From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 11:45:18 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA02461 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:45:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from flame.kent.net (IDENT:root@[216.8.159.67]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA02455 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:45:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from oemcomputer (pm3-ip-132.cha.kent.net [216.8.157.132]) by flame.kent.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g01Ggh806693 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:42:43 -0500 Message-ID: <001b01c192e3$a46e2d40$849d08d8@oemcomputer> From: "Blake Mann" To: Subject: Black-necked Stilt remains for New Year's listers Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:44:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Hi 2002 Listers, The STILT remains in the same location. It rested in the same position from dawn to well after 10:00 this morning. It then started feeding again. Several birders have come today in order to start their 2002 lists with a bang. More Goldeneye and Bufflehead are showing up on the St. Clair River. I also had one GADWALL with Mallards at Marshy Creek Park which is a couple of kilometres north of Port Lambton. One PEREGRINE FALCON was visible on the Detroit Edison Power Plant north of Sombra. View from Terra Industries on the Canadian side. Directions: From highway 40 which runs between Sarnia and Chatham, find Wallaceburg. Take it (40) west from 'Burg and follow it to where it turns north. Head two concessions north to Langstaff Line and turn left. Follow this a few kilometres to its west end and you are at the Snye River. Turn right onto St. Clair Parkway (RD 33) and go about 1 km or less. You are along the Snye and Walpole Island is on the far shore. OR: From highway 40 north (Sarnia), follow south to Port Lambton turnoff (Rd. 1) and follow to the village. Turn left at the St. Clair River and follow 2.5 concessions south, a little past the Chatham-Kent border sign. You will see a sign for Snye-View Orchards (on left), and it is a little south of there. (Or follow St. Clair Parkway all the way south from Sarnia to just past the Chatham-Kent border). The bird is on the Walpole side of the river (west), feeding along the edge. It may hide behind cattails at times. Happy New Year! ________________________________ Blake Mann, Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent, Ont. email: boatmann@kent.net Visit the Boat Doctor at: www.kent.net/boatdr "Blake Mann" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 13:43:19 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA15553 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 13:43:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com (f149.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.15.149]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA15547 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 13:43:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 10:42:42 -0800 Received: from 216.209.168.52 by lw10fd.law10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 01 Jan 2002 18:42:41 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.209.168.52] From: "Ware Dean" To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Subject: Ross' Goose Point Pelee Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 13:42:41 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jan 2002 18:42:42.0154 (UTC) FILETIME=[185D7CA0:01C192F4] Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org
Winter listers,
 
A White morph Ross' Goose was mixed in with several Canadas at the extreme NW corner of West Cranberry Pond Point Pelee Marsh. The Geese and several ducks have kept a small portion of the marsh open for feeding/roosting. At around 11:30am the bird then flew to east beach and landed.
 A male Northern Harrier was nice enough to scare up a Common Snipe out of the North dyke canal for a good January bird and several Snow Buntings,1 Lapland Longspur and a single Am. Pipit flew by over the marsh.
 
Good Birding,
 
Dean Ware
Wheatley ON.

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"Ware Dean" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 15:35:36 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA28623 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:35:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from siaag1ad.compuserve.com (siaag1ad.compuserve.com [149.174.40.6]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA28616 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:35:32 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by siaag1ad.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.12) id PAA13688 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:32:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:32:02 -0500 From: Ron Wiley Subject: Great Blue Heron, Immature Bald Eagle near Delaware To: Ontario Birds Message-ID: <200201011532_MC3-EC6B-D137@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by james.hwcn.org id PAA28617 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Birders, Happy New Year!! This afternoon a Great Blue Heron was observed along Longwoods Road, just west of the 402 at Delaware. Directions: Longwoods Road west from Delaware towards Melbourne. Just before going up the hill, there is a small creek on the right side (north) of Longwoods Rd. A road mileage sign for Thamesville, Windsor, marks the spot. Also an immature Bald Eagle was observed as it hunted along the Thames River. The best site for viewing is from Adelaide Rd. Directions: Delaware to Adelaide Rd., go north on Adelaide Road. As you go up the hill, you will notice an open field on the right(north) side used by local fisherman for parking. You may drive in and park. I have seen this eagle on numerous occasions as he hunts along the Thames, generally mid to late afternoon is the best! Ronald Wiley RR#1 Mt. Brydges. On. rwiley_strath@compuserve.com 519-871-0557 Ron Wiley From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 15:55:54 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA01360 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:55:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.74]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA01348 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:55:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from rogers.com ([24.112.178.83]) by fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (InterMail vM.5.01.04.02 201-253-122-122-102-20011128) with SMTP id <20020101205519.GOTR6269.fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@rogers.com>; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:55:19 -0500 Message-ID: <3C322237.B68F7BE0@rogers.com> Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 15:55:19 -0500 From: Mark Chojnacki X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org CC: Linda Nuttall Subject: Black-crowned Night Heron & Green-winged Teal - NW Mississauga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org A foray into our local patch to start off our year's list turned up a few birds that may be of interest: BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 2 immatures - perched in trees (in the sun) beside Lake Wabukayne GREEN-WINGED TEAL - 1 male - associating with Mallards, Am. Black Ducks and Canada Geese in Lake Wabukayne Directions to Lake Wabukayne: Exit Hwy 401 at Mississauga Road, proceed south to Brittania Road (about 2km). Turn right (east) onto Brittania and then turn right (north) at the next light - Glen Erin Boulevard. A few hundred metres north on your right you will see a sign for Lake Wabukayne but for better access you should proceed a few metres further north and make a right turn (east) onto Inlake and drive to the vicinity of the church. Please do NOT use the church parking lot - park on the street (Inlake). You can walk in along the paved path to the viewing platform on the south side of the lake. The lake is mostly frozen now, but the open water should have plenty of Mallards with a few American Black Ducks and one male Green-winged Teal. Scan the trees and lake edges for the Night Herons. Also be on the lookout for a Belted Kingfisher. We didn't see it today but it was there during the Christmas count on December 15th. The Teal and Night Herons were observed at around noon today. Note that this area is only a few kilometres from the Townsend's Solitaire location. Unfortunately we had no luck locating that bird today. Did anybody else find it? Other sightings today: At Lakeside Park (Lake Ontario waterfront just east of the south end of Winston Churchill Boulevard): PEREGRINE FALCON - scaring the wits out of the ducks by making a low pass over the lake! AMERICAN WIGEON - fewer than the 30+ at CBC time but still several present RED-BREASTED MERGANSER - at least 10 mixed in amongst Goldeneyes and Bufflehead Mark Chojnacki and Linda Nuttall Mississauga (Meadowvale area) markchoj@rogers.com Mark Chojnacki From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 16:26:24 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA05750 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:26:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from taco.vianet.on.ca (taco.vianet.on.ca [209.91.128.11]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA05744 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:26:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from o3v0s3 (hunt-tcs3-port78.vianet.on.ca [209.91.148.229]) by taco.vianet.on.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA09866 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:26:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <00a301c19313$5ac053a0$e5945bd1@o3v0s3> From: "Burke Korol" To: "Ontbirds" Subject: Bracebridge Varied Thrush update Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:21:19 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org 1 Jan 2002 Today I saw the female Varied Thrush at Ted Gardner's feeder in Bracebridge at 120 Meadow Heights Dr. I arrived just after 2 p.m. and the bird appeared from 3:00 to 3:05 p.m. but it spent most of its time fairly well hidden in the spruce trees near the back of the yard and beneath the shed on a tiny patch of snow-free ground. Apparently this was the first time the bird was seen today, despite a patient morning vigil by some birders from Hamilton. Directions: Bracebridge is a 2 hr drive north of Toronto. From the south, take the first Bracebridge exit off Hwy 11, follow Muskoka Rd 118 west into Bracebridge. At Tim Hortons turn right on Monck Rd. At the next traffic light turn left on Muskoka Rd 4/Manitoba street. Go north to a few kms to Meadow Heights Dr on the left. Follow Meadow Heights Dr to #120 which is on the loop at the end where it intersects Brian Rd. >From the north exit Hwy 11 at Taylor Rd, follow Taylor Rd to Manitoba St. Turn right and continue to Meadow Heights. ********** Burke Korol Huntsville, ON bkorol@vianet.ca "Burke Korol" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 16:52:08 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA08810 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:52:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from megahost.igs.net (root@megahost.igs.net [216.58.97.2]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA08801 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:52:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from ArnoldPaul (i216-58-50-115.igs.net [216.58.50.115]) by megahost.igs.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g01Lq2Z53600 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:52:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@king.igs.net) Message-ID: <001f01c1930e$c221ba20$73323ad8@ArnoldPaul> From: "gerald w paul" To: "ontario birds" Subject: 175 Tundra swans &38 other species on Wolfe Island Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:53:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Hi birders: Birding the west end of Wolfe Island from north to south (ferry from Kingston), Bob& Barb Frewin and Gerald Paul observed 39 species in four hours.Worth mentioning are: Common Loon, 175 Tundra Swans, 6 species of duck (including 1 Redhead), 5 American Coot, 3 Rough-legged Hawks, 2 American Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 3 Short-eared Owls, 3 Brown-headed Cowbirds, 75 Snow Buntings, 11 Common Redpolls, 1 Hoary Redpoll, 1 Pine Siskin & 1 Song Sparrow. Gerald W. Paul Kingston ON paul@king.igs.net "gerald w paul" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 17:19:48 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA12040 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:19:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from speedline.ca (speedline.ca [206.130.20.6]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA12033 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:19:44 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 19614 invoked from network); 1 Jan 2002 22:19:43 -0000 Received: from port79.usrtc1.speedline.ca (HELO markusonmill) (209.5.88.91) by speedline.ca with SMTP; 1 Jan 2002 22:19:43 -0000 Message-ID: <007501c19312$6ca176e0$5b5805d1@markusonmill> From: "Markus J. Lise" To: Subject: GREAT HORNED OWL & TRUMPETER SWAN in Newcastle & Whitby Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:18:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Hello Ontbirders, At 0400 hours this morning a GREAT HORNED OWL was hooting behind our property by the Graham Creek. At 1600 hours this afternoon I counted 10,000 CANADA GEESE in the Whitby Harbor, on the ice, with 1 TRUMPETER SWAN with tag # 137 and 1 MUTE SWAN in the open water. Some of you have been asking me whether the TRUMPETER SWAN in Newcastle had a tag but I was not able to see it. Dirctions: Take Mill St. S. exit from Highway # 401 till about 100 m. from the lake. For the Whitby Harbor take the Highway # 12 south exit from the 401 till about a km. from the lake. Markus J. Lise Newcastle, On "Markus J. Lise" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 17:30:28 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA13127 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:30:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from web21009.mail.yahoo.com (web21009.