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Subject: [Ontbirds] Reminder: OFO Skunk's Misery Trip - Sunday, June
8 - MOSQUITOES
From: Rob Read <readrobread(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 5 Jun 2008 7:08am
Hi everyone, just a reminder about the OFO field trip this Sunday, June 8th, to
Skunk's Misery, in Middlesex County, about an hour south-west of London.
Details follow below.
WARNING: I was at Skunk's Misery a couple of days ago - and the mosquitoes are
unreal - please come prepared with bug hat if able, repellant, and ideally light
gloves for your hands - I got over 30 bites on my hands, despite pulling them
into my jacket most of the time. Also keep in mind paths are very very muddy.
Wear boots.
Most likely we will not go to Rondeau P.P. as previously advertised, but we'll
do some local grassland birding looking for Upland Sandpiper and Bobolink after
we've had enough of Skunk's. We apologise if anyone was looking forward to the
Rondeau portion of the trip, but we decided it would be better to have more
variety of habitats, and less driving time.
June 8 (Sunday) Skunk's Misery (and grassland birding)
Leaders: Gavin Platt and Rob Read. Meet 7:30 a.m. At Newbury Hospital
(Four Counties Health Services) parking lot just NE of Newbury on 5th
Line/Concession Dr. Trip consists of driving, and walking. Some trails
may be wet or muddy. EXTREME mosquitoes - please come prepared.
Cerulean Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Acadian Flycatcher, Broad-winged
Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker - and more - on territory at one of the
largest remnants of Carolinian forest in Ontario (some of these may be
heard only). We will also look for butterflies, which are sometimes
plentiful in Skunk's Misery. Trip ends around noon, but participants
may want to bring a lunch.
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Point Pelee Birding Area Weekly Summary - Week
Ending June 5, 2008
From: tandjpepper(AT)cogeco.ca
Date: 5 Jun 2008 11:07am
This is the weekly birding summary for the Point Pelee Birding Area for the week
ending June 5, 2008 compiled by Todd
Pepper for the Friends of Point Pelee.
While it is draining rather quickly, the Holiday Beach Shorebird Impoundment
continues to have a number of migrant
shorebirds. Dunlin numbers have been reduced to a countable level of a couple
hundred. There are also a couple dozen
Least Sandpiper and a few each of Semipalmated Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, and
Short-billed Dowitcher. A lone Marbled
Godwit was observed on Monday and Tuesday, June 2nd and 3rd. The Mottled Duck
was still observed up to the evening of
June 3rd, either in the shorebird impoundment or the field of corn stubble to
the west.
Point Pelee National Park still recorded a number of migrant species over the
week. A small flock of Ruddy Turnstone
were noted at the Tip, as was a female Mourning Warbler.
The DeLaurier Trail was quite active on March 31st and June 1st with at least 3
Olive-sided Flycatchers and perhaps up
to 5 individual Willow Flycatchers. Three of the 5 were heard singing. While the
other two were in close proximity to
the singing birds they will need to go in the books as “Trail’s” Flycatcher.
At least two pair of Black-billed Cuckoo, an irruptive breeding species at Point
Pelee, were noted in the shrubby brush
around the DeLaurier Trail indicating that they may stick around to breed. There
were also more Eastern Towhees singing
and chasing each other around DeLaurier than observed in either April or May.
A revision is required to the number of Black Tern in the Marsh at Point Pelee.
A previous report indicated 6 pair.
Observations during this past week indicated up to 16 birds (including 4 nests)
within the circle of the Marsh Boardwalk
and another dozen could be seen hovering and diving over the south end of the
Marsh for a total of 28 individuals within
the Park at the same time.
Todd Pepper
Leamington, Ontario
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - south Etobicoke
backyard all morning
From: Andrew Keaveney <uofgtwitcher(AT)msn.com>
Date: 5 Jun 2008 8:31am
Hey folks. I've had a yellow-bellied flycatcher calling a flitting around my
backyard in southern Etobicoke since 6am this morning (is still here at 11:30am
after returning from some bird surveys). New yard bird!
It's doing the uncharacteristic call... eg. not the Least Flycatcher sounding
type... I'll have to look up what to call this. Perhaps it's just the "call" or
"chip" note as opposed to the "breeding-type call"?
Directions:
426 Valermo is located in South Etobicoke just south of the gardiner expressway,
continue south on the 427 till it merges with Brown's Line. Valermo Drive is
the second light on the left and our house is about 5 blocks down on the left.
Cheers,
Andrew Keaveney
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Nonquon Sewage Lagoons - June 5th
From: "Geoff - Birds" <avocet(AT)rogers.com>
Date: 5 Jun 2008 12:42pm
Terrie Smith and I did the trek to Nonquon today and found a few shorebirds
still lingering ...
