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Subject: [Ontbirds]5 April spring at Rattray Marsh (6:30 - 9:30 am)
From: Wayne Renaud <wayne(AT)renaudwebber.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 11:01am
It was a pleasant morning at Rattray ... no wind ... the gravel bar is
holding up nicely and the water levels in marsh are quite high and now is
virtually ice-free.
Highlights were one Red-throated Loon flying ene along the lake at 6:45
am, two Common Loons and at least five Red-necked Grebes offshore. A flock
of 30 Tree Swallow also flying over the marsh heading nne at dawn. One
Ruby-crowned Kinglet among least 30+ Golden-crowned Kinglets. At least 8
Carolina Wrens but only one Winter Wren. On the marsh among several dozen
Mallards and few Amercan Black Ducks, there were two pairs of Wood Ducks, a
pair of Hooded Mergansers, a pair of Buffleheads, three male Green-winged
Teal and a Belted Kingfisher was fishing near the marsh outlet. The male
Pileated Woodpecker was seen near the upper bridge of Sheridan Creek. Lots
of Hairy and Downy and one each of Northern Flicker and Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker.
Directions:
Go south down to the end Bexhill which runs south of Lakeshore about 5
long blocks east Erin Mills Parkway; park at the metal gate The marsh and
knoll trail start at the bottom of hill from the parking area. This gets
you into, more or less, the middle of main area of the marsh. Find a street
map to orient yourself and/or follow the the trail map inside the park.
For those who want to visit the site for the first time or simply want to
know where all the trails area, Mississauga has a map of the marsh and
surrounding trails on their web site:
'http://www.creditvalleycons.com/recandleisure/maps/rattray.pdf'.
Wayne Renaud
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Subject: [Ontbirds]birds near Bradford and north of Newmarket
From: "Peter Wukasch" <wukasch.family(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 8:55am
This morning from 08:00 till 10:00 I was scouting out the area at the end of
Bathurst Street north of Holland Landing. The fields west of Bathurst north of
Hochreiter Rd. were flooded and filled with numerous Northern Pintails,
Mallards, Canada Geese and lesser numbers of Am. Widgeon, Green-winged Teal,
Lesser Scaup, and Ring-necked Ducks. Farther back near the Holland River there
were 16 Tundra Swans. I then proceeded to the Provincial Wildlife Area north of
Bradford on Hwy.11 east on the 11th Line of Bradford-West Gwillimbury. Where the
road crosses the railroad tracks in the fields on the right, there was another
massive gathering of waterfowl, mostly Canada Geese, N. Pintails, Am. Widgeon,
and another 8 Tundra Swans. The 11th Line makes a sharp turn north and on the
right is the road and eventually the boardwalk to the marsh. The Red-bellied
Woodpecker was still very active and vocal here and there was an Eastern Phoebe
calling by the observation platform. On the way back to my car I also saw an
Eastern Meadowlark perched and calling along the fencerow at the road.
Peter Wukasch
April 5
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Subject: [Ontbirds]
From: "Bruce Di Labio" <bruce.dilabio(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 11:20am
Hello Ontbirders,
Today, Saturday, April 5th, 2008, birded around Carp area. There were 2
Red-shouldered Hawks at the corner of March & Huntmar. Along the Carp River
there were 2 Hooded Mergansers, 10+ Mallards, 1 Am. Black Duck, 3 Killdeer,
12 Song Sparrows, 3 Herring Gulls, 50+ Ring-billed Gulls and 300+ Canada
Geese.
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]Barn Swallow, Greater Yellowlegs - Prince Edward
Point
From: "Bruce Ripley" <ripley(AT)kingston.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 2:09pm
Birded today with Bud Rowe and Paul Mackenzie at Prince Edward Point where
we observed many spring arrivals as well as some lingering winter birds.
Highlights include 1 BARN SWALLOW and 1GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Other spring arrivals
include 5 COMMON LOONS, 4 HORNED GREBES, 1 WINTER WREN, 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, 3 WILSON'S SNIPE, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE and 1 NORTHERN FLICKER. In the
open waters there were hundreds of LONG-TAILED DUCKS and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS
with lesser numbers of GREATER and LESSER SCAUP and RED-BREASTED AND COMMON
MERGANSERS. Wintering birds observed were 1 PINE GROSBEAK, 20 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS
and 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE. There were 10 TURKEY VULTURES soaring about and SONG
SPARROWS and KILLDEER were very numerous. An OSPREY and another EASTERN PHOEBE
were observed near Hay Bay. We tallied 61 species for the day. The first
butterfly for 2008, a Mourning Cloak, was seen at Little Bluff C.A.
