>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Loon with sharply contrasting, black and white pattern on neck, dark black back and white flanks was seen. Lacked eyering and beak seemed thinner than nearby Common Loon. However did not have necklace pattern. Please e-mail me privately if you can help with I.D.
Directions: From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Dunrobin Road and turn right continuing northwest through Woodlawn. At the hill turn right onto Constance Bay Rd. Bird seen in bay on right side of road, near spit with several gulls about 40 feet out. --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 15 18:42:17 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66BA348C29 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:42:16 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 4861 invoked by uid 525); 15 Nov 2004 23:47:02 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 15 Nov 2004 06:11:02 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (15 Nov 2004) 4 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 23:42:17 -0000 SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 15, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2038 56655 Osprey 0 7 256 Bald Eagle 0 18 200 Northern Harrier 0 31 384 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 144 6783 Cooper's Hawk 2 114 719 Northern Goshawk 0 36 57 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 411 1063 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 185382 Red-tailed Hawk 1 3278 8686 Rough-legged Hawk 0 64 125 Golden Eagle 0 75 108 American Kestrel 0 3 1008 Merlin 0 3 54 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 36 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Short-eared Owl 0 1 1 Total: 4 6224 261519 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Terry Angevine Weather: Today saw increasing cloud cover early in advance of the rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow. There was little or no wind during the morning becoming light south-southeast in the early afternoon. Observations: There was very little in the way of a flight with only 4 birds recorded in 5 hours of coverage. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
