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Subject: [Ontbirds] North Bay Christmas Bird Count Correction
From: Brent Turcotte <brentturcotte(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 22 Dec 2009 7:14am
I listed the numbers for the last four counts with the count week birds added.
Here it is without them:
44, 34, 35, 27
My apologies, Brent
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Eastern Towhee - Presqu'ile Bird Count addition
From: "Bree, David (MNR)" <david.bree(AT)ontario.ca>
Date: 22 Dec 2009 8:55am
I neglected to mention that the Eastern Towhee counted on Sunday the
20th was only the second in the last 21 years for our count.
David
David Bree
Natural Heritage Education (NHE) Leader
Presqu'ile Provincial Park
328 Presqu'ile Parkway
Brighton, ON K0K 1H0
Tel: (613) 475-4324 ext. 225
Fax: (613) 475-2209
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Newmarket/Keswick Area Sightings
From: RON FLEMING <flemingron(AT)rogers.com>
Date: 22 Dec 2009 9:37am
Over the past two weeks there have been some "good" birds in the Newmarket
area. Mike Van den Tillaart had a Belted Kingfisher along the Holland River
trail on Dec. 7,
Linda Hollinshead had a very vocal Northern Shrike along Morning Sdrd. this past
Saturday, and I had a Sharp-shinned Hawk, American Kestrel, and male Northern
Harrier in the Holland Marsh yesterday afternoon.
Keith Dunn had some noteworthy birds last week in the Keswick area: a Merlin,
two Pileated Woodpeckers, and an adult Bald Eagle. All of these were seen
along Lake Drive.
Snowy Owls continue to be observed locally but questionable behaviour on the
part of some owl seekers has prompted requests from a few local birders to
keep specific directions off the net for awhile.
Ron Fleming, Newmarket
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Subject: [Ontbirds] 2009/10 Ontario Winter List
From: "Todd Pepper" <tandjpepper(AT)cogeco.ca>
Date: 22 Dec 2009 7:07pm
First of all, a big thanks to everyone who e-mailed me personally over the
last week or so to fill in some of the blanks on the 2009/10 Ontario Winter
List. We are getting closer to our average for the last 2 years by this time
of the season.
We now have all the expected species of waterfowl, raptors, woodpeckers and
wrens. We have all the owls except Boreal and all the finches except Hoary
Redpoll. The Rondeau CBC just reported in with Virginia Rail and Wilson's
Snipe, so those will be added to the update next week.
Other regular species not reported to date are: Spruce Grouse; Eared Grebe;
Mew and Sabine's Gull; Eastern Phoebe; Black-bill Magpie; Brewer's
Blackbird; and Baltimore Oriole. Hopefully some of the upcoming CBC's will
produce a few surprise sparrows or warblers to help round out the list.
Here is the link again so you can see where we are to date:
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/other/onwinter.htm You will want to log
in just to see Dian Bogie's picture of Mr. P.
Good birding.
Todd Pepper
Leamington, Ontario
tandjpepper(AT)cogeco.ca
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin"
William Shakespeare
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Iceland, Glaucous Gulls in Sarnia
From: paolo viola <paoloviola(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 22 Dec 2009 8:11pm
This morning, in Sarnia, at Sarnia Bay, 8:00, one immature Iceland Gull floating
with the numerous Herring, Ring-billed, Great Black-backed Gulls. Previous day,
I saw 3 Glaucous Gulls (2 adults, 1 imm.) in the same place. Many more gulls
are hidden from view by the marina's docks as there is practically no ice yet
for the birds to loaf on in the open.
Sarnia Bay (St-Clair River): in Sarnia, London Road all the way west to Front
Street, on Front Street, there are parking lots facing the St-Clair River. A
walkway follows the waterfront.
Paolo Viola, Sarnia
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Port Stanley gulls - NO Black-tailed Gull
From: Jeff Skevington <jeff_skevington(AT)yahoo.ca>
Date: 22 Dec 2009 9:07pm
Hello,
I'm not sure if anyone has given the Black-tailed Gull a really good try
recently. My Dad and I spent 3 hours at Port Stanley this afternoon watching the
harbour for it. No luck. Only one fishing boat came in, but there were lots of
gulls. Birds seen included: 4 Glaucous Gulls, 1 Iceland Gull, 2 Lesser
Black-backed Gulls, 5100 Herring Gulls, 50 Great Black-backed Gulls, 100
Ring-billed Gulls, 1 Killdeer, 5 Eastern Bluebirds, and 1 Hermit Thrush (the
latter two nearby).
Jeff
Jeff Skevington, Research Scientist
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
K.W. Neatby Building, C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave.
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
e-mail: jeff_skevington(AT)yahoo.ca
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