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Subject: [Ontbirds] White-fronted Goose, Lesser Black-backed Gull;
North Bay area
From: richardtafel <rtafel(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 13 Nov 2007 12:22am
All;
The said goose has been seen at the now vacant (of golfers) Osprey Links
golf course along with two or three hundred Canadas for the past few days.
The course can be accessed via Cranberry road which is just a few miles
south of North Bay off highway 11 B past the Clarion Hotel., (or just
north of the town of Callander)
The gull, an adult in winter plumage has been at the North Bay landfill
site about ten miles north of North Bay, and east of Highway # 11. Greater
Black-backed and a few Arctic gulls (Glaucous and Iceland) and are also
present there - but more of the latter should be arriving shortly.
North Bay is 3 1/2 hours north of Toronto, or 3 quick traffic lights.
Toronto is several miles due north of Buffalo (or is it Rochester?).
Yours etc. Dick Tafel 705 472-7907
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Subject: [Ontbirds]OFO News - October Issue
From: Jean Iron <jeaniron(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 13 Nov 2007 9:16am
The 16 page October 2007 issue of OFO News is in the mail. Here are
the highlights:
ARTICLES
1. OFO 25th Anniversary Celebrations 1982 - 2007: This issue features
several pages of colour photos of OFO's inaugural meeting in 1982 and
the 25th Anniversary Celebration at Point Pelee on 13/14 October 2007.
2. The OFO Checklist: Michel Gosselin of the Canadian Museum of
Nature uses the Ontario Bird Checklist to provide insights into bird
systematics. This is an important ornithology lesson that will
benefit both novice and expert birders.
3. Marbled Godwits On The Go: Ken Abraham of the Ministry of Natural
Resources describes a cooperative study with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service/U.S. Geological Survey of tracking Marbled Godwits that breed
in James Bay. Godwits are fitted with satellite or radio transmitters
and colour bands. Tissue samples are taken for genetic and stable
isotope analyses to answer questions about site and habitat use,
dispersal, migration and wintering areas. Map shows the fall
migration route taken by one Marbled Godwit from Akimiski Island.
4. Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Update: Jessica Steiner and Elaine
Williams of Wildlife Preservation Canada report the breeding success
of Loggerhead Shrikes in 2007. They also discuss the captive breeding
program. They end with a concern that federal funding for the shrike
recovery program is being severely cutback. Photo of two juvenile
Loggerhead Shrikes on the Carden Alvar by Larry Kirtley.
5. Changes to AOU Checklist of North American Birds in 2007: Jim
Rising, Canadian member of the Committee of Classification and
Nomenclature, explains the changes affecting birds in Ontario that
were announced in the 48th Supplement to the AOU Check-list published
in the Auk.
6. OBRC Notes: Margaret Bain, Chair, reports on recent activities of
the rarities committee. The big news is that birders can now count
Trumpeter Swans seen in Ontario in 2007, but sightings before 2007
are not countable. The OBRC requests observers who submit photos also
to provide written details, which greatly enhance the value of records.
7. The Land Between and the Carden Alvar: Ron Pittaway discusses the
narrow contact zone where Paleozoic alvars meet Precambrian granite
barrens along the southern edge of the Canadian Shield. This zone is
called The Land Between. It is ecologically diverse and rich in birds.
NOTES
1. Gulls At Niagara: A full page etching by Elizabeth Turner of gulls
at Niagara Falls to set the mood for the OFO Gull Trip on Sunday 2
December 2007.
2. Paparazzi Birders: Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron ask if you are a
paparazzo (singular) birder. The name Paparazzi birders has come into
recent use describing those who stress birds by pursuing them too closely.
3. Carden Bluebirds: Herb Furniss reports that his bluebird boxes
along Wylie Road on "the Carden Alvar in 2007 had their best breeding
success in his 21 years".
4. Earthworms Threaten Forest Birds: Ron Pittaway reports that
introduced earthworms threaten woodland birds because they eat the
duff layer, which stores and slowly releases nutrients in healthy
forests. When the duff layer disappears exposing bare ground, rain
leaches away nutrients and woodlands become drier and less productive
for birds and other plants and animals.