Red-necked Phalarope - one breeding (alternate) plumaged female
Black-bellied Plover - one moulting into breeding plumage
Least Sandpiper - 25 - various plumages
Dunlin - 3 - scruffiest individuals imaginable
Greater Yellowlegs - one in breeding plumage
Spotted Sandpiper - one
Killdeer - one
also six spp. of ducks and 18 Black Terns
Directions:
Permits must be purchased in advance of entering the lagoons. Each individual
must have his/her own permit. They cost $5.00 as they did last year.
The permits may be purchased at the Durham Region Transfer Site located at 1623
Reach Rd, Port Perry during the following business hours .... Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday from
8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. To get to the transfer station, travel north on Hwy 12 past
Port Perry [Hwy 7A] to the next traffic lights [Regional Road 8 = Reach Rd.]
and travel east to #1623 on the north side of the road.
The lagoons are located one road north of the transfer site east off Hwy 12 on
Concession Rd. 8 [don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are
both numbered "8", they are two different roads - one is a regional paved road,
the other a dirt concession road.]
Geoff Carpentier
Ajax, Ontario
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Quinte Area Bird Report for week ending June 05,
2008
From: "Terry Sprague" <tsprague(AT)kos.net>
Date: 5 Jun 2008 7:57pm
WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR THE WEEK
ENDING
Thursday, June 05, 2008
With the spring bird migration winding down, and spring bird banding activities
concluded at Prince Edward Point last week, the Quinte Area Bird Report will
gradually ease into a more relaxed mode as local birds continue with nesting
activities. At Sandbanks Provincial Park, there are at least two MOURNING
WARBLERS and a NASHVILLE WARBLER on territory in the pine plantations, along
with a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and another of the latter in the Cedars Campground
of the park. A pair of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS is still nesting in the Dunes
Beach Area parking lot. Also found in the pine plantation in the park's West
Lake Sector are at least two pairs of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS and GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS.
BLACKPOLL WARBLERS are still being heard in the park, and one was singing at
Prince Edward Point on Monday morning. After daily choruses of song from spring
migrants in mid-May, the trails down there are strangely quiet now. Only YELLOW
WARBLERS, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE or two (including one that sings like a Carolina
wren), a persistent EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and a distant BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO were
the only sounds picked up along the trails in the Point Traverse Woods on
Monday. The WHITE-WINGED DOVE was still present there as of June 1st. On Sunday,
AMERICAN REDSTARTS were in the area of the harbour, and 10 BALTIMORE ORIOLES,
an ORCHARD ORIOLE and CEDAR WAXWINGS were also present.
Several PINE WARBLERS were singing in the red pine plantation at the Sidney
Conservation Area, south of Stirling Monday evening, a single YELLOW-RUMPLED
WARBLER was present at Massassauga Point Conservation Area yesterday evening.
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES have been heard singing at Lake on the Mountain, and
three were singing along the Millennium Trail west of Palmer-Burris Road several
days ago. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at several locations, including 4 over
Lake on the Mountain on the evening of May 31st, one along Sprague Road June
2nd, and another in the George's Road area. WHIP-POOR-WILLS have been calling
every evening along County Road 13 at South Bay.
If our own yard is any indication, it is starting out to be a great year for
nesting. Both GRAY CATBIRDS and BROWN THRASHERS, a pair of WARBLING VIREOS and
CHIPPING SPARROWS are all nesting on our lot. GRAY CATBIRDS are also nesting in
a South Bay backyard. Two reports of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS nesting came from the
Roslin and Tweed areas, both locations having suffered bouts with blow flies,
but most succeeding with the second attempt. Both INDIGO BUNTINGS and
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS are still coming to feeders across the region.
While driving on Big Island's Caughey Crossroad yesterday evening, I had to stop
the car and wait as about a dozen WILD TURKEYS scurried one by one out of the
grass and across the road ahead of me, with heads held low and their feet a
blur. Less inclined to flee was a TURKEY VULTURE feeding on a carcass beside the
road along North Big Island Road. It seems to be the season or, at least, the
week, for birds to either dash or remain steadfast on the road. Along Big
Island's causeway two evenings ago, an AMERICAN BITTERN did its best to stand
erect with its beak pointed skyward, although there was virtually nothing behind
it except a kilometre of pavement to conceal the bird. It finally flew when it
saw that its efforts were all in vain, the second time I have had this happen
along the same stretch of road. Two SANDHILL CRANES were seen at 7:00 p.m this
evening in a field at Mountain View near Huff's Island Road.