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.227.63]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA13112 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:30:22 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20020101222947.41229.qmail@web21009.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.210.223.1] by web21009.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 01 Jan 2002 17:29:47 EST Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:29:47 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Dieroff Subject: Chipping Sparrow - feeder in Ennismore (near Peterborough) To: ontbirds@hwcn.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org This might be of interest to winter listers in the Peterborough area. I was visiting my parents in Ennismore over the weekend and they have a CHIPPING SPARROW coming to their suet feeder. They also have many COMMON REDPOLLS and an intermittent HOARY REDPOLL coming to their niger feeder as well. Please contact me offline if you would like directions, etc. Keith Dieroff C/O Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Hotline Report Hamilton, Ontario kdieroff@yahoo.ca ______________________________________________________ Send your holiday cheer with http://greetings.yahoo.ca Keith Dieroff From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 18:24:01 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA19375 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:24:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from victory.soonet.ca (root@victory.soonet.ca [216.129.13.2]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA19362 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:23:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from soonet.ca (PPP28.soonet.ca [216.129.15.37]) by victory.soonet.ca (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g01NNox17299 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:23:50 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3C324622.CFD7B61@soonet.ca> Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 18:28:34 -0500 From: Bob Knudsen Organization: Algoma Wildlife Specialists X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "ontbirds@hwcn.org" Subject: Border Birder Hotline Update Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org The New Year has been brought in with several good birds reported in the Sault Ste. Marie area. An adult Western Meadowlark was found on a porch at 226 River Rd. This bird frequented that address as well as 234 River Rd. for the afternoon of January 21st. After posing for photographs it dined on a handful of crickets. This bird may survive for a while if it continues to be fed. At the Sault canal, today, the highlights seen were 1 adult Bald Eagle, 1 Cooper’s Hawk, 1 American Kestrel, 1 Northern Shrike, 2 first winter Iceland Gulls, 5 immature Glaucous Gulls, 1 first winter Great Black-backed Gull and a very late Bonaparte’s Gull. The Bonaparte’s was last seen flying southeast towards the Edison Sault Power plant on the Michigan side of the St. Mary’s River. At least 2 Long-tailed Ducks can be seen amongst the 50 Common Goldeneyes in the headrace of the Sault locks. Several small flocks of Pine Grosbeak have been seen at the Station Mall and Queen St. and Kerr Dr. feeding on American Ash and hedge maples. On December 30th, a male Northern Cardinal visited a feeder on Fairmont Dr. Two more are visiting a feeder on Parkdale Dr. At that same feeder a Boreal Chickadee was seen on the 29th. Another Boreal Chickadee is coming to a feeder on 4th Line at the ski trail across from Wishart Park. >From the Sudbury area, at the Sudbury dump, 27 Glaucous Gulls, 2 Iceland Gulls, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 2 immature Great Black-backed Gulls can be seen daily. An immature light phase Gyrfalcon was also been reported in Sudbury. The Bewick’s Wren that visited a feeder at 405 King St. in the town of Massey, has not been seen since Christmas day. However, there are 7 White-winged Crossbills, 5 Northern Cardinals, Pine Grosbeaks and 34 Evening Grosbeaks making daily appearances. Bob Knudsen jknuds@soonet.ca Sault Ste. Marie, ON Hotline # [705] 256-2790 Bob Knudsen From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 18:35:23 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA20944 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:35:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from app1.nasc.inter.net ([203.176.60.253]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA20937 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:35:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from [154.5.228.222] (helo=default) by app1.nasc.inter.net with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 16LYQ5-0003sS-00 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Tue, 01 Jan 2002 18:34:09 -0500 Message-ID: <00c001c1931c$ff1024e0$3749fea9@default> From: "Marcel Gahbauer" To: "Ontbirds" Subject: Purple Sandpiper still at Cobourg Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:31:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Despite several attempts in Toronto, Cobourg, and Ottawa, I never did see a Purple Sandpiper in 2001. However, this morning I got my 2002 list off to a great start with the Purple Sandpiper in Cobourg. It was right at the end of Darcy St, actively feeding on the rocks. I had a few other interesting January sightings today. At the northwest platform at Cranberry Marsh there were 5 Song Sparrows and 1 White-throated Sparrow. A single male Ring-necked Duck was on the west side of Brock just north of Whitby Harbour, and what appeared to be a blue-phase Snow Goose was east of the road at the same location, almost concealed from view among the hundreds of Canada Geese resting along the edge of the ice. (Much) further east, there were 5 Wild Turkeys on the north side of Hwy 401 at km 650. Good birding! Marcel Gahbauer Ottawa ON marcelga@istar.ca Directions: Cobourg: Exit Hwy 401 at Division St (exit 474), head south to King St (Hwy 2), turn left (east) and after a short distance turn right on Darcy and proceed south to the lake. Cobourg Harbour is just to the west (return to Division via King, and continue south to the lake), but it was unremarkable this morning. Whitby: Exit Hwy 401 at Brock St (exit 410), continue south for a couple of kilometres to where the road crosses a partly open channel; this is where the Ring-necked Duck & Snow Goose were. An overlook of Whitby Harbour is just a bit further along the road, but the only birds there today were the usual 3 gull species, and a lone male Common Merganser. Cranberry Marsh: From Whitby Harbour, return north on Brock to Victoria, turn left (west) and proceed a few km to Halls Road; turn left and continue to the parking area along the road. "Marcel Gahbauer" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 18:40:31 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA21506 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:40:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts10.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.54]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA21496 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:40:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([216.209.210.133]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20020101233957.RWSE24174.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca>; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:39:57 -0500 Message-ID: <3C324992.3CE14B91@sympatico.ca> Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 18:43:15 -0500 From: Craig McLauchlan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: birds ont , Gord Gallant Subject: Warbler's in Toronto 01-01-02 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Please Excuse my spelling ,I am Dyslexic thank you for your understanding. Trying to blow out the New Years Eve cob webs Bev and I tuck our annual (mid day) walk out on the Leslie st spit, all thought the number of birds we saw wear down 28 speeches their wear 2 highlights ,1 Yellow rump Warbler seen at the triangle pond and then flue across the rood in to wear the old long eared owl’s roost ( not one owl was seen today) is found and could be heard chipping in the thickets , And 2 Thayer’s Gulls sitting on the Ice in the 3 cell their was also a Red wing black bird and a Cow bird in the gardens near the bass . When we got back to the car we drove to the U of T and to Knox Collage wear we ree found the Com. Yellow throated Warbler, What a incredible way to start of the new year with 2 warblers in Toronto on the 1 of Jan. WoW .. the Leslie st spit (or Tommy Thompson park) is found at the foot of Leslie st south of the Lake Shore blvd. and Knox Collage is found on St George st it is part of the U of T campus their is no Blue singe for the building witch is on the east side of the rood but the name is found above the front door ( and the U of T police wear no help ) look for the Com. Yellow throated in the bushes or near the old planting pots at the north end of the building I put seed down for it in this area, considering yesterday it ate my granola bar . Craig.S.A.McLauchlan Toronto/Ont/Canada/World. csam@sympatico.ca Craig McLauchlan From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 18:54:44 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA23534 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:54:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.wzrd.com (mail.wzrd.com [206.99.165.3]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA23490 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:54:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wzrd.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 71B9627EEE5; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:53:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from dannapotter (pm4-ppp009.wzrd.com [12.30.224.155]) by mail.wzrd.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 1CA9A27EED1; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:53:56 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <004b01c1931f$c106c480$0de21e0c@dannapotter> From: "Willie D'Anna" To: "NYSBirds" , "Ontario Birds" Subject: Fw: [GeneseeBirds-L] Townsend's Solitaire Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:54:28 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Forwarding for Patrick Markham. Directions are below. The bird was very uncooperative today. Only a few out of several visitors were able to see it. Willie -------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Niagara Falls, N.Y. dannapotter@wzrd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Townsend's Solitaire > The Townsend's Solitaire was seen today at about 1:00 PM in the same spot. > It was located on the North side of the trail about 100 yards in off the > road. Birders who were leaving as I entered reported that they had not > located the bird and that all reports from earlier today were similar. > Between about 1:00 and 2:00 it was located at least three times. Willie's > directions were excellent. Thanks. > > What a great way to start the new year! > > Happy New Year to All!!! > > Patrick J. Markham > pjmarkham@aol.com DIRECTIONS to the Solitaire: >From I-190 in Buffalo or Niagara Falls, proceed north to Rt. 104 eastbound. Ontario birders should cross at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and immediately exit after customs, following the signs to Rt 104 eastbound. Stay on Rt 104 eastbound when you reach the Village of Lewiston at the bottom of the escarpment - you have to exit the limited access highway. Proceed east about 4 miles to Dickersonville Road (there is a church on the southeast corner) and turn right (south). In about 1/4 mile, the road will bend to the left and soon will pass Blacknose Spring Road, which comes down off of the escarpment on your right. Proceed another 150 yards or so to the first road (a dirt lane) on your right. It is across the street from the second house on your left. Pull over here without blocking the lane. There is an old sign saying, "Private Property No Trespassing" but I have it on good authority that the sign is intended for vehicles only. This is county parkland. Walk down the lane and start looking for the Solitaire right away as the habitat is good. As you walk, there will be water on both sides of the road. When the water begins to widen on your right, after about 100 yards, is where I first saw the bird on the right side. This spot also gives a good view over the water to your left. The bird has been seen eating red berries here as well. A little further down the lane, the water ends on both sides of the road and there is a small inconspicuous path on your right. We had excellent looks at the bird from this path once. Several times, the bird was in the small orchard that is just a few more yards down the lane on your left. The far (east) end seems to be the best spot. "Willie D'Anna" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 19:02:55 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA24523 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:02:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.74]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA24335 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:01:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from cr980492a ([24.100.77.99]) by fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (InterMail vM.5.01.04.02 201-253-122-122-102-20011128) with SMTP id <20020102000102.JUJR6269.fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@cr980492a> for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:01:02 -0500 Message-ID: <015601c19320$edb9d520$634d6418@ajax.phub.net.cable.rogers.com> From: "Geoff Carpentier" To: "OntBirds" Subject: January1, 2002 - Cobourg to Pickering Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:03:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tony Bigg and I decided to work the Lake Ontario shoreline today from Cobourg to Pickering. Highlights included: Cobourg Harbour - Am. Coot (1) Foot of Darcy St. - Purple Sandpiper (1) and about 1/2 km. east - Dunlin (1) west of Port Hope on Lakeshore Road - N. Shrike (1) Newcastle/Bond Head - Snow (Blue) Goose (1) Newcastle - M. Lise feeder - Hoary Redpoll (1), WW Crossbill (4), White-thr Sparrow (2) Thickson's Woods - Flicker (1), Carolina Wren (2) 401 @ Thickson's Woods - Sharp-shinned Hawk (1) Whitby Harbour - N. Pintail (1), Snow (Blue) Goose (1) Lynde Shores - Red-winged Blackbird (33), Robin (1) Cranberry Marsh - Song Sparrow (8) Hydro Marsh - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1), Cooper's hawk (1) Directions: Cobourg Harbour: exit 401 at Division St and travel south until you hit the lake. To reach Darcy St. backtrack to Hwy 2 and go east to Darcy and then south to the lake. Newcastle/Bond Head: exit 401 at Newcastle/Bond Head exit and go south to a "Y" intersection; take left fork and then go south to the lake. The goose rests on the ice with the Canada's. The Lise feeder is north of the harbour about 1/2 km on the west side. Pls respect his request to stay off property and park on east side of road. Thickson's Woods: exit 401 at Thickson's Rd and go south to the lake. Woods are on the east side behind the cottages. Whitby Harbour: exit 401 at Brock St and go south to the lake to see the harbour proper and to the place where the creek crosses under the road to see the Blue Goose. Lynde Shores: from the 401 and Brock St. go south to the first lights [Victoria] and then west until you cross a large marsh - Conservation area is on your left. Cranberry Marsh: continue west on Victoria from Lynde Shores to Hall's Rd and then go south the the marsh. Hydro Marsh: to get to the exact location where the sapsucker was feeding, exit 401 at Brock Road [not Street] in Pickering go south to Bayly and then west to Pickering Beach Rd and then south to Alyssum St. and then west to Luflin and south on Luflin to Colmar and finally go west on Colmar to Alderwood Place where there is a small parkette. Walk into the parkette and in the northeast corner are a series of feeders and lots of birds. The sapsucker was right beside the feeders and the first house [no number as it was a backyard]. There is also a Mockingbird haunting this area. Good birding. Geoff Carpentier Ajax, Ont. "Geoff Carpentier" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 19:27:23 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA27478 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:27:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from prd1.nwconx.net ([216.211.26.9]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA27444 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:27:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from [216.211.79.66] (helo=aaa.lakeheadu.ca) by prd1.nwconx.net with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16LZDw-0001le-00 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2002 19:25:40 -0500 Message-ID: <00aa01c1932b$f30bd400$424fd3d8@lakeheadu.ca> From: "Mary and Dave Elder" To: Subject: 2002 - Atikokan Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:18:09 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org 21 Bald Eagles still at the Atikokan town dump and I don't think I saw all of them. Also another Brown Creeper, a rare winter visitor here but several in the area this winter. Dave Elder Atikokan, Ontario "Mary and Dave Elder" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 21:14:17 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA11325 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:14:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com ([207.68.162.203]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA11319 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:14:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:13:38 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [65.93.68.107] From: "Jamie Reid" To: Subject: Amherst Island Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:16:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jan 2002 02:13:38.0324 (UTC) FILETIME=[17196540:01C19333] Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org A triop to Amherst with friends from Australia was a great way to start the new year. There good numbers of ROUGH-LEGGED and RED-TAILED hawks. Around the owl woods we found one SNOWY OWL, and 2 SHORT-EARED owls. As we drove back up Marshall 40-foot Road we spotted, what I hope was our 3rd SHORT EARED owl, feeding on the ground. And almost at the north end of the road we spotted the NORTHERN GOSHAWK, I would agree that this is a male. There were also 15 HORNED LARKS beside a red barn along Front Road, the road from Stella. A wonderful start to a new year. Happy new year & good BIRDING!! Jamie Reid Kingston,ON "Jamie Reid" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 22:07:22 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA17650 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:07:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from tomts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts12.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.56]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA17618 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:07:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from SYMPATICO.CA ([64.228.36.30]) by tomts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20020102030644.QTNA26587.tomts12-srv.bellnexxia.net@SYMPATICO.CA> for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:06:44 -0500 Message-ID: <3C327824.346989E@SYMPATICO.CA> Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 22:01:56 -0500 From: Norm Murr X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ONTBIRDS Subject: Longspurs near Rondeau Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2001 Today Stan Bajurny and I were in the Rondeau Provincial Park area and along with many good birds (actually excellent birds) we observed in one field along Kent Bridge road (Regional Rd 15) less than 1km from the causeway onto the Rondeau Provincial Park peninsula several flocks of Horned larks and in a large flock of 100+ birds we counted (probably undercounted) 36 Lapland Longspurs. I am sure that more are around as we observed several other flocks of "Larks" in the area that were too far off or too skittish to afford us good views. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON NORMURR@SYMPATICO.CA Norm Murr From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 22:21:08 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA19405 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:21:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from femail33.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail33.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.23]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA19399 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:21:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from yorku.ca ([24.100.219.224]) by femail33.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20020102032021.YETH12857.femail33.sdc1.sfba.home.com@yorku.ca> for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:20:21 -0800 Message-ID: <3C327C75.EB32ED00@yorku.ca> Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 22:20:20 -0500 From: Gene Denzel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontario Bird-list Subject: Black-crowned night heron in Pickering Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Happy New Year birders, A pleasant (albeit chilly) 1 January sortie along the waterfront produced a juvenile black-crowned night heron at Pickering Beach (the foot of Liverpool road), first perched in a tree by the parking lot then, having circled nicely around to give us a good view, staning on the ice in front of the cat-tails over beneath the windmill. There was an assortment of buffleheads, c. mergansers, goldeneye, and scaup within binocular range where the channel exits from Frenchmans bay. Further on, off Hall's road, there was a very nice rough-legged hawk, perched and flying, and a song sparrow at the end of the South viewpoint. In Lynde Shores CA, there were the usual 'human-acclimatized' birds, plus brown creeper, a first-year male RED-WINGED BB, an A. ROBIN, another song sparrow, and a number of tree sparrows, a kestrel, and a red-tailed hawk overhead. Directions: These sites are all listed in Goodwin, and can most easily be accessed from Brock Road off the 401 S to Bayly. Liverpool is W , and Hall's Rd is E of this intersection. -- Gene Denzel Associate Professor of Mathematics PHONE: 416-736-5250 Director of the Faculty of Arts Information Technology Programme Department of Mathematics and Statistics EMAIL: lezned@yorku.ca York University Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 Gene Denzel From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Tue Jan 1 22:47:16 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA22688 for ontbirds-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:47:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx1.magmacom.com (mx1.magmacom.com [206.191.0.217]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA22658 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:47:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail3.magma.ca (mail3.magma.ca [206.191.0.221]) by mx1.magmacom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA20125 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:46:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from [206.191.1.77] (ottawa-dial-206-191-1-77.d-ip.magma.ca [206.191.1.77]) by mail3.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id g023kbhf016538 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:46:38 -0500 (EST) User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 22:52:39 -0500 Subject: Ottawa birds, incl peregrines From: eve ticknor To: ontbirds Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!! As you can see from the subject, both our peregrines are still here, on the Coats Building at Tunney's Pasture. What a great way for the start of my year! Other birds of note, at least for me, were a Snowy Owl who flew right over my car on Brownlee Rd off Eagleson, a tree with about 50 Snow Buntings in the same area, a Northern Shrike beside Fallowfield at the "S" curve between Cedarview and Moodie, 4 Red-tailed Hawks and 6 Rough-legged Hawks south of the airport, and 3 beautiful (though uncountable) white domestic ducks in with a hundred or so Mallards by Dickinson Square in Manotick. I'm off to Toronto tomorrow, so we'll see......... Cheers, Eve Directions: Coats Building: bounded by Parkdale, Scott and Holland, Parkdale runs from the Western Parkway along the Ottawa River and Carling Ave near the Civic Hospital. Brownlee runs between Eagleson and Shea, and is south of Fallowfield Rd. Eagleson can be found off the 417 west of Ottawa, and runs south. The "S" curve of Fallowfield is east of the above area. It is just east of the exit from the 416 and is between Moodie and Cedarview. Dickinson Square is just east of the main street of Manotick. There is a dam on the Rideau River and the waters below it are always open, providing a haven for ducks, mostly Mallards. Manotick can be reached by taking Bankfield east from the 416, or Road 8 (Mitch Owens) from the River Rd. -Eve Ticknor Coordinator, OFNC Peregrine Falcon Watch Ottawa, Ontario, Canada sandbird@magma.ca "use the talents you possess, for the woods would be silent if no birds sang except the best" eve ticknor From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 05:38:12 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA25641 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 05:38:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.73]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA25633 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 05:38:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from cr980492a ([24.100.77.99]) by fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (InterMail vM.5.01.04.02 201-253-122-122-102-20011128) with SMTP id <20020102103737.ZHZZ194579.fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@cr980492a> for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 05:37:37 -0500 Message-ID: <001301c19379$dc9eb900$634d6418@ajax.phub.net.cable.rogers.com> From: "Geoff Carpentier" To: "OntBirds" Subject: Cobourg to Pickering - Jan 1/02 including Sapsucker Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 05:40:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Not sure what happened to my original post ... so here it is again. Tony Bigg and I decided to work the Lake Ontario shoreline today from Cobourg to Pickering. Highlights included: Cobourg Harbour - Am. Coot (1) Foot of Darcy St. - Purple Sandpiper (1) and about 1/2 km. east - Dunlin (1) west of Port Hope on Lakeshore Road - N. Shrike (1) Newcastle/Bond Head - Snow (Blue) Goose (1) Newcastle - M. Lise feeder - Hoary Redpoll (1), WW Crossbill (4), White-thr Sparrow (2) Thickson's Woods - Flicker (1), Carolina Wren (2) 401 @ Thickson's Woods - Sharp-shinned Hawk (1) Whitby Harbour - N. Pintail (1), Snow (Blue) Goose (1) Lynde Shores - Red-winged Blackbird (33), Robin (1) Cranberry Marsh - Song Sparrow (8) Hydro Marsh - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1), Cooper's hawk (1) Directions: Cobourg Harbour: exit 401 at Division St and travel south until you hit the lake. To reach Darcy St. backtrack to Hwy 2 and go east to Darcy and then south to the lake. Newcastle/Bond Head: exit 401 at Newcastle/Bond Head exit and go south to a "Y" intersection; take left fork and then go south to the lake. The goose rests on the ice with the Canada's. The Lise feeder is north of the harbour about 1/2 km on the west side. Pls respect his request to stay off property and park on east side of road. Thickson's Woods: exit 401 at Thickson's Rd and go south to the lake. Woods are on the east side behind the cottages. Whitby Harbour: exit 401 at Brock St and go south to the lake to see the harbour proper and to the place where the creek crosses under the road to see the Blue Goose. Lynde Shores: from the 401 and Brock St. go south to the first lights [Victoria] and then west until you cross a large marsh - Conservation area is on your left. Cranberry Marsh: continue west on Victoria from Lynde Shores to Hall's Rd and then go south the marsh. Hydro Marsh: to get to the exact location where the sapsucker was feeding, exit 401 at Brock Road [not Street] in Pickering go south to Bayly and then west to Pickering Beach Rd and then south to Alyssum St. and then west to Luflin and south on Luflin to Colmar and finally go west on Colmar to Alderwood Place where there is a small parkette. Walk into the parkette and in the northeast corner are a series of feeders and lots of birds. The sapsucker was right beside the feeders and the first house [no number as it was a backyard]. There is also a Mockingbird haunting this area. Good birding. Geoff Carpentier Ajax, Ont. "Geoff Carpentier" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 08:57:36 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA09803 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:57:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from alpha.worldchat.com (alpha.worldchat.com [204.138.239.60]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA09686 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:56:45 -0500 (EST) Received: (from root@localhost) by alpha.worldchat.