5. Juvenal, Juvenile and Immature: These often confusing terms are defined.
6. Morph or Phase: Jean Iron and Ron Pittaway explain why birders
should use the correct term morph instead of the outdated "phase".
7. OFO Certificates of Appreciation: John Black, coordinator, lists
the recipients of certificates in 2007 for their outstanding
contributions to birds and the birding community.
8. OFO 25th Anniversary - Letters of Congratulations: A list of the
letters congratulating OFO from the Governor General, Prime Minister,
federal and provincial ministries, birding organizations and others.
ENCLOSURES
Two inserts with this issue. (1) List of 2008 field trips. (2)
Membership renewal form and return envelope for 2008. Please renew
promptly and include updates such as a new email address. Eleanor
Beagan, Membership Secretary, encourages you to renew now using the
enclosed envelope to ease her busy workload as Christmas approaches.
This is our final issue as editors of OFO News. We thank the many
authors, artists, photographers and map makers who supported us for
14 years and 42 issues. We wish the new editors continued success.
Jean Iron and Ron Pittaway
OFO News Editors 1994 - 2007
Ontario Field Ornithologists
9 Lichen Place
Toronto ON M3A 1X3
416-445-9297
<http://www.ofo.ca/>www.ofo.ca
jeaniron(AT)sympatico.ca
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Golden Eagles, Tundra Swan - Ottawa West
From: Tony Beck <beck.tony(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 13 Nov 2007 9:55am
Hello Ontbirders
Following up on a tip from Rick Collins who alerted me to an adult
Tundra Swan he observed yesterday at the Richmond Lagoons, I was able
to relocate the bird this morning on the middle cell, at about
7:40am. The bird was still there when I left. However, it was absent
when I returned at about 10:00am.
Directions courtesy of Neily World: http://ca.geocities.com/
larry.neily(AT)rogers.com/marlboro1.htm
At around 11:00am, two adult Golden Eagles soared over the corner of
Cambrian Road and Moodie Drive, near the Trail Road Dump.
Directions courtesy of Neily World: http://ca.geocities.com/
larry.neily(AT)rogers.com/stony9.htm
Cheerio
Tony Beck
http://www.tonybeck.ca
Always An Adventure
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Bohemian Waxwings, Ottawa
From: <Paul.Matthews(AT)statcan.ca>
Date: 13 Nov 2007 1:32pm
A flock of Bohemian Waxwings was by the Ottawa river south-east of
Champlain Bridge today at lunch time. The group was spread out and
numbers were very hard to estimate, but I'll guess 25-30. They were on
the north side (occasionally) of the Ottawa River Parkway, in trees on
the wide median, and especially on the south side. This was just east of
the parking lot on the south-east side of the Champlain Bridge. The
birds were apparently both feeding on berries and hawking insects, often
low. One landed a few feet away from me on the ground.
Paul Matthews, Ottawa
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (13 Nov 2007) 464 Raptors
From: reports(AT)hawkcount.org
Date: 13 Nov 2007 5:11pm
Holiday Beach
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 12 2043 31202
Osprey 0 0 186
Bald Eagle 2 19 171
Northern Harrier 10 144 1217
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 136 12363
Cooper's Hawk 21 80 676
Northern Goshawk 0 0 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 21 168 468
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18400
Red-tailed Hawk 387 1755 3608
Rough-legged Hawk 1 10 14
Golden Eagle 5 23 52
American Kestrel 0 3 1611
Merlin 0 3 107
Peregrine Falcon 1 7 93
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3
Unknown Buteo 0 0 25
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Raptor 0 1 7
Total: 464 4393 70219
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Don Wiens
Observers: Claude Radley, Janina Radley, Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner,
Rene Kielbasa
Visitors:
Thanks to all who helped spot birds that were in some cases well to the
north of the tower and quite high.
Weather:
Today the sky was almost cloudless, the temperature rising from a low of
5.2 to a high of 11.8. Initially there was a very slight breeze from the
NE, but by 10 am this had shifted to SE. Fortunately the wind remained
mild, so the migration was not pushed too far to the north.
Raptor Observations:
Migration was minimal until 10 am, by which time the sunny skies had
allowed for enough thermal generation to get a reasonable Red Tail movement
going despite the less-than-ideal winds. This continued steadily for three
hours, and then became a slow trickle.