And that's it for this week from Prince Edward County and the Quinte area. Our
thanks to Bob Barber, John & Janet Foster, Cliff Mclean, Joanne Dewey, Adam
Penson, Marilyn Holland-Foster, Frank Artes & Carolyn Barnes, Donna Fano, John
Blaney, Angela Mantle, Wayne McNulty, and Pamela Stagg for their contributions
to this week's report. This report will be updated on Thursday, June 12th, but
sightings can be e-mailed any time before the Wednesday night deadline. Featured
photo on the Main Birding Page of the NatureStuff website of Birdathoners Terry
Sprague, Mike Runtz and Brian Joyce is by Pamela Stagg of Lake on the Mountain.
Photos in the online version of the Quinte Area Bird Report include a
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK by Shirley Laundry of Belleville, and an EASTERN
BLUEBIRD'S nest by Cliff Mclean of Roslin.
Terry Sprague
Prince Edward County
tsprague(AT)kos.net
www.naturestuff.net
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending June 5,
2008.
From: Fred Helleiner <fhelleiner(AT)trentu.ca>
Date: 5 Jun 2008 8:14pm
Compared to other recent years at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, this could
legitimately be called the year of the shorebirds, and the past week has
certainly been the week of the shorebirds, their numbers overshadowing
all other bird sightings.
Bolstered by an influx of moult migrants, the concentration of Canada
Geese along the beach has become spectacular. One has to hope that the
rain will wash away their droppings before the masses of sun-lovers
arrive. The first brood of six Mute Swan cygnets was observed today in
the marsh. Among the ducks that have been seen in the past week are a
male Wood Duck in the marsh, Gadwalls, Redheads, Lesser Scaup (each of
those three on a regular basis), a female Surf Scoter at the lighthouse
on the first three days of this month, four White-winged Scoters flying
past the lighthouse, a male Common Merganser at the beach on May 30, and
several pairs of Red-breasted Mergansers. It remains to be seen whether
the single Common Loons seen on three occasions this week in Presqu'ile
Bay are mated and will repeat last year's successful breeding.
Both Northern Harrier and Merlins have been observed causing a
disturbance among the shorebirds on the beach. The thousands of
shorebirds that have landed on the beach and on Gull Island appear to
have suddenly all but moved on within the past day or so. While it
lasted (and sometimes it lasted for only a few hours at a time before
being replaced by a slightly different mix), the display came close to
rivalling the autumn migration of Semipalmated Sandpipers in the Bay of
Fundy. Here are a few of the highlights: 67 Black-bellied Plovers on
June 1; at least another couple of dozen of that species accompanied by
a single Willet on June 2 (both of those flocks were observed flying off
and not returning); single Whimbrels on May 30 and June 1; scores of
Ruddy Turnstones; over 30 Red Knots on June 4; hundreds of
Semipalmated Sandpipers and Dunlins; a female Wilson's Phalarope (the
second in just over a week). It is of particular interest that a few of
the Red Knots seen in the past couple of weeks were wearing coloured
tags on their legs. At least two of them were banded in Argentina and
one in Surinam.
Although most of the Red-bellied Woodpeckers are less vocal than a month
ago, they are still being detected regularly in at least three different
parts of the Park. At least eight species of flycatchers have been seen
at Presqu'ile in the past week, including Olive-sided Flycatcher,
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, and Willow Flycatcher. A
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher was near the lighthouse on June 2. A trickle of
migrant warblers (ten species) was still evident on June 1, and even
fewer on subsequent days. Singles of Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark
were at the calf pasture. That is also one of several locations where
Orchard Orioles are regularly being seen. A female Purple Finch visited
a feeder at 83 Bayshore Road on June 4. Regrettably, a pair of House
Sparrows near the lighthouse, until recently a rare species at
Presqu'ile, has fledged four young. It is of some concern that no one
has found either a Whip-poor-will or a Common Nighthawk at Presqu'ile
this spring, though the possibility of a late migrant still exists.
To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton.
Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid
that is available at the Park gate. Access to the offshore islands is
restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial
nesting birds there.
Questions and comments about bird sightings at Presqu'ile may be
directed to: FHELLEINER(AT)TRENTU.CA.
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Fred Helleiner
186 Bayshore Road,
Brighton, Ontario, Canada, K0K 1H0
VOICE: (613) 475 5309
If visiting, access via Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 05 Jun 2008
From: dfsuggs(AT)localnet.com
Date: 5 Jun 2008 8:36pm
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/05/2008
* NYBU0806.05
- Birds mentioned
---------------------------------------------------------- Please
phone in rare sightings for update
Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
Thank you, David
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ICELAND GULL
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
Common Loon
Red-br. Merganser
Red-shouldered Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Caspian Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Yellow-b. Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Common Raven
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Pine Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 06/05/2008
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological
Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and
field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report
sightings. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received May 29 through June 5 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include ICELAND GULL, late migrants and COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS.
