giving the single “keeah” call, not the “kiskadee” call. took 6 of us almost a half hour to see it but when we did, it put on quite a show. It flew short distances, perching in the open each time. We were able to get within about 10m of it, as it perched two feet off the ground in some dead as tree branches over top of a swampy area beside the path for 5 minutes longer. It finally dropped down into the swamp area and came up with a frog. It then proceeded to eat the frog to the delight of 7 of us. A couple of birders present were able to get photos of this event in the light mist. It then flew to the east and disappeared into the thickets. The bird was in full view for 25 minutes in total. There is presently nobody there as all of us have left the area. If anyone comes, they should be advised to look past the S curve, on the east (left) side. Good luck! Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 10, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Steve Charbonneau > <steve.charbonnea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The great kiskadee just called at least 12 times. Started calling at 9:45 but > hasn’t been seen yet. There are 5 of us here looking for it. We are 50m past > the S turn, about 200m from the start of the trail. > Steve > Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