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA04939 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:56:04 -0500 Received: from t1m4j9 (ham-on54-113.netcom.ca [142.154.66.113]) by alpha.worldchat.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA04702 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:55:59 -0500 Message-ID: <003e01c19395$e15a82a0$25449a8e@t1m4j9> From: "Thomas Crooks" To: "ONTBIRDS" Subject: Varied Thrush,Bracebridge & Townsend's Solitaire, Mississauga Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:00:17 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org January 1, 2002: The Hamilton birders Burke Korol mentioned where Cheryl Edgecombe, Gerard McNaughton, Dave Don and me. We did get a brief but thorough look at the female VARIED THRUSH just after 1pm after a wait of 1.5 hrs. +. Also seen at the feeders where EVENING & PINE GROSBEAKS . Earlier in the day Kevin McLaughlin had the TOWNDSEND'S SOLITAIRE lined up in scope when we arrived onsite ! / tac Directions for the Varied Thrush: "Bracebridge is a 2 hr drive north of Toronto. From the south, take the first Bracebridge exit off Hwy 11, follow Muskoka Rd 118 west into Bracebridge. At Tim Hortons turn right on Monk Rd. At the next traffic light turn left on Muskoka Rd 4/Manitoba street. Go north to Meadow Heights Dr on the left. Follow Meadow Heights Dr to #120 which is on the loop at the end where it intersects Brian Rd." Directions for the Townsend's: "From the Hwy 401 exit at Winston Churchill Boulevard, proceed south to Derry Road (about 2km). Turn right (west) on Derry Road and at the next light turn left (south) onto Danton Promenade. Proceed to the end of this short street at a T-junction with Vanderbilt Road. Directly in front of you is the entrance to Plum Tree Park." Thomas A. Crooks 489 Forestwood Court Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7L 4K6 Tel: 905-634-1178 Fax: 905-634-9616 E-mail: eclectic@worldchat.com "Thomas Crooks" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 09:59:43 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA20211 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:59:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from ares.idirect.com (ares.idirect.com [207.136.80.180]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA20191 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:59:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from ns (on-tor-blr-ahp-10-69.look.ca [209.161.236.197]) by ares.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA36766; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:15:55 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <003201c19397$ea7a1a60$c5eca1d1@idirect.com> Reply-To: "The Brydons" From: "The Brydons" To: Subject: Townsend's Solitaire - Mississauga Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:14:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Happy New Year Ontbirders: Apologies for the late post, but this is my first opportunity to send a message. Sean and Jim Macey and I saw the Townsend's Solitaire in the vicinity of Plum Tree Parkette in North Mississauga yesterday. The bird was in the backyards of the houses east of the parkette at 7:55 AM exactly in the location described by Gary Fowler on Dec. 29. His directions follow. Walk about 50 feet into the parkette and look to the east for 3 tall spruce trees, the bird perches on the top of the dead tree in the middle. An even better look at these three trees can be had from Hickling Ct. (One street east of the parkette). Directions: >From the Hwy 401 exit at Winston Churchill Boulevard, proceed south to Derry Road (about 2km). Turn right (west) on Derry Road and at the next light turn left (south) onto Danton Promenade. Proceed to the end of this short street at a T-junction with Vanderbilt Road. Directly in front of you is the entrance to Plum Tree Park. Bruce Brydon Holland Landing, Ont. brydons@idirect.com "The Brydons" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 11:17:09 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA04269 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:17:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from fep7.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA04262 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:17:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from RLHaist (d141-208-200.home.cgocable.net [24.141.208.200]) by fep7.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 2CDAD5317 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:17:00 -0500 (EST) From: "Lea Haist" To: Subject: tufted titmouse Halton County Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:19:51 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Importance: Normal Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Happy New Year to all: I'm new here so please excuse if I make an error. I've read the posting rules and I will try hard to do this correct. Jan 1/02 hubby and I decided to try and find the tufted titmouse at the Royal Botanical Gardens/Arboretum. Well we did just that. Two beautiful titmouse flying with dozens of chickadees and white-breasted nuthatch. I knew we were at the outer limits of their range and never expected to see this wonderful birds. Spotted a red-tailed hawk perched in a tree on highway 403 driving home to Burlington. Royal Botanical Gardens is at 680 Plains Rd., Burlington, Ontario >From Toronto and East Hwy 401 (or QEW) West to Hwy 403 West (Hamilton), exit at Hwy 6 North, follow signs >From the Niagara Region and Buffalo (USA) QEW North to Hwy 403 West (Hamilton), exit at Hwy 6 North, follow signs. Thanks and I'm very excited to have found you all. Lea Haist Burlington, Ontario lana1022@cogeco.ca "Lea Haist" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 11:21:35 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA05149 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:21:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com (f184.law7.hotmail.com [216.33.237.184]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA05140 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:21:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:21:00 -0800 Received: from 198.103.138.130 by lw7fd.law7.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 02 Jan 2002 16:21:00 GMT X-Originating-IP: [198.103.138.130] From: "mark gawn" To: gorman@enfotec.com, jones@caut.ca, ontbirds@hwcn.org, weewa@primus.ca Subject: Song Sparrow sale? Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 16:21:00 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jan 2002 16:21:00.0938 (UTC) FILETIME=[77A89EA0:01C193A9] Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org
A recent trip to the local Home Depot turned up a surprise: a Song Sparrow in the indoor plant section. Not a bad place to hide out from an Ottawa winter. Directions: the Home Depot is easily located at the corner of Woodroffe & Baseline in the west end of Ottawa. The bird seemed to be favouring the crotons & ornamental oranges...

Mark Gawn
Ottawa, Canada

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"mark gawn" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 11:35:54 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA07899 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:35:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from tomts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts12.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.56]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA07892 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:35:50 -0500 (EST) From: matthew.graham@sympatico.ca Received: from sympatico.ca ([64.228.52.49]) by tomts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20020102163546.BNYR26587.tomts12-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:35:46 -0500 Message-ID: <3C33368C.C24CAA60@sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 11:34:25 -0500 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Subject: Turkey Vulture- Markham References: <002501c191b4$2edf2000$a02efea9@workstation> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Sorry for the late posting- Last friday (the 28th of December), as I was driving north on Hwy. 404 (at hwy 7), a Turkey Vulture(!) flew east to west over the highway. Has anyone seen any TVs in the area? Isn't this kind of late to be seeing them in the Toronto area?? Good luck to all in 2002. Matt matthew.graham@sympatico.ca From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 11:49:48 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA10560 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:49:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from zwolle.execulink.net (zwolle.execulink.net [199.166.6.25]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA10547 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:49:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from mur (ts8-12.odyssey.on.ca [209.213.229.212]) by zwolle.execulink.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g02Gndp30351 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:49:39 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20020102114807.00793c90@mail.odyssey.on.ca> X-Sender: dave.martin@mail.odyssey.on.ca (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 11:48:07 -0500 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: Dave Martin Subject: Ingersoll CBC Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org The 20th Ingersoll CBC was held on December 28, 2001. Eighteen observers tallied 58 species which happens to be the 20 year average. Most species were in below average numbers. Northern Flicker was missed for the first time in 20 years and the Song Sparrow total was the 3rd lowest ever (1999 was the 2nd lowest) New Species: none High Counts: Rusty Blackbirds 36 in one flock (previous high 4) Highlights Canada Goose 1514 2nd highest count Wood Duck 2 1st in 7 years N. Goshawk 1 5th ever Merlin 1 4th ever Amer Crow 1797 2nd highest count Tufted Titmouse 1 3rd ever Carolina Wren 1 3rd ever Hermit Thrush 1 9th ever Com. Grackle 1 5th ever Lowlights: Song Sparrow 17 3rd lowest Count week birds: Tundra Swan Red-winged Blackbird Dave Martin & Ross Snider Harrietsville, ON dave.martin@odyssey.on.ca Dave Martin From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 12:25:24 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA16674 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:25:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com ([207.68.162.193]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA16667 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:25:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:24:46 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [65.93.68.231] From: "Jamie Reid" To: Subject: Bald Eagle Dec31 Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:27:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jan 2002 17:24:46.0524 (UTC) FILETIME=[5FE2B7C0:01C193B2] Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Sorry for the timing of this posting. On the afternoon of the Dec 31st I spotted a adult BALD EAGLE fling above the base of the Rideau Trail at King st west in Kingston. I forgot due to my sighting of the Goshawk. Sorry, Jamie "Jamie Reid" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 13:18:07 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA24251 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 13:18:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from tomts14-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts14.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.35]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA24244 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 13:18:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([216.209.239.17]) by tomts14-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20020102181803.OLSF6216.tomts14-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 13:18:03 -0500 Message-ID: <3C33503B.F8F4DAF3@sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 13:23:55 -0500 From: Bruce Di Labio Reply-To: bruce.dilabio@sympatico.ca X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en]C-SYMPA (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontario birds Subject: Dunrobin CBC Dec29,2001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Hi Everyone The 21st Dunrobin CBC was held on Saturday December 29th. A recording setting 67 species were found by 34 field observers, the previous high was 63 species in 1988 with an average of 51 species being found over the past 20 years. Wonderful weather conditions, lots of open water on the Ottawa River (typically frozen at this time of year) and most important, great coverage by the field observers and feed watchers who contributed to this record-breaking count. New Species: Common Loon 1 Red-necked Grebe 1 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Record Highs: Common Merganser 36 - previous high 2 (87, 94) Bald Eagle 9 - previous high 1 (5 years) Northern Harrier 3 - previous high 1 (94) Cooper's Hawk 4 -previous high 3 (84) Red-tailed Hawk 35- previous high 30 (88) Herring Gull 1225- previous high 389 (00) Grt.B.B. Gull 301- previous high 230 (00) Mourning Dove 447 - previous high 219 (97) Barred Owl 5 - previous high 4 (98) Pileated Woodpecker 28- previous high 27 (87) Horned Lark 399 - previous high 302 (86) Common Raven 167 - previous high 94 (00) White-breasted Nuthatch 173 - previous high 156 (00) Northern Cardinal 37 - previous high 32 ( 00) Other Notable Species Three-toed Woodpecker (1), Black-backed Woodpecker (3) Boreal Chickadee (3) , Bohemian Waxwing (230) , Hoary Redpoll (1) Misses: Gray Partridge and Purple Finch Many thanks to all who made this a successful count. Good Birding Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Dr. Carp, On. K0A 1L0 (613) 839-4395 Bruce Di Labio From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 14:16:55 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA03514 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:16:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from fep9.