June 2, an ICELAND GULL with a L. BLACK-B. GULL at the Wilson Pier
on Lake Ontario. This is the first June record of ICELAND GULL in the
BOS archives. Also at the pier, good counts of 35 BONAPARTE'S GULLS
and 31 CASPIAN TERNS.
Late migrants have extended spring into June. COMMON LOON on Lake
Ontario and RED-BR. MERGANSERS on both Lakes Ontario and Erie.
YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHERS in the Town of Wilson and at several locations
in Chautauqua County. PHILADELPHIA VIREO singing on Woodbridge Avenue
in Buffalo. RUBY-CR. KINGLET at Point Gratiot Park in Dunkirk. Night
migrant SWAINSON'S THRUSHES heard over Tonawanda. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
and WILSON'S WARBLER, plus YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and MOURNING WARBLER
in Wilson. And, multiple BLACKPOLL WARBLERS in the region.
Migrant shorebirds are expected towards the end of spring migration.
A scarce find for Wyoming County on May 29, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and
8 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS in a dried beaver pond at Route 77 and Perry
Road in the Town of Sheldon. Record spring counts of SEMIPALM.
SANDPIPERS in the Iroquois Refuge on May 31 - 225 opposite Swallow
Hollow Trail on Knowlesville Road and 150 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS at
Kumpf Marsh on Route 77 at Feeder Road. In the Towns of Porter and
Wilson, 11 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS along Route 18, plus a flyover
PEREGRINE FALCON. And at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, off Route 33
in Batavia, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED
SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER and DUNLIN.
May 30, a high spring count for COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, 20 at the
Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park boat launch. Other COMMON NIGHTHAWKS over
Tonawanda and Silver Creek. In Batavia, at least 20 CHIMNEY SWIFTS,
entering the large chimneys on Jackson Street.
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was one of 11 warbler species in the Alabama
Swamps area June 1. The PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was heard on Meadville
Road. Two PINE WARBLERS singing in possible breeding habitat in the
Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, at the fenced buildings on
Podunk Road. Near the swamps, a HOODED WARBLER plus EASTERN BLUEBIRD
at Akron Falls Park.
From Chautauqua County, RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS in Sheridan and
Arkwright. RED-HEADED WDPKR. and ORCHARD ORIOLE at the mouth of
Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover. Two ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS at Wheeler's
Gulf on Fredonia-Stockton Road in Pomfret. And at the Meadows Road
State Land in Arkwright, BLUE-HEADED VIREO and PINE WARBLER.
Also this week - PEREGRINE FALCON on a lamppost on the north Grand
Island bridge. BARRED OWL calling on Long Avenue in the Village of
Hamburg. COMMON RAVENS at the south end of the Attica Reservoir. And
in Clarence, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS on
Penfield Road.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 12. Please call
in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the
tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird.
- End Transcript
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Correction - Point Pelee Weekly Summary
From: "Todd Pepper" <tandjpepper(AT)cogeco.ca>
Date: 5 Jun 2008 8:37pm
As most of you have probably realized, I typed Holiday Beach Shorebird
Impoundment in the weekly summary for the Point Pelee birding area when it
should have referred to the Hillman Marsh Shorebird Impoundment.
Please note this correction.
Thanks.
Todd Pepper
Leamington, Ontario
tandjpepper(AT)cogeco.ca
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Gloucester, ON: 6 Species of Sparrow, Wood Thrush
From: Patrick Blake <pjblake22(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 5 Jun 2008 6:06pm
Yet another overcast day - but at least it's looking like a decent weekend.
This evening in the fields by the airport, I encountered 6 species of sparrow:
the usual SAVANNAH, SONG, and CHIPPING SPARROWS, with twos and threes of
GRASSHOPPER, FIELD, and VESPER SPARROWS. The vespers, a lifer for me, were
especially vocal as I was leaving, roughly 8:30pm.
Also present was a single singing WOOD THRUSH that kept me running in and out of
thickets to catch just a glimpse of this elusive but lyrical bird. COMMON
YELLOWTHROATS were, as their name implies, rather common. There were also two
BROWN THRASHERS and a persistently singing HOUSE WREN. LEAST, GREAT CRESTED,
and ALDER FLYCATCHERS could all be heard from the wooded areas near the airport,
as well as EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES.
Directions: From Hunt Club Drive, take Riverside to Limebank Road. Follow
Limebank and turn left onto Leitrim Road. Turn right onto Bowesville Road and
park off the road about a 100 meters on the left.
Good birding!
Pat
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