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Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Blue Heron - Barrhaven
From: Patrick Blake <pjblake22(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 5:16am
Along with the "balmy" weather, another sign of spring, a single Great Blue
Heron, flew over Jockvale Road heading west towards the Stonebridge Golf Course
in Barrhaven. This is the first heron I've seen this year - maybe spring
actually will arrive soon.
DIRECTIONS: From 416N, exit at Bankfield Rd, turning right towards Prince of
Wales Dr. At the light, turn left onto Prince of Wales. Turn left onto
Jockvale Road at the first light. The heron flew over the road approximately
3/4 km up the road, near the beginning of the Stonebridge Golf Course & Country
Club.
Note: I work in this area, and some of the golf course ponds are still frozen.
If the heron is staying in the area, it will likely be found at one of these
ponds, assuming there is open water in the area. It may also be found along the
Jock River, which is open in some places.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Ross' Goose - Sault Ste. Marie, ON
From: "McIlwrick, Ken" <kmcilwri(AT)NRCan.gc.ca>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 8:54am
Hi Folks,
Yesterday a white morph adult Ross' Goose was observed resting and feeding with
a few aggressive Canada Geese on a scant patch of newly exposed grass, on the
south (river) side (along the building wall) of the OMNR District Office in
Sault Ste. Marie, ON. It remained on this spot for a few hours, but just after
3:45pm it flew off. My daughter and I had some nice views of it, as did a number
of OMNR staff who could easily view it from a common room in their office. Some
nice pictures were taken and sent to Ken Abraham for comments.
This goose was not observed this morning, after a quick scan of the river front,
but a number of new birds for the season were present (yesterday was a big day
for Canada Geese and a number of other migrants heading north). Birding has been
extremely slow and quiet in the Sault for some time, but the last two days have
given us hope!
Directions: Once in Sault Ste. Marie, locate the Queen Street - Church Street
intersection. Turn south on Church Street and follow it in a southerly direction
(towards the river) for 250m where it dead ends. The Canadian Bush Plane
Heritage Museum is on the right (west) and the OMNR office is on the left
(east). Park in the OMNR visitor parking.
Ken McIlwrick
Forest Ecosystem Biologist/Biologiste des écosystèmes forestiers
Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada
Canadian Forest Service/Service canadien des forêts
Great Lakes Forestry Centre/Centre de foresterie des Grands Lacs
1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON., Canada, P6A 2E5
(705) 541-5643
kmcilwri(AT)NRCan.gc.ca
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Spelling Correction - Ross's Goose not Ross'
Goose - Sault St. Marie
From: "McIlwrick, Ken" <kmcilwri(AT)NRCan.gc.ca>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 9:02am
Hi Folks,
Sorry for the spelling mistake in my previous posting. It should read Ross's
Goose not Ross' Goose.
Ken McIlwrick
Forest Ecosystem Biologist/Biologiste des écosystèmes forestiers
Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada
Canadian Forest Service/Service canadien des forêts
Great Lakes Forestry Centre/Centre de foresterie des Grands Lacs
1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON., Canada, P6A 2E5
(705) 541-5643
kmcilwri(AT)NRCan.gc.ca
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Subject: [Ontbirds]GBHE - Northeast Oshawa
From: "Heather Ray" <mygr8or(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 6:09am
Yesterday evening at 6pm I watched as a pair of Great blue heron's emerged
from the fog, flying low and slow over the Legends Centre. They were heading
east toward the small pond, located behind the Home Depot.
Northeast corner of Harmony & Taunton Roads, Oshawa, ON
Happy birding!
Heather Ray
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Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] Bohemians and Cedars -Toronto - Leslie and
Lawrence Update
From: Donald Davis <donald_davis(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 7:24am
I dropped in on this location yesterday (March 31st).
I parked in a very small parking lot to the west of
the condo exiting off of Lawrence Ave and directly
facing the flowering crab trees. It was a quiet time
of the day (2:30 pm), and I am always respectful and
discreet when entering private property.
Initially there were just a few birds - clearly they
had been disturbed by someone shortly before I
arrived. My car acted as a blind, and gradually, there
were at least a dozen robins feeding, with a mourning
dove also sitting in the tree and cardinals and
red-winged blackbirds singing in the area. After about
5 minutes, a flock of about 30 - 35 waxwings flew in
together, with a few Bohemian waxwings. They were
disturbed after 5 minutes of viewing and all birds
except one apparently very hungry cedar waxwing flew
off.
Don Davis
Toronto, ON
--- L Terris <bohemianww(AT)rogers.com> wrote:
> An update on recent postings:
>
> At 0840 this morning, a flock of about 30 Waxwings,
> including at least 3
> Bohemians, continue to feast in crabapple trees
> located on the eastern side
> of the condo building -on the southeast corner of
> Lawrence Avenue at Leslie
> Street.
