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Subject: [Ontbirds] Carden Alvar - 4 Rails species, 2 Eagle species,
Loggerhead Shrike, etc., etc.
From: "Norman Murr" <normurr(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 3:55am
Good morning
Yesterday Ian Cannell and I spent a beautiful day birding the Carden Alvar
where found 83 species of birds up there . A very few of the birds seen were
Loggerhead Shrike and 2 Yellow Rails on Wylie Rd ( 1 of the Rails watched less
than 2 metres in front of us for 10 minutes ). Golden Eagle at Canal Lake and
many others that I did not check to see if they were the first of the season or
not but with the many reports coming from places like Pelee they are probably
old news after the great birding weather yesterday.
See the Toronto and Southern Ontario web site for further sightings.
Directions:-
CARDEN ALVAR INCLUDING WYLIE ROAD / THE SEDGE WREN MARSH / PROSPECT ROAD
Wylie Road is north of Kirkfield in Victoria County and Kirkfield itself is on
County Road 48 east of Highway 12 and well north of Whitby and about 130 km from
Toronto if you follow the roads and not a Crow.
>From the centre of Kirkfield go north on County Road 6 passing under the Lift
Lock on the Trent Canal and drive about 2 ½ km further north to where the road
curves left or west. On this curve and on your right is McNamee Rd, turn right
here onto McNamee and drive east for about 300 yards and you will be at Wylie
Road. This road is about 9 ½ km long ending at Alvar Rd (a T intersection).
Birding can be good on this road as well, either way.
The Sedge Wren Marsh is about 5 ½ km up Wylie Road, you can’t miss it as it has
the only bridge along the road. Park just to the south of and overlooking the
bridge and walk the road. Birding is good all along the road and I find that the
best birding happens when you park and walk both ways a km or 2 from your auto.
This is a narrow road with little traffic but be sure to park in such a way as
to not block the road as you don’t want to rile up the locals. This is all
private property but there really is no need to leave the road.
Other roads to check in the area are Shrike, Curl’s, Dalrymple, and Eldon
Station Roads.
PS
You may also want to drive down Rockview Rd just west of Kirkfield on your right
along County Rd 48. Past the dump road (on your right) you will come to a wet
wood lot that straddles the road. This is a great place for N. Waterthrush. We
heard and saw 7 there on May 5/01 and May 4/02. Also along here you should find
Upland Sandpiper and Grasshopper Sparrow.
Continue south to Eldon Station Rd (the next road) turn right (west) and drive
to Prospect Rd. Turn right (north) and drive up to a large marsh. Here you
should find many Marsh Wrens along with Sora and Virginia Rail, A. Bittern and
Green Heron and watch for Osprey, N. Harrier and T. Vulture. If you continue
north on this road you will come upon another small marsh and pond just short of
County Rd 48. Of coarse most of the roads in this and the Wylie Rd area can be
very productive and it is not a stretch saying you could spend a whole day in
the area, I have.
PPS
Wylie Rd south of the Sedge Wren Marsh is good for Upland Sandpiper, Vesper and
Grasshopper Sparrow and lots of E. Bluebirds. North of the marsh are the same
birds and near the north end of the road watch and listen for Purple Finch,
Golden-winged Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow.
Norm Murr
Richmond Hill, ON
"Sils mordent, mords les"
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Cattle Egret in Algonquin Park: NOT SEEN TODAY
From: Ron Tozer <rtozer(AT)vianet.ca>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 9:54am
As expected, the Cattle Egret observed yesterday afternoon
at Lake of Two Rivers Campground beach in Algonquin Park
was not seen there this morning. If present, it would have been
harder to pick out against the heavy covering of snow we are now
receiving!
Ron Tozer
Dwight
Directions:
Algonquin Park is three hours north of Toronto, via Highways
400, 11 and 60. Follow the signs, which start in Toronto on
Highway 400. From Ottawa, take Highway 17 to Renfrew, then
follow Highway 60 to the park. Kilometre markers along Highway
60 in the Park go from the West Gate (km 0) to the East Gate
(km 56). Get your park permit and the park tabloid (with a map
of birding locations mentioned here) at the gates.
The Visitor Centre at km 43 has recent bird sightings and
information. Exhibits and restaurant are open daily, 10 am to 5 pm.
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 28Apr08... Snow Goose, Rusty
Blackbird, Red Crossbill
From: Gordon Pringle <parula(AT)magma.ca>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 1:22pm
- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 28 April 2008
* ONOT0804.28
- Birds mentioned
SNOW GOOSE
Canada Goose
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Broad-winged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
Black Tern
Common Tern
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Veery
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Eastern Towhee
Grasshopper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
RED CROSSBILL
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 28 April 2008
Number: 613-860-9000
For the status line PRESS * (star)
To report bird sightings, PRESS 1 (one)
Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius(AT)primus.ca
internet: Gordon Pringle parula(AT)magma.ca
THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 9:00 am, MONDAY APRIL 28, 2008
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Gorgeous but rather static weather this past week with light winds
generally from the north prevented any significant migration events this
week. However new birds continue to arrive almost every day with some
on the early side, and most back right on time.