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA03503 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:16:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from baker (d150-244-154.home.cgocable.net [24.150.244.154]) by fep9.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E3715B5D for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:16:50 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001601c193c2$5226d660$9af49618@wite2.on.cogeco.ca> From: "Matthew Baker" To: Subject: Windsor bald eagle / black-necked stilt still present Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:18:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org today at about 2pm my dad, bill baker, spotted an adult bald eagle circling our house. the bird was there for about 10 minutes before streaming off to the southwest. very weird. and the stilt was still present in the same location near walpole island. as of 10.45am, but flew off to the west towards walpole / st. clair river. should the eagle return, and for formalities sake, our address is 240 reedmere rd. in windsor. heading north on jefferson, turn west at riverside drive and go 2 blocks. turn south onto reedmere and we're halfway up the first block on the left. matt "Matthew Baker" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 14:53:50 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA08723 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:53:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from app2.nasc.inter.net ([203.176.60.254]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA08707 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:53:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from [154.5.226.221] (helo=default) by app2.nasc.inter.net with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 16LrR8-0005dc-00 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2002 14:52:31 -0500 Message-ID: <057e01c193c7$387bd8a0$3749fea9@default> From: "Marcel Gahbauer" To: "Ontbirds" Subject: Ottawa - Wood Duck & Scaup on Rideau River Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:52:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Early this afternoon I checked for the female Harlequin Duck and the Common Yellowthroat which have been reported recently near the Rideau Tennis Club, but had no luck with either bird. However, there was a beautiful male Wood Duck on the near shore with all the Mallards and Black Ducks, likely the same individual which spent last winter at this location. Near the far shore, there was a single Scaup among a dozen or so Common Goldeneye. Probably a Greater Scaup, but I didn't get the greatest look at her, and am therefore not 100% certain. Good birding, Marcel Gahbauer Ottawa ON marcelga@istar.ca Directions: Exit Hwy 417 at Vanier Parkway and continue north to Donald St. Turn left and drive to the small parking lot at the end of the road. The open stretch of water isn't very large, and is easy to scan from near the parking lot. "Marcel Gahbauer" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 15:06:55 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA10928 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:06:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from globelnet.net (mail.globelnet.net [66.46.37.51]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA10898 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:06:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from brain [66.46.37.198] by globelnet.net (SMTPD32-7.04) id A8473FF0100; Wed, 02 Jan 2002 15:06:31 -0500 Message-ID: <000a01c193c8$8b0fdf20$c6252e42@brain> From: "Ann Gray" To: "ontbirds" Subject: Re: Black-necked Stilt and Common Snipe Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:59:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org The Black-necked Stilt was seen today at sunrise at 7:25am, and was joined at the same island of reeds at 8:11am by a Common Snipe. The Stilt is in the same place as it was reported yesterday, at the roadside edge of an island of cattails in the Snye River across from lot #30023 (see directions below). The Stilt fed along the edge of the cattails and in the river with 4 Mallards.We left the Stilt at 9:03 am. Good luck tomorrow. Directions: Take 40 west from Wallaceburg and follow it to where it turns north. Head two concessions north to Langstaff Line and turn left. Follow this road a few kilometres to its west end and turn right onto RD 33 (St. Clair Parkway) and go 0.9 km along the Snye River across from Walpole Island. Look for Lot #30023 and check the island of cattails in the river just right of a sign posted "Walpole Island". OR: >From highway 40 north (Sarnia) follow south to Port Lambton turnoff (Rd.1) and follow to the village. Turn left at the St. Clair River and follow 2.5 concessions south, a little past the Chatham-Kent border sign. Go past the Snye-View Orchards Farms and look for Lot #30023. Ann and Brian Gray Don Mills, Ontario anngray@mail.com "Ann Gray" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 15:32:11 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA15851 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:32:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.74]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA15838 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:32:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from cr156547a.pr.phub.net.cable.rogers.com ([24.112.169.236]) by fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (InterMail vM.5.01.04.02 201-253-122-122-102-20011128) with SMTP id <20020102203131.BEZK6269.fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@cr156547a.pr.phub.net.cable.rogers.com>; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:31:31 -0500 Message-ID: <001b01c193cb$b0e92c80$eca97018@pr.phub.net.cable.rogers.com> From: "Doug Lockrey" To: "BIRD SIGHTINGS" Cc: "Susan Morgan" , "Michelle Farrell" , "Lys Laurence" , "Heather Jessop" , "Dianne Pazaratz" Subject: Hoodies at Whitby Harbour Jan.2'02 Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:25:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Finally I got out to do a little birding after a long respite/recovery from hawk data-gathering. My introduction was to have a Cooper's Hawk greet me outside my abode on a low shrub, seemingly waiting for an ambush into several nearby spruce trees. This was followed by a Red-tailed Hawk atop a pole alongside the Whitby Hospital road. The only birds I picked up as I wended my way down Hall's Rd. were Dark-eyed Juncos, B-C Chickadees, Blue Jays, Downy Woodpecker and White-breasted Nuthatch. For the past 3 months a rather interesting"dominant" Gray Squirrel has held forte at the entry way to the north pathway off Hall's Rd.--WHITE NOSE, WHITE EARS, WHITE PAWS AND WHITE TAIL TIP clearly mark this reddish-black flippant rodent. In the Whitby Harbour open water are 2 female and 2 male HOODED MERGANSERS along with a number of COMMON MERGS. Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON "Doug Lockrey" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 16:53:39 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA02133 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:53:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from fep4.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA02122 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:53:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from barb.oain1.on.cogeco.ca (d141-247-52.home.cgocable.net [24.141.247.52]) by fep4.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 3555A58D1 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:53:33 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000701c193cf$39b71e20$34f78d18@oain1.on.cogeco.ca> From: "Jim Watt" To: "Ontario Birds" Subject: Harlequin Ducks, Mississauga Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:51:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org There is a fine pair of Harlequin Ducks in Port Credit, Mississauga just off of Saddington Park, a few yards west of the mouth of the Credit River. To get there, from the QEW, take Mississauga Road southbound. Cross Lakeshore Rd. and proceed right down to Lake St. Park in parking lot and walk to the lake. Scan the rocks and ice, the adult male and female were diving just offshore in the first little bay west of the mouth. Jim Watt Oakville, Ontario jimwatt@cogeco.ca "Jim Watt" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 17:36:00 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA09070 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:35:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from cathy.bmts.com (cathy.bmts.com [216.183.128.202]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA09061 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:35:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from cindy (ts1-a-p02.bmts.com [216.183.132.12]) by cathy.bmts.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g02MXvDA027738 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:34:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001101c193de$1a59cc80$0c84b7d8@cindy> From: "Cindy Cartwright" To: Subject: Varied Thrush at Bracebridge Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:35:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org My last new bird of 2001 was a Boreal Chickadee in North Bay on the 31st. My first new bird of 2002 was the Varied Thrush at Bracebridge today. I stopped on my way home from South River and saw the bird at 11:25 this morning for about 5 minutes. When it left, it flew behind the storage shed and down the hill toward the houses on the lower portion of Meadow Heights Dr. I drove down to look for it and found a well stocked and active feeder behind 82 Meadow Heights Dr. I suggest people try looking in that area if they can't find the Thrush at #120. There were also many redpolls, blue jays, mourning doves, pine grosbeaks and evening grosbeaks at the feeders at both locations. from the north: take Taylor road from hwy 11 into Bracebridge. Turn right onto Manitoba. Turn left onto Meadow Heights and follow it around to #120 on the left across from Brian St. Cindy Cartwright Saugeen Shores "Cindy Cartwright" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 18:06:01 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA13562 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:06:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA13555 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:05:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([64.228.116.93]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20020102230557.CFVD19575.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca>; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:05:57 -0500 Message-ID: <3C33931D.3602F030@sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 18:09:18 -0500 From: Craig McLauchlan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: birds ont , Gord Gallant , Rayfield Pye Subject: New-Cobourg to Pickering - Jan 2/02 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Please Excuse my spelling ,I am Dyslexic thank you for your understanding. For some reason I did not get any Ont bird post but my one on the Warblers yesterday But thank god Carol Horner did and especially Geoff Carpentier’s post on Cobourg to Pickering , Carol and I , re did this trip to day to see what we could find . At the foot of Darcy st in Cobourg we found both the Purple Sandpiper and the Dunlin, in the same area as they wear reported yesterday if they hadn’t moved. In the Cobourg Harbour we re found the Hoary Redpoll it was in with 15 to 20 Com. Redpolls. also seen wear 2 A Pipits , 1 Coot and a good array of ducks . the only birds we saw on the Lakeshore rd from Port Hope to Newcastle wear 1 Hairy woodpecker and 1 Red tall hawk. We did find the Blue Snow Goose in with the Canada geese at the Newcastle ( bond head ) harbour , but M. Lise feeders wear a bust both times we wear their at 8:00 am and 1:30 nothing but lots of A. gold finch. But then it was on to Thickson’s woods and WOW a gold mine , the woods wear quite dead as we went through we found 2 Golden Crown Kinglets and 1 brown creeper , but as we went to leave we found raptor haven with 1 ( large female) Kestrel , 2 N Harriers ( 1 mail ) 1 Juv . Bald Eagle and 1 red tall hawk!! 4 of these birds wear seen hunting over the soon to be new area to the north of the woods!! And all wear seen with in 15 mints of each other. then it was on to Cranberry march wear we found a Sharp shin hawk , 1 Rough-legged Hawk ( light phase) and another N. Harrier and a good number of Sparrows including tree sparrow, Song sparrow, White- Throated sparrow and Swamp Sparrow ! Our last stop was to look for and find the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker at Hydro Marsh witch was farley easily found drilling on trees in the back yard’s north of the parquet . what a great second day of the new year ........ Craig.S.A.McLauchlan Toronto/Ont/Canada/World. csam@sympatico.ca Directions: as posted by Geoff Cobourg Harbour: exit 401 at Division St and travel south until you hit the lake. To reach Darcy St. backtrack to Hwy 2 and go east to Darcy and then south to the lake. Newcastle/Bond Head: exit 401 at Newcastle/Bond Head exit and go south to a "Y" intersection; take left fork and then go south to the lake. The Lise feeder is north of the harbour about 1/2 km on the west side. Pls respect his request to stay off property and park on east side of road. Thickson's Woods: exit 401 at Thickson's Rd and go south to the lake. Woods are on the east side behind the cottages. Cranberry Marsh: continue west on Victoria from Lynde Shores to Hall's Rd and then go south the marsh. Hydro Marsh: to get to the exact location where the sapsucker was feeding, exit 401 at Brock Road [not Street] in Pickering go south to Bayly and then west to Pickering Beach Rd and then south to Alyssum St. and then west to Luflin and south on Luflin to Colmar and finally go west on Colmar to Alderwood Place where there is a small parkette. Walk into the parkette and in the northeast corner are a series of feeders and lots of birds. The sapsucker was right beside the feeders and the first house [no number as it was a backyard]. There is also a Mockingbird haunting this area. Craig McLauchlan From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 18:35:50 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA17965 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:35:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com (f141.