>
> Parking on Tottenham Road, the first street (a very
> short block south of
> Lawrence and running east off Leslie) is the
> closest.
>
> A fine start to this Sunday morning.
>
> Lynne Terris
> Leaside
>
>
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Subject: [Ontbirds]ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FEES
From: "ivorene" <ivorene(AT)rogers.com>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 2:22pm
I would like to know if my annual fee is due yet. Ivor Simmons
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Black Vulture - Beamer Conservation Area
From: "Ian Richards" <ianrichards(AT)cogeco.ca>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 5:12pm
Hi everyone,
A Black Vulture was seen flying past the hawk tower at Beamer Conservation Area,
south of Grimsby, at 1:10 p.m. today (April 1). The bird was identified by
Geoff Carpentier and seen by myself and three others. It was initially seen
flying west, but then was spotted flying back eastward a few minutes later.
Thanks,
Ian
Ian Richards
Burlington, ON
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Re: Guelph Black-crowned Night Heron and more
From: macpherm(AT)uoguelph.ca
Date: 1 Apr 2008 4:39pm
On Monday March 31st while walking home along the speed river near
Gordon St. at about 10pm myself and Holly Dodds saw the Black-crowned
Night Heron hunting near the bridge at Gordon st along with a Great
Blue Heron. The bird stayed for around 2hrs until flushing to some
trees on the south side of the river not to be rediscovered.
Upon searching for the night heron again today (April 1st) around 3pm
east from the Gordon intersection of the river along where it turns
into the Eramosa River, I got to see one Belted Kingfisher, another
Great Blue Heron, a pair of Ring-necked Ducks and a pair of Common
Goldeneye along with multiple Common (5) and Hooded(4) Mergansers.
Good Birding,
Maggie MacPherson
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (01 Apr 2008) 329
Raptors
From: reports(AT)hawkcount.org
Date: 1 Apr 2008 8:04pm
Beamer Conservation Area
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 01, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 1 1 1
Turkey Vulture 269 269 2957
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 1 1 35
Northern Harrier 11 11 36
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 6 81
Cooper's Hawk 2 2 49
Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 9 9 347
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 25 25 1133
Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 33
Golden Eagle 0 0 5
American Kestrel 2 2 17
Merlin 0 0 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 3
Unknown Buteo 2 2 9
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 5
Total: 329 329 4717
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:15:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Geoff Carpentier
Observers: Terrie Smith
Visitors:
Ian Richards, Brandon Holden and Brian Henshaw
Weather:
Mixed weather - rainy and drizzle in early part of day, followed by
overcast skies, then sunny periods and then drizzle and back to full cloud
by day's end. Throughout winds were very strong from the south. High
temperature was 15 C.
Raptor Observations:
Good flight - steady all day. Birds were battling winds throughout. Flight
line was variable due to winds. At about 12:07 pm EST a Black Vulture was
seen at a distance of about 200 meters as it flew west then back east at
about 15 meters above the ground. Five observers saw it well.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of evidence of migration - 12 Wood Ducks, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 18
Northern Pintails, 20+ Eastern Bluebirds, 11 Evening Grosbeaks, 2 Fox
Sparrows, 1 Hermit Thrush, 100+ Killdeer, 6 Bonaparte's Gulls, 1 Eastern
Phoebe, 2 Tree Swallows, 9 DC Cormorants and 15 Horned Larks.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Geoff Carpentier ()
Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at:
http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/
Site Description:
Beamer Conservation Area is located on top of the Niagara Escarpment above
the town of Grimsby, Ontario. The site is 1km south of the south shore of
Lake Ontario, 20km east of Hamilton, 40km west of Niagara Falls.
Directions to site:
To get to Beamer CA, take the QEW to Exit 72, follow Christie St./Mountain
St. to the top of the escarpment, turn right on Ridge Road West, and go
1.6km to Quarry Rd. Turn right on Quarry Rd. and drive 100m to the
conservation area. Parking is normally available inside the park. If
parking at the entrance or on the roads, do NOT leave valuables in your
car.
Please note: Data in this report is not official until reviewed and finalized
after the end of the season. © 2008 Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch
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Date: 1 Apr 2008 9:14pm
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Geese - Long Sault
From: Brian.Morin(AT)pc.gc.ca
Date: 1 Apr 2008 10:37pm
This location again provided a spectacular assembly of thousands of Canada
Geese on the ice and in the open water near shore.
In late afternoon there were about 100 Greater Snow Geese present before
they flew off.
Long Sault is just west of Cornwall along Hwy 2.
Brian Morin
Cornwall
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