Good Birding
Bruce Ripley
Amherstview
Directions to Prince Edward Point - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt Publishing [pge
35, quad G 52 & 53]
Located in Prince Edward County. Take exit 566 (Marysville) off the 401 and go
south on County Road 49 to Picton. Take County Rd. 8 to County Rd. 17 to County
Rd. 16 to County Rd. 13. Follow County Rd. 13 to the end until you reach the
Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Ross's Goose - E. of Sault Ste. Marie
From: David Bell <squid_bell13(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 2:18pm
Hello,
At approximately 9:45 this morning I found a white-morph Ross's Goose in Barr
River - about 35 km east of Sault Ste. Marie, ON. It was still there as of 2
p.m. It is hanging out with approximately 200 Canada Geese in a field, along
with some Sandhill Cranes. It was seen by multiple observers, and photos were
taken.
Good Birding,
David Bell, 16
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Directions: From SSM, go east on Hwy. 17. Turn left (east) on to Barr River Rd,
about 5 km south of Echo Bay. After 1.6 km, turn right onto Government Rd. After
another 0.75 km there will be a bridge. Park beside it, and look to the right
(west). The Ross's is hanging out about 100m or so off the road.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]migrants slowly arrive in Timiskaming
From: "The Murphy's" <birdboy(AT)ntl.sympatico.ca>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 6:41pm
Our first common grackle has arrived and redwinged blackbirds are now being
seen in small numbers as well we now have reports of American goldfinches
and everyone is telling me about robins. As well a red-tailed hawk has been
seen and ring billed gulls now outnumber herring gulls 5-1 I think Southern
Ontario is finally starting to share the birds they have bottled up . Look
for more to come . Many of these birds were noted by Micheal Werner our
website.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Eastern Phoebe in Parry Sound
From: "Adam Zita" <adamzita(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 6:03pm
Not sure if anyone has reported Eastern Phoebes in the Parry Sound area. I
heard a few over the course of a day (Saturday April 5) just east of Parry
Sound. Also viewed Turkey Vulture, RW Blackbird, American Goldfinch and many
other regulars.
Adam
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Subject: [Ontbirds] 10 duck species, tufted titmouse at Cranberry
Marsh, Whitby-Apr.5/08
From: "Doug Lockrey" <lockrey33(AT)rogers.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 10:22pm
With winter giving way to a belated spring it was most enjoyable to see much
free water on Cranberry Marsh today.
Firstly let me relay some of the birds that were seen along the paths and
overhead-- TUFTED TITMOUSE, COWBIRD, HAIRY & DOWNY WOODPECKERS, male NORTHERN
HARRIER, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, MERLIN, several WILD TURKEYS.
On the water of the marsh--male WOOD DUCK, AMERICAN WIGEONS, GADWALLS, AM. BLACK
DUCK, MALLARDS, NORTHERN PINTAIL, both SCAUPS, COMMON MERGANSER, GREEN-WINGED
TEALS,
Among the first flowering plants showing growth spurts--motherwort, marsh
marigold, coltsfoot.
Cranberry Marsh is accessed from Victoria St., onto Hall's Rd., 1 block east of
Lakeridge Rd. in southwest Whitby; south down Hall's Rd. toward the lakefront,
parking roadside at either the entrance to the north or south pathway.
Doug Lockrey, Whitby,ON
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Shell Park Birding
From: "Michael Veltri" <mveltri2(AT)cogeco.ca>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 11:28pm
Birded Shell Park around 2pm today.
Here are the birds viewed.
Carolina Wren
Golden Crowned Kinglets
Song Sparrows
Brown Creeper
Cardinals
Chickadees
Robins
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Snow Geese, Long Sault
From: "John Haig" <jahaig(AT)ripnet.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 9:40pm
There were at least a couple of thousand greater snow geese along with
many, many, many more Canada geese in the general vicinity of the Long
Sault this afternoon, particularly in the open water at the east end
of the Long Sault Parkway (closest to Cornwall)
There was also a very large number (hundreds) of robins along the
parkway, clinging to patches of open ground...much of the area still
appears to have well over a foot of snow on the ground.
Directions: From Hwy 401 exit 778 south on Moulinette Road to County
Road 2...Long Sault Parkway begins opposite.
Best Regards
John Haig
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