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.17.141]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA17958 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:35:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:35:15 -0800 Received: from 24.157.68.31 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 02 Jan 2002 23:35:15 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.157.68.31] From: "Frank Pinilla" To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Cc: rob9599_@hotmail.com Subject: Wellington N. Hawk Owl, Mississauga Townsend's Solitaire - Jan 2 Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 18:35:15 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jan 2002 23:35:15.0566 (UTC) FILETIME=[216D58E0:01C193E6] Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Hi All, I headed out to Wellington County looking for the NORTHERN HAWK OWL, which was easily seen as described previously (see directions below), it was on the south side of Wellington Cty Rd 8 on the wires about 500m east of the Perth-Wellington county line, where the road becomes Perth Line 91. Also here were a flock of 50 SNOW BUNTINGS with 2 HORNED LARKS mixed in. In the general area, driving some of the county roads, I saw 6 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS (3 Light phase, 1 Intermediate & 2 Dark). I then headed back to Mississauga and found the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE feeding on crabapples right at the corner of Hickling & Vanderbilt (after about a 30min wait), see directions below. I hope the gentleman whom I met there was able to see this bird. On December 31, I also had 3 COMMON RAVENS in the vicinity of Palgrave C.A., 2 were along Humber Station Road just south of Hwy 9 and 1 was mixed in with a large flock of American Crows along Duffy's Lane just south of Hwy 9 (both of these sideroads run generally north-south, just west of Hwy 50), north of Bolton. Regards & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Townsend's Solitaire - Plumtree Park, Mississauga - by Gary Fowler on Dec. 29 & subsequently Bruce Brydon's follow. Walk about 50 feet into the parkette and look to the east for 3 tall spruce trees, the bird perches on the top of the dead tree in the middle. An even better look at these three trees can be had from Hickling Ct. (One street east of the parkette). >From the Hwy 401 exit at Winston Churchill Boulevard, proceed south to Derry Road (about 2km). Turn right (west) on Derry Road and at the next light turn left (south) onto Danton Promenade. Proceed to the end of this short street at a T-junction with Vanderbilt Road. Directly in front of you is the entrance to Plum Tree Park. Northern Hawk Owl - west of Drayton, Wellington Cty - from Toronto, exit Hwy 401 at Hwy 8 north through Kitchener, follow to Hwy 86 north to Waterloo, then follow Waterloo Rd 85 to Elmira (road becomes Waterloo Rd 21), go through Elmira and north to Wellington Rd 17 turn right and shortly after this turn left/west along Wellington Rd 8 through Drayton and go just past Sideroad 6 (but before Rd 140/9). The Rough-legs were in seen along the sideroads south of this area (around Conestoga C.A.). _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com "Frank Pinilla" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 20:20:48 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA04727 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:20:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from hermes.kos.net (connect@hermes.kos.net [216.13.25.100]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA04719 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:20:44 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 27064 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2002 01:24:37 -0000 Received: from mki6-pl-ri1.kos.net (HELO kos.net) (216.185.93.1) by hermes.kos.net with SMTP; 3 Jan 2002 01:24:37 -0000 Message-ID: <3C33B1DB.5F0DF2B@kos.net> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 20:20:28 -0500 From: Alex & Karen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontario Birds Subject: Amherst Island - Raptors Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: hermes.kos.net 1.6.2 0/1000/A Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org It looks more and more like it's going to be an average year at best in the Owl Woods. Into the new year, there are still only 3 SAW-WHET OWLS regular in the woods, one in the Cedar Woods and 2 in the Pines with no signs that the snows of the past several weeks have resulted in any movement in or out. The result is that if you overlook one, you may not find any. There is still the occasional LONG-EARED OWL but most have either been taken by the NORTHERN GOSHAWK or have moved out to safer locales. And no sign of any movement of BOREAL, GREAT GRAY or HAWK OWLS. Still, if you want to see either SAW-WHET or LONG-EARED OWLS, this is probably your best bet. Around the woods however there are lots of SNOWY OWLS and SHORT-EARED OWLS. Lots of hawks over the whole Island especially RED-TAILED, ROUGH-LEGGED, HARRIER and KESTREL. The NORTHERN GOSHAWK can be seen most days at some point in or around the Owl Woods. So, a trip to the Island will be productive as always. Amherst Island is 16 km west of Kingston. Take exit # 593 from Highway 401, proceed south on County Road #4 (formerly Highway 133) to Millhaven on Lake Ontario - the ferry dock is 200m west on Hwy 33 (Bath Road). A round-trip costs $5.00. The ferry leaves every hour on the half-hour from 6:30 am onward. To get to the "Owl Woods" after getting off the ferry: take the first left (east), drive 3 km along the north shore road (Front Road) to the first southbound road called Marshall 40-foot Road (directly across the road from the 2320 sign). Proceed 1.3 km south to the S-curve. Walk north-east on the trails. (Beware of killer Chickadees - Bring sunflower seeds for hand feeding if at all possible!) Alex. Scott Bath Alex & Karen From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 20:39:58 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA07272 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:39:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from hermes.kos.net (connect@hermes.kos.net [216.13.25.100]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA07251 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:39:54 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 20263 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2002 01:43:52 -0000 Received: from mki6-pl-ri1.kos.net (HELO kos.net) (216.185.93.1) by hermes.kos.net with SMTP; 3 Jan 2002 01:43:52 -0000 Message-ID: <3C33B65F.874F3DD9@kos.net> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 20:39:43 -0500 From: Alex & Karen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontario Birds Subject: Amherst Island - Owl Woods Access Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: hermes.kos.net 1.6.2 0/1000/A Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org The road to the Owl Woods is now closed and impassable from both ends. Going in from the north end today, there are drifts of 4-5 feet in height with some as much as 8 feet. The good news is that the drifts have been packed so hard by the gale force winds that have dumped all that snow from the surrounding open fields that you can walk on them without breaking through. The southern entrance is probably somewhat better with lower drifts and it probably won't be long until there is a well established path. With the amount of snow and the way it is packed down, I think there is little likelihood that the road will reopen again before spring so bring your hiking boots. It is approximately 1 km from the main road to the entrance to the woods from either direction. Once into the woods, that paths are well travelled and marked and the going is pretty easy. Alex. Scott akscott@kos.net Alex & Karen From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 20:55:59 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA09776 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:55:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.wzrd.com (mail.wzrd.com [206.99.165.3]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA09769 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:55:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wzrd.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C87727F020; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:55:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from dannapotter (pm8-ppp024.wzrd.com [12.30.226.74]) by mail.wzrd.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 1358527EFFF; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:55:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <008601c193f9$f4854900$51e21e0c@dannapotter> From: "Willie D'Anna" To: "Genesee Birds" , "NYSBirds" , "Ontario Birds" Subject: Townsends Solitaire - Niagara County, NY Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:57:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org The Solitaire was a no-show today, Wednesday, despite the efforts of several observers from 9:00 a.m. until dusk. Small consolation were the Pine Grosbeaks again seen in the area. As usual, Kurt Fox is misinterpreting my statements. I never implied that the Solitaire was easy to find. In fact, a careful reader would realize that it required patience and perhaps a bit of luck to see this bird. My statements about looking in the tops of bare trees and listening for its song were so that an observer could improve his/her odds of finding it, as that is how it was usually found. Oh, and I did point out, Kurt, that looking during the heavy snows had proven fruitless for virtually everyone, including you. At Buffalo Harbor today, Brendan Klick and Don Harris refound the Forster's Tern in the channel beyond Times Beach. When I went there for the tern, I had an immature Black-legged Kittiwake instead. DIRECTIONS to the Solitaire: >From I-190 in Buffalo or Niagara Falls, proceed north to Rt. 104 eastbound. Ontario birders should cross at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and immediately exit after customs, following the signs to Rt 104 eastbound. Stay on Rt 104 eastbound when you reach the Village of Lewiston at the bottom of the escarpment - you have to exit the limited access highway. Proceed east about 4 miles to Dickersonville Road (there is a church on the southeast corner) and turn right (south). In about 1/4 mile, the road will bend to the left and soon will pass Blacknose Spring Road, which comes down off of the escarpment on your right. Proceed another 150 yards or so to the first road (a dirt lane) on your right. It is across the street from the second house on your left. Pull over here without blocking the lane. There is an old sign saying, "Private Property No Trespassing" but I have it on good authority that the sign is intended for vehicles only. This is county parkland. Walk down the lane and start looking for the Solitaire right away as the habitat is good. As you walk, there will be water on both sides of the road. When the water begins to widen on your right, after about 100 yards, is where I first saw the bird on the right side. This spot also gives a good view over the water to your left. The bird has been seen eating red berries here as well. A little further down the lane, the water ends on both sides of the road and there is a small inconspicuous path on your right. We had excellent looks at the bird from this path once. Several times, the bird was in the small orchard that is just a few more yards down the lane on your left. The far (east) end seems to be the best spot. Good birding! Willie -------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Niagara Falls, N.Y. dannapotter@wzrd.com "Willie D'Anna" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 21:04:57 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA11051 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 21:04:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com (f81.law7.hotmail.com [216.33.237.81]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA11029 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 21:04:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:04:23 -0800 Received: from 207.61.115.6 by lw7fd.law7.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 02:04:23 GMT X-Originating-IP: [207.61.115.6] From: "Maris Apse" To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Subject: Red-sh. Hawk-Mountsberg/N. Hawk and Short-eared Owl-Wellington Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 21:04:23 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jan 2002 02:04:23.0520 (UTC) FILETIME=[F6D2C600:01C193FA] Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org

Hi all!

    On our way to Guelph, my daughter Emily and I saw a beautiful adult Red-shouldered Hawk opposite Green Emergency House #1159 - Campbellville Rd.(9)-East of Milburough Line about 11:15am, having given up on the Mississauga Townsend's Solitaire about 10:30.

  Emily spotted a Short-eared Owl on a fencepost just east of Green. Em. House # 7551- Sixth Line - about 1 km.  east of Wellington Rd.12. We then went on to see the N. Hawk Owl, which obligingly flew up in front of us as we arrived at the usual location near #8590 ? on  Wellington Rd. 8. 

We covered a lot of side roads looking in vain for a Snowy, but did find  a dozen Rough legged Hawks in this area, a small flock of Snow Buntings and a N. Shrike on Wallace Line 90 east of Hwy #23 and near Gr.Em. House # 5917.

    Hope to-morrow is even better as I head to Ailsa Craig to-night and then Wallaceburg and points south for the next 2 days(WL- 112 and 2002 list - 49)      

  Cheers and a Happy New Year to all!!!!