The large flocks of Snow Geese in the Riceville area seem to have taken
their show on the road and have moved closer to Ottawa. On the
morning of the 27th, approx. 14,000 were seen in Cobb's Lake area east
of Bourget. No new waterfowl were reported this week, and a visit to the
marshes along the Quebec side of the Ottawa River near Masson &
Thurso on the 27th revealed that there is a lot of flooding and very little
access to some of the viewing sites. Many Canada Geese, 2 Greater
Snow Geese and 15 species of ducks were present, along with a couple
of American Bitterns, Common Moorhen, both Greater and Lesser
Yellowlegs, several displaying Wilson's Snipe, and the first sighting of a
Black Tern.
At least 10 Horned and 12 Red-necked Grebes were seen on the Ottawa
River at Shirley's Bay on the 26th and 27th, and the first reports of
Black-crowned Night-Heron and Spotted Sandpiper came from the
Bruce Pit on Cedarview Rd. on the 22nd. Black-crowned Night-Herons
were subsequently seen at Britannia as well as among the Ring-billed
Gull colony in the Deschenes rapids. Broad-winged Hawks were noted in
near Mayo and Ramsay Lake (Quebec) as well as in the Larose forest this
past week - these are most likely local breeding birds. The resident
downtown Ottawa pair of Peregrine Falcons evidently experienced a
nest failure, but both are still frequenting the Crowne Plaza Hotel and
may try again. Shorebirds at the St. Albert sewage lagoons on the 27th
included both species of Yellowlegs as well as one each of Pectoral
Sandpiper, Dunlin and Wilson's Phalarope. The first report of a Common
Tern came from Shirley's Bay on the 26th.
Northern Rough-winged and Cliff Swallows are back in small numbers in
expected locations along the Ottawa River as of the 25th. A Carolina
Wren was very vocal again in the Britannia Conservation Area on the
23rd. The first report of House Wren came in on the 24th, and other new
songbirds reported from various locations this week included Warbling
Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Veery, as well as Nashville, Yellow,
Black-and-white Warblers and Northern Waterthrush. Eastern Towhees
are back on territory in the Carp hills along the Thomas Dolan Parkway,
and aside from a small influx of White-throated Sparrows since the 24th,
most of our common sparrow species are now back in their typical
breeding habitats including an ambitiously early Grasshopper Sparrow at
Leitrim and Bowesville Rds. south of the international airport on the 26th.
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS are still moving through, with flocks of up to 40 birds seen
in the Luskville (Quebec) area and the Larose forest on the 27th. A
surprising number of 60 RED CROSSBILLS was found in the Larose forest the
same day. Small numbers of Evening Grosbeaks were seen in the Larose
forest, and at Bradley Rd. at the base of the Gatineau Hills on the 27th as
well.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Chimney Swifts etc. - Stratford
From: Steve Thorpe <sthorpe3(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 2:40pm
A number of insect eaters have arrived in Stratford. There were 6 Chimney
Swifts flying over the Knox United Church at the corner of Ontario and Waterloo
Streets.
Over the waters of Lake Victoria I saw Barn, Cliff, Northern Rough-wing, and
Tree Swallows. On a feeder on Delamere Street I saw a beautiful male Indigo
Bunting.
Steve Thorpe
Stratford
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Little Blue Heron in Port Rowan
From: Denis Lepage <support(AT)bsc-eoc.org>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 6:32pm
An immature Little Blue Heron is currently in the pond beside Bird Studies
Canada's Headquarter office in Port Rowan. The bird is predominently white,
but is in transitional plumage with many blue feathers, giving it a mottled
appearance.
The bird was first spotted briefly this morning at Old Cut banding station
by Ted Matterford, but had apparently not been resighted until now.
BSC's office is located at the western end of Port Rowan along Front Street.
The pond is visible from the observation deck on the south-west corner. To
reach Port Rowan, you can take highway 59 south and turn east of Front
Street. BSC's office is a few hundred meters from highway 59, on the south
side of Front Street.
This google map link provides the location:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bird+studies+Canada&sll=49.8
91235,-97.15369&sspn=23.77254,59.765625&ie=UTF8&ll=42.627391,-80.463181&spn=
0.052921,0.11673&z=13
Happy spring!
Denis Lepage
Port Rowan, Ontario
Bird Studies Canada
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