Non-raptor Observations:
Several groups of Tundra Swans totalling 47 birds were seen flying over,
and several other flocks were heard passing nearby.
Predictions:
Another mild day with temperatures starting at 11 and rising to 13. Cloudy
with possible showers in the morning, cloudy with sunny periods in the
afternoon. Winds mild to moderate initially from the SW becoming W early.
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Report submitted by Don Wiens (wiens0730(AT)rogers.com)
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (13 Nov 2007) 783
Raptors
From: reports(AT)hawkcount.org
Date: 13 Nov 2007 7:11pm
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 101 3262 62668
Osprey 0 3 194
Bald Eagle 1 10 205
Northern Harrier 3 53 801
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 134 9873
Cooper's Hawk 16 154 661
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 74 532 956
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 69574
Red-tailed Hawk 574 4142 6846
Rough-legged Hawk 1 13 17
Golden Eagle 5 52 86
American Kestrel 0 2 1274
Merlin 0 2 40
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 64
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 8
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 783 8362 153271
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Bruce Roberts, Lathe Claflin
Visitors:
Rodney Laura
Robert Westland
Weather:
Sunny skies prevailed throughout the day today with little or no cloud
cover. Winds were light east-southeast becoming moderate southeast in the
afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Much of the morning flight, which was considerable, was low and overhead
with the movement overall being gradually pushed to the north as the day
continued. A heavy push of Red-tails and Red-shoulders was seen during the
late morning to about mid afternoon with the activity dropping off sharply
thereafter. It was very nice to see so many juvenile Red-shoulders
represented in today’s totals particularly this late in the season,
although I believe the overall percentage this fall still favors the
adults. This continues the trend of the last number of years of more adults
than juveniles in the overall numbers for the species.
Non-raptor Observations:
Common Redpolls continue to be noted as singles or in small groups flying
over the watch along with considerable numbers of Pine Siskins. Most
noteworthy today though was a single flyover Evening Grosbeak.
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven(AT)hotmail.com)
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa: Bohemian Waxwings, Pine Grosbeaks
From: "Bruce Di Labio" <bruce.dilabio(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 13 Nov 2007 5:05pm
Hi Everyone
Today, November 13th , had a flock of 16 Bohemian Waxwings in my backyard in
Carp. There was also a flock of 12 Pine Grosbeaks feeding in a nearby
crab-apple tree. Had a small flock of both Common Redpoll and Evening
Grosbeaks fly over the house. If you require additional information , please
email me privately.
good birding, Bruce
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
Di Labio Birding Website
Courses and Field Trips
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Golden Eagle (Ottawa), plus Barrow's Goldeneye
From: Roger Clark <erogclark(AT)rogers.com>
Date: 13 Nov 2007 8:25pm
Hi Ontbirders,
Around 2 p.m. today (13 November), there was an adult Golden Eagle hunting &
perching in the area of the firing range along March Valley Road. It was flying
for a brief time in the company of a Rough-legged Hawk. The Golden Eagle
remained in the area for about an hour before flying off in an easterly
direction.
For good measure, a Barrow's Goldeneye was seen around noon from the Remic
Rapids Lookout.
Roger Clark
(613) 744-0314
Directions: from the western end of Carling Avenue, turn north onto Herzberg
Road, which becomes Terry Fox Drive. Turn right onto March Valley Road & drive
a couple of kilometres scanning the open fields on the right.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogclark/
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Gannets at Van Wagner's Beach
From: "Rick Lauzon" <rlauzon(AT)total.net>
Date: 13 Nov 2007 7:38pm
Two, possibly three, Northern Gannets continued to be seen as late as 4:30PM
today (Tuesday).
They fed together with a frenzy of gulls. I found it surprisingly difficult
to pick out the dark birds while they were on the slightly choppy water at a
distance. Fortunately, an adult Bald Eagle swooped into the mass of gulls
and caused enough havoc to put all the birds into the air.
Directions: To reach Van Wagners Beach, take the Centennial Parkway (Hwy.20)
exit from the QEW in east Hamilton and proceed north to the North Service
Rd., turn left and continue west as it turns into Van Wagners Road. Continue
to the parking lots at either Hutch's Restaurant or the Lakeland Centre
viewing tower and view the lake anywhere near here.
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