Maris Apse (OFO SALES), 511 Chamberlain Lane, Oakville, ON L6J 6A2
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"Maris Apse" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 22:07:04 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA19509 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:07:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from zephir.primus.ca (mail.tor.primus.ca [216.254.136.21]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA19495 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:07:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from dialin-209-129.ottawa.primus.ca ([216.254.209.129] helo=bcweewa) by zephir.primus.ca with smtp (Exim 3.33 #12) id 16LyDc-00067i-0A for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2002 22:07:00 -0500 Message-ID: <00dc01c19402$03284220$f4d1fed8@bcweewa> From: "Christina Lewis" To: "OFO Sightings" Subject: Ottawa - "Sparrow City"...again! Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 21:54:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Happy New Year, Ontbirds People, A few months back (late October, I believe), we posted a message entitled "Sparrow City", re: the phenomenal #'s and variety of sparrow species in the Ottawa area.....well, it seems that Ottawa is "Sparrow City" again - but this time in late winter, which is even more amazing! As of today (Jan. 2, 2002), a FOX SPARROW was seen by Mike Tate in the Jack Pine Trail Parking Lot (a first occurrence for this species in January in Ottawa!). This bird was 1st reported by Richard Brouillet on Jan. 1st. The SAVANNAH SPARROW reported by Tony Beck on Dec. 28 & subsequently seen by many others is still visiting the feeders regularly at 170 Oakridge Blvd. (in the company of a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER...the Savannah Sparrow is also a new record for Ottawa in January). A VESPER SPARROW was seen by Paul Jones on Dec. 30 along Trail Road near the landfill site in the company of a group of DARK-EYED JUNCO's. The SWAMP SPARROW in the ditch behind the NRC buildings between Montreal Rd. & Bathgate Rd. was last reported on Dec. 22 (Mike Tate, Bob Bracken, Chris Lewis & m . obs; 1st discovered by Kim Zbitnew on the Ottawa-Hull CBC Dec 16). A SONG SPARROW was reported by J. P. Cheff from the High Falls Conservations area in Casselman on Dec. 29......but apparently local birders don't need to go to Casselman to see a Song Sparrow for their winter list - Mark Gawn today reported a Song Sparrow trapped inside the Home Depot on Woodroffe Ave. just east of Baseline Rd. WHITE-THROATED & WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS are continuing to visit many local feeders.....and if SNOW BUNTINGS count as "Sparrows" in your books.....well, we got them too! Large numbers of Snow Buntings were seen today (m. obs.) in the area of Brownlee Rd. off Eagleson Rd......we're still looking for Lapland Longspurs! As most of these birds may be of local interest only, we respectfully request that anyone wishing directions please e-mail us privately at weewa@primus.ca Thanks & Happy Sparrows, Chris Lewis & Bob Bracken Ottawa weewa@primus.ca "Christina Lewis" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Wed Jan 2 22:19:09 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA21151 for ontbirds-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:19:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from boreas.primus.ca (mail.tor.primus.ca [216.254.136.21]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA21141 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:19:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from dialin-208-142.ottawa.primus.ca ([216.254.208.142] helo=bcweewa) by boreas.primus.ca with smtp (Exim 3.33 #12) id 16LyPJ-0002Ri-0A for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2002 22:19:05 -0500 Message-ID: <010a01c19403$b390ab60$f4d1fed8@bcweewa> From: "Christina Lewis" To: "OFO Sightings" Subject: Ottawa- another sparrow sp. Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:06:18 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Hi again, Ontbirds People, Not important, but I just realized that our "sparrow report" from Ottawa was not complete... There are a good number of AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS at feeders as well as in fields with weeds & seeds throughout the area. This species was low in number on the Ottawa / Hull CBC, but they're definitely still around, and it would be a disrespectful to leave them out of our "sparrow summary". Chris Lewis Ottawa weewa@primus.ca "Christina Lewis" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 09:33:10 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA21000 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 09:33:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailhost2.attcanada.net ([206.191.82.43]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA20992 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 09:33:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from mark ([142.194.189.252]) by mailhost2.attcanada.net (InterMail v03.02.07.03 118-128) with SMTP id <20020103141806.EZM14348@mark>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 14:18:06 +0000 Message-ID: <000d01c19463$70957240$fcbdc28e@chojnackiattcanada.net> From: "Linda J Nuttall" To: Subject: Townsend's Solitaire, Mississauga Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 09:32:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org I watched the Mississauga Townsend's Solitaire this morning (Thurs.Jan.3) from 9:04 a.m. till 9:10 a.m. and then briefly again at 9:14 a.m. Initially it was perched about 5 feet from the top of the dead spruce tree and later, on the very top. DIRECTIONS: Walk about 50 feet into the parkette and look to the east for 3 tall spruce trees, the bird perches on the top of the dead tree in the middle. An even better look at these three trees can be had from Hickling Ct. (One street east of the parkette). >From the Hwy 401 exit at Winston Churchill Boulevard, proceed south to Derry Road (about 2km). Turn right (west) on Derry Road and at the next light turn left (south) onto Danton Promenade. Proceed to the end of this short street at a T-junction with Vanderbilt Road. Directly in front of you is the entrance to Plumtree Park. Linda Nuttall Mississauga (Meadowvale area) linda.nuttall@attcanada.net http://www.attcanada.net/~mark.chojnacki or http://members.rogers.com/linda.nuttall/ "Linda J Nuttall" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 10:46:34 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA02282 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:46:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com (f97.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.19.97]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA02245 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:46:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 07:45:57 -0800 Received: from 208.28.57.35 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 15:45:56 GMT X-Originating-IP: [208.28.57.35] From: "Corey Reeves" To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Subject: Hawks and Ducks At Point Pelee Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 10:45:56 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jan 2002 15:45:57.0257 (UTC) FILETIME=[BC2E1F90:01C1946D] Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Hello Birders, I'm sorry I am sending this a day late. During my day at Point Pelee I found some noteworthy birds. We found a MERLIN resting on a tree branch at the tip, also a NORTHERN HARRIER, RED TAILED and SHARP SHINNED HAWKS which were also at the tip. We also found a AMERICAN PIPIT walking on the western part of the tips beach and a KILLDEER. Walking a little ways down on the beach their was a gigantic group of ducks of maybe over 10,000. They were to far to view with my binoculars, but a man I met along the beach said their were some EIDERS and SCOTERS in their but did not know what kind, unfortunately I could not see them. Although I did get a good look at a little group coming close to shore. It was made up of LESSER and GREATER SCAUP, RING NECKED DUCKS, and REDHEADS. Overall it was a good day. Directions: From Windsor: Take Highway 3 and then turn at County Road 45. Turn Left at County Road 18 and then hang a right at Pelee Drive and go straight. Good Birding, Windsor, Ontario Corey Reeves _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. "Corey Reeves" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 14:03:37 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA05266 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 14:03:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA05237 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 14:03:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([209.226.132.115]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20020103190332.XFFI19575.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 14:03:32 -0500 Message-ID: <3C34AB87.14D97D62@sympatico.ca> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 14:05:43 -0500 From: Nathalie Rockhill Reply-To: nathalie.rockhill@sympatico.ca X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en]C-SYMPA (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Subject: Wild turkeys near Cannington Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org At noon today I saw a flock of about 26 turkeys in a field on the east side of Durham 23. The location is 1.6 km. south of the junction of York 21/Durham 12 with Durham 23. That's 2 km. east of Pefferlaw, 11 west of Cannington. The general location is 100 km. northeast of downtown Toronto. Nathalie Rockhill Kirkfield, ON 705-438-1301 Nathalie Rockhill From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 16:35:32 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA02250 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 16:35:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from diablo.csolve.net ([207.61.27.158]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA02230 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 16:35:27 -0500 (EST) From: burton@csolve.net Received: from barrie-dialport-216.209.18.102.csolve.net ([216.209.18.102] helo=csolve.net) by diablo.csolve.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16MFWQ-0002bv-00 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 16:35:34 -0500 Message-ID: <3C34CEC3.3C3B97C3@csolve.net> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 16:36:03 -0500 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "ontbirds@hwcn.org" Subject: BN Stilt Question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org If anyone knows if the Stilt was seen today, could they please email me privately? Dan Burton, Gravenhurst burton@csolve.net From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 17:38:36 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA12454 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:38:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from flame.kent.net (IDENT:root@[216.8.159.67]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA12444 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:38:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from oemcomputer (pm2-ip-93.cha.kent.net [216.8.157.93]) by flame.kent.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g03MZo801419 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:35:50 -0500 Message-ID: <000d01c194a7$4fe5e400$5d9d08d8@oemcomputer> From: "Blake Mann" To: Subject: Black-necked Stilt NOT seen near Port Lambton Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:38:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Hi everyone, Due to the number of requests, I thought that I would post the information that the STILT has not been seen since late Wenesday morning. If anyone can dispute that claim, please let us know. It certainly has been a big newsmaker, as the finder of the bird has been interviewed by newspaper, radio, and television the past couple of days. There is an article in today's issue of the National Post on page 5. As well, a segment is supposed to be on CTV News at 6 this evening. Just in case, here are directions again: Directions: From highway 40 which runs between Sarnia and Chatham, find Wallaceburg. Take it (40) west from 'Burg and follow it to where it turns north. Head two concessions north to Langstaff Line and turn left. Follow this a few kilometres to its west end and you are at the Snye River. Turn right onto St. Clair Parkway (RD 33) and go about 1 km or less. You are along the Snye and Walpole Island is on the far shore. OR: From highway 40 north (Sarnia), follow south to Port Lambton turnoff (Rd. 1) and follow to the village. Turn left at the St. Clair River and follow 2.5 concessions south, a little past the Chatham-Kent border sign. You will see a sign for Snye-View Orchards (on left), and it is a little south of there. (Or follow St. Clair Parkway all the way south from Sarnia to just past the Chatham-Kent border). The bird is on the Walpole side of the river (west), feeding along the edge. It may hide behind cattails at times. ________________________________ Blake Mann, Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent, Ont. email: boatmann@kent.net "Blake Mann" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 17:42:11 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA13147 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:42:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from alpha.worldchat.com (alpha.worldchat.com [204.138.239.60]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA13138 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:42:06 -0500 (EST) Received: (from root@localhost) by alpha.worldchat.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA02666 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:41:12 -0500 Received: from t1m4j9 (ham-on52-106.netcom.ca [142.154.65.106]) by alpha.worldchat.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA02623 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:41:09 -0500 Message-ID: <004901c194a8$6e6342a0$50439a8e@t1m4j9> From: "Thomas Crooks" To: "ONTBIRDS" Subject: N. Hawl Owl, Drayton Ont. area. Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:40:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.10 - (http://pldaniels.com/inflex/) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Just before noon The Northern Hawk Owl was on the north side of Wellington County Road 8 "(this road changes into Perth Line 91 past Perth Road 140) between Perth Road 140 and Sideroad 6 (west of Drayton)". It was at the top of a coniferous tree across from the chicken farm house which is just west of #8590 Wellington Road 8 . During my visit the Owl came in right beside my car and perched in a small roadside tree on the north side of the road. Thomas A. Crooks 489 Forestwood Court Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7L 4K6 Tel: 905-634-1178 Fax: 905-634-9616 E-mail: eclectic@worldchat.com "Thomas Crooks" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 17:48:06 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA14305 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:48:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts5.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.25]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA14261 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:48:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from default ([64.228.198.70]) by tomts19-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20020103223538.WVBR9690.tomts19-srv.bellnexxia.net@default> for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:35:38 -0500 From: "Dave & Carol Skinner" To: "Ontbirds" Subject: Turkey Vulture east of Sarnia Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:36:25 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Disposition-Notification-To: "Dave & Carol Skinner" Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org I observed a Turkey Vulture sitting in a tree this afternoon at 4:40 very near County Road 26 (Mandaumin Sideroad). >From Highway 402, take the Mandaumin exit south towards Highway 22. About 1/2 way between the 402 and Hwy. 22, there is a row of smallish trees on the east side of the road. The TV was sitting in the tree closest to the road. Dave Skinner Strathroy, Ontario theskins@sympatico.ca "Dave & Carol Skinner" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 18:12:01 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA17262 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:12:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx1.magmacom.com (mx1.magmacom.com [206.191.0.217]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA17254 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:11:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail4.magma.ca (mail4.magma.ca [206.191.0.222]) by mx1.magmacom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA08046; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:11:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from oemcomputer.magma.ca (ottawa-dial-64-26-139-103.d-ip.magma.ca [64.26.139.103]) by mail4.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id g03NBkfZ006744; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:11:48 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.2.20020103180215.009e88a0@pop3.norton.antivirus> X-Sender: parula/mail.magma.ca@pop3.norton.antivirus (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 18:10:26 -0500 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: Gordon Pringle Subject: Ottawa/Gatineau 01Jan02 Red-bellied Woodpecker, Black-backed Woodpecker, Boreal Chickadee, Carolina Wren Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org - RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 01 January 2002 * ONOT0201.01 - Birds mentioned Great Blue Heron Bald Eagle Northern Goshawk Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Snowy Owl RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER BOREAL CHICKADEE CAROLINA WREN Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Bohemian Waxwing Yellow-rumped Warbler American Tree Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 01 January 2002 number: 613-860-9000 to report: 819-827-8752 coverage: Ottawa/Hull (Can. National Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que. compilers : Bev McBride bmcbride@netcom.ca : Dave Moore mooredw@vif.com : Colin Bowen colin.bowen@sympatico.ca : Chris Lewis weewa@primus.ca transcriber: Michelle Martin PMMartin@netcom.ca internet : Gordon Pringle parula@magma.ca OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - JAN 01 2002 AT 7:00 PM ****************************** Transcriber's Note: On Jan 01, 2002 the historic city of Hull was amalgamated with surrounding municipalities to form a new city of Gatineau. The birding geography has not changed. ******************************** This is Chris Lewis reporting. Many great and late winter birds have been reported from the area. A very late Great Blue Heron was seen flying along Eagleson Rd in the Bridlewood area on December 29 but no other water birds have been reported here recently. The Ottawa River is finally starting to freeze and gulls are starting to concentrate along the ice edges. Five gull species were seen on December 31 at the Trail Rd landfill including several Glaucous and Iceland Gulls. Two Bald Eagles, 1 Northern Goshawk and 7 Rough-legged Hawks were seen along Steel Line Rd along the Eardley escarpment in Quebec and another Northern Goshawk was observed on the 29th flying over River Rd between Kanata and Dunrobin. Two Peregrine Falcons were on the Coates Building at Tunney's Pasture on the 30th and another Peregrine was on the Ottawa Board of Education Tower on the 28th. The Snowy Owl on Russell Rd, north of Russell, was still present on December 30th. The CAROLINA WRENS at 26 Furlong Cres in Kanata and 868 Acadian Dr in Orleans are still coming to both these locations and the male RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER seems to be a fixture at 695 Goldenline Rd near Carleton Place. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was reported from the parking lot at Jack Pine Trail along Moodie Dr today. Up to 5 BOREAL CHICKADEES were discovered on River Rd on December 30. They were heard and seen feeding in the spruce trees along the edges of the marsh along River Rd. BOREAL CHICKADEES were reported earlier last week along the trail that runs west off River Rd. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was also seen along the River Rd trail on the 29th. This is always a great area to visit for special winter birds. Both the Brown Thrasher and the Hermit Thrush were still alive and well on December 30. The Thrasher is at the feeder on Hilda Ave near Shirley's Bay and the thrush is at the Ottawa Duck Club feeder on the Fourth Line Rd at Riddell Rd. A Savannah Sparrow and a Yellow-rumped Warbler have been regular at the feeders in the backyard of 170 Oak Ridge Blvd in Nepean. The sparrow seems to be more regular and the warbler less regular but both are incredibly late occurrences for both species in Ottawa. A Vesper Sparrow, another late bird for Ottawa, was reported on the 30th, associating with Dark-eyed Juncos along Trail Rd near the landfill site. Five juncos and 2 Tree Sparrows were seen in the area but the Vesper Sparrow was not seen yesterday. A report of a Fox Sparrow in the Jack Pine Trail parking lot comes from today at noon and going back to the 29th, a Song Sparrow was found at the High Falls Conservation area in Casselman. Small numbers of Bohemian Waxwings and Evening Grosbeaks and good numbers of Common Redpolls continue to be reported throughout the area but numbers of Crossbills, Pine Siskins and other winter finches appearing to be very low so far this winter. If you have information you would like to share with the Bird Status line, please call 819-827-8752. This should be a local call from most parts of Ottawa. Leave your name, phone number and details of the sightings, including date and location, numbers of individuals, and any other pertinent facts. If you would like more information on the club and its activities, please call 722-3050 or visit http://home.achilles.net/~ofnc/index.html Thank you, good birding. - End transcript  Gordon Pringle From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 18:13:06 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA17612 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:13:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from hermes.kos.net (connect@hermes.kos.net [216.13.25.100]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA17562 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:12:55 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 2382 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2002 23:16:53 -0000 Received: from mki2-pl-ri25.kos.net (HELO kos.net) (216.185.92.73) by hermes.kos.net with SMTP; 3 Jan 2002 23:16:53 -0000 Message-ID: <3C34E56B.1DB306B3@kos.net> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 18:12:43 -0500 From: Alex & Karen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontario Birds Subject: Bath - Hoary Redpolls Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: hermes.kos.net 1.6.2 0/1000/A Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Karen and I had 2 HOARY REDPOLLS at the feeder today. One was quite pale with some faint, broken streaking on the breast, and a pure white rump. The black patch below the chin on this one seemed quite small compared to the COMMONS. Couldn't make out any difference in the bills. The second one had even less breast streaking, and a pure white rump and back right to the base where there appeared to be a single dark spot. I couldn't make out whether that was a spot on the rump or one of the darker tail feathers showing through. It had a much larger facial mask than the other but the bill on this one seemed much less prominent than on the COMMONS. Both these birds sat in such a way as to make the white back and rump prominent by the way they held their wings. This seemed to be part of quite a dramatic increase in the numbers today. We've had a few at our feeder and it wasn't uncommon to see small flocks of about 6 flying overhead. Today they seemed to be everywhere with flocks of 10-30 at just about every feeder around Bath, and one flock of over 100. We had a flock of 30-40 at our feeder at one time as well. Bath is about 20 km west of Kingston and 3 km west of the Millhaven Ferry dock to Amherst Island. Alex. Scott Karen Fleming Bath akscott@kos.net Alex & Karen From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 18:46:58 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA22138 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:46:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from web21005.mail.yahoo.com (web21005.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.227.59]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA22111 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:46:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20020103234651.2589.qmail@web21005.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.210.223.1] by web21005.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 18:46:51 EST Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:46:51 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Dieroff Subject: Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report - Thursday, January 3, 2002 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org At 7:00pm, Thursday, January 3, 2002, this is the Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report. The Hotline is normally revised on Thursday nights, unless an unusual bird turns up in the Hamilton area. Many local birders were out getting a head start on their 2002 lists this week. Birds seen in the Hamilton area include WOOD DUCK at the Desjardins Canal, PEREGRINE FALCON in downtown Hamilton, AMERICAN KESTREL over Delta Highschool, EASTERN MEADOWLARK and SHORT-EARED OWL in Stoney Creek, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL and PINE SISKIN at a feeder on Secord Lane in Burlington, KING EIDERS on the lakeshore in Stoney Creek, plus BALD EAGLE and GREATER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Woodland Cemetery. At the RBG, FOX SPARROW, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, AMERICAN ROBIN, PURPLE FINCH, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, and NORTHERN FLICKER were present in the Hopkin's Tract, a KILLDEER was on the mudflats in the Marsh, while a pair each of TUFTED TITMOUSE and CAROLINA WREN were found on the Captain Cootes Trail near the Nature Centre. Out of town, a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been regular visitors to Port Credit Harbour, a wintering RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was found on Campbellville Road just east of Milburough Line near Mountsberg Conservation Area, and TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES are still present in Mississauga and across the border in Niagara County, New York. A trip to the north shore of Lake Erie proved rewarding with sightings of BALD EAGLE, SNOWY OWL, COMMON MERGANSER, COMMON GOLDENEYE, and TUNDRA SWAN near the Nanticoke Generating Station. Birders looking for the NORTHERN HAWK OWL, which can still be easily found near Drayton, also reported seeing SHORT-EARED OWL, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, SNOW BUNTING and NORTHERN SHRIKE in the same area. Thanks to everyone for a flood of reports this week. Be sure to keep letting us know about your sightings. Leave your name, telephone number, as well as the time and date of your call. Sightings can also be reported by E-mail. GOOD BIRDING! Keith Dieroff C/O Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report Hamilton, Ontario kdieroff@yahoo.ca ______________________________________________________ Send your holiday cheer with http://greetings.yahoo.ca Keith Dieroff From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 19:01:02 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA24348 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:01:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.wzrd.com (mail.wzrd.com [206.99.165.3]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA24297 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:00:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wzrd.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E99827F11D; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:00:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from dannapotter (pm8-ppp032.wzrd.com [12.30.226.82]) by mail.wzrd.com (Postfix) with SMTP id ADAC927F115; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:00:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <005e01c194b3$113000e0$52e21e0c@dannapotter> From: "Willie D'Anna" To: "Genesee Birds" , "NYSBirds" , "Ontario Birds" Subject: Townsends Solitaire - Niagara County, NY Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:02:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org I have received no reports, either positive or negative, about the Solitaire today, Thursday. If you go for this bird, PLEASE POST YOUR RESULTS! It is important to know that the bird is not being seen also. DIRECTIONS to the Solitaire: >From I-190 in Buffalo or Niagara Falls, proceed north to Rt. 104 eastbound. Ontario birders should cross at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and immediately exit after customs, following the signs to Rt 104 eastbound. Stay on Rt 104 eastbound when you reach the Village of Lewiston at the bottom of the escarpment - you have to exit the limited access highway. Proceed east about 4 miles to Dickersonville Road (there is a church on the southeast corner) and turn right (south). In about 1/4 mile, the road will bend to the left and soon will pass Blacknose Spring Road, which comes down off of the escarpment on your right. Proceed another 150 yards or so to the first road (a dirt lane) on your right. It is across the street from the second house on your left. Pull over here without blocking the lane. There is an old sign saying, "Private Property No Trespassing" but I have it on good authority that the sign is intended for vehicles only. This is county parkland. Walk down the lane and start looking for the Solitaire right away as the habitat is good. As you walk, there will be water on both sides of the road. When the water begins to widen on your right, after about 100 yards, is where I first saw the bird on the right side. This spot also gives a good view over the water to your left. The bird has been seen eating red berries here as well. A little further down the lane, the water ends on both sides of the road and there is a small inconspicuous path on your right. We had excellent looks at the bird from this path once. Several times, the bird was in the small orchard that is just a few more yards down the lane on your left. The far (east) end seems to be the best spot. Good birding! Willie -------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Niagara Falls, N.Y. dannapotter@wzrd.com "Willie D'Anna" From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 19:16:38 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA26729 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:16:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts5.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.25]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA26703 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:16:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from p1k9i6.sympatico.ca ([64.229.218.56]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20020104001633.YFWK9697.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@p1k9i6.sympatico.ca> for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:16:33 -0500 Message-Id: <4.3.1.20020103183237.00a88180@pop6.sympatico.ca> X-Sender: b1fazm42@pop6.sympatico.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 19:25:55 -0500 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: Jean Iron Subject: Glaucous, Iceland and Thayer's Gulls in Toronto Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Hello Ontbirders, The ice in the small bays along the eastern Toronto waterfront is creating perfect conditions to see white-winged gulls. Today Theresa Dobko, Liz Green and I went to Polson Street, Unwin Avenue, and Ashbridges Bay. We studied the gulls on the ice and in flight just metres away in most cases. Kumlien's Iceland Gulls: 7 adult, 1 juvenile/first winter, 1 second winter Glaucous Gulls: 2 adult, 1 second/third winter Thayer's Gull: 1 adult at Ashbridges Bay Directions Polson Street. From Yonge and Lake Shore Blvd, take Lake Shore Blvd east to Cherry Street. Turn right on Cherry. Polson is the first street off Cherry on right. Unwin Avenue. Continue on south on Cherry to Unwin, turn left and turn right on Regatta Road. At end of parking lot walk east to water's edge, or park in pulloff on Unwin west of the metal bridge. Ashbridges Bay. Take Lake Shore Blvd east past the sewage treatment plant. Turn right into Ashbridges Bay Park, then right again to the boat ramps. Good birding, Jean Iron 9 Lichen Place Toronto ON M3A 1X3 416-445-9297 e-mail: jeaniron@sympatico.ca www.interlog.com/~ofo Jean Iron From ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org Thu Jan 3 19:51:06 2002 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA01528 for ontbirds-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:51:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from qmail1.localnet.com (smtp.localnet.com [207.251.201.82]) by james.hwcn.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA01522 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:51:02 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 11697 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2002 23:54:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localnet.com) (207.251.196.19) by qmail1.localnet.com with SMTP; 3 Jan 2002 23:54:50 -0000 Message-ID: <3C34FB2E.62959B41@localnet.com> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 19:45:34 -0500 From: D Suggs Reply-To: dfsuggs@localnet.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en]C-CCK-MCD (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontbirds , NYSBirds , Geneseebirds , BIRDEAST , "Rosche, Dick" Subject: WNY Dial-a-Bird 03 Jan 2002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ontbirds-owner@hwcn.org - RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/03/2002 * NYBU0201.03 ->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>- Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to dfsuggs@localnet.com. Thank you, David -<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<- - Birds mentioned SANDHILL CRANE TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE FORSTER'S TERN BROWN THR