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December 2016 JOURNAL OF THE HAMILTON NATURALISTS’ CLUB Protecting Nature Since 1919 Volume 70 Number 4 December 2016 Niagara College GIS students (Kyle Swanson, foreground, and Jordan Pietroniro) take creek temperature readings at the HNC Short Hills Nature Sanctuary using an FLIR camera, 28 September 2016. This is a headwater stream of Twelve Mile Creek; a stream that may have a population of Brook Trout (see article on page 79) - photo Brian Green. In This Issue: Barry’s Birds The Summer Season Noteworthy Bird Records Member Profile - Jim Stollard The People Behind Species’ Names Hoary Bat, Cuckoo Bee and Rudd Table of Contents A Hoary Bat in Confederation Park George Bryant 76 Birding in Australia with Sandy Darling Michael Rowlands 77 Short Hills Sanctuary is in Headwaters of Twelve Mile Creek, Brian Green 79 ..Home to Native Brook Trout Noteworthy Bird Records – Summer (June to August) 2016 Bill Lamond 80 Awards Gala Recognizes Environmental Volunteers NPCF Press Release 83 Dates to Remember - December – January Rob Porter/Liz Taylor Rabishaw 84 Bringing in the New Year with Rare Planetary Conjunction Mario Carr 86 86 Into the Woods – Collaging Cootes to Escarpment Kestrel Wraggett Member Profile - Jim Stollard Gerten Basom 89 High School Student Attends Youth Summit Kevin Geenen 92 In Honour of...Species Names and the People Behind the Names Joanne Di Maio 93 Barry’s Birds Barry Coombs 94 Really Regular Wrens Mike Street 95 Hamilton Study Area Nature Note Brian Wylie 95 One of a pair of “Blond” Coyotes at Grimsby Wetlands on 25 September 2016. This is a colour morph of this species that is well-known but is rare. The fact that there were two of them suggests that they are genetically related - photo Kevin McLaughlin. Page 74 The Wood Duck - December, 2016 Volume 70 Number 4 December, 2016 CN ISSN 0049-7886 - Publications Mail Contract No. 40048074 http://www.hamiltonnature.org [email protected] Publications Committee: Christine Bishop, Rob Dobos, Maggie Sims, Kevin McLaughlin, Don McLean, Herman van Barneveld, Glenda Slessor, Jean Stollard, Jim Stollard and John Struger. The Wood Duck is the official publication of the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club and produced by members of the Club. It is published nine times a year from September to May, inclusive. Deadline for receipt of material is the 5th of the month preceding publication date. As long as credit lines are included, articles may be reprinted without permission, unless otherwise specified. Opinions expressed in the Wood Duck are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor or of the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club. The Hamilton Naturalists’ Club promotes public interest in the study, conservation and appreciation of our natural heritage. Meetings are held monthly September to May inclusive and field events are scheduled throughout the year. Visitors are welcome. The HNC is a registered charity and all donations as well as membership fees are tax deductible. HNC BOARD 2016 - 2017 Executive Past President: Michael Fischer 905 526 0325 [email protected] President: Maggie Sims 905 331 1496 [email protected] Vice-President: Bronwen Tregunno 905 637 7136 [email protected] Secretary: Bronwen Tregunno 905 637 7136 [email protected] Treasurer: Jim Stollard 905 634 3538 [email protected] Directors Bird Study Group: Bruce Mackenzie 905 973 4869 [email protected] Conservation & Education: Paul D. 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Area (check local library) The Wood Duck - December, 2016 Page 75 Editor’s Notes........ I want to bring everyone’s attention to two things, both about art. First, a very time sensitive issue about the collage evening with artist and HNC member Gerten Basom on December 1. It is a free night out sponsored by the Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System and all art supplies are gratis. See page 86 for information on how to register. I also want to point out a new recurring feature in the Wood Duck entitled Barry’s Birds. Professional artist, art instructor, and HNC member Barry Coombs will feature one of his pen and ink drawings for subsequent issues. His first drawing for the Wood Duck appears on page 94 of this issue. This is going to be a really good fit for this journal. Barry teaches classes at the Dundas Valley School of Art with a few HNC members currently enrolled in his pen and ink course. A few other things I want to point out. There are a few HNC Board vacancies to fill. Please read the back page and think seriously about volunteering your time to help out with these vacant portfolios. It is a rewarding experience to be on the Board. Also, I am getting short on Member Profiles and need more. Please send one in or let me know that you would be willing to be profiled and we will get your profile into the Wood Duck. This month’s cover Wood Duck is a painting by Denys Gardiner, painted in 1980. The original is 24cm x 19cm and is hanging in my house in Brantford. As some of you may remember, Denys submitted the Wood Duck carving that adorned the cover of the May 2016 Wood Duck. Obviously, there are no rules regarding what I will put on the front cover for the Wood Duck image. With that in mind, be creative and send something in. A Hoary Bat in Confederation Park by George Bryant n May 06, 2016 about 2 p.m. Dan Salisbury and I observed When you see any form of animal or Oa Hoary Bat flitting about the abandoned campground in plant, your mind normally categorizes Confederation Park. Until then, the day had been uneventful – the object either specifically “This is a we had visited a number of the usual lakeshore migrant spots. Robin” or generally “This is a warbler”. It seems in spring migration about one in five days produces a Despite never having seen a Hoary Bat goodly smattering of migrants. This was not one of those days. before, we both said, “This is a Hoary Bat”. Why? The bat was much larger Then the Hoary Bat materialized. This needs to be put in than a Big Brown Bat with broad wings, perspective. Dan and I have birded for roughly sixty-five years not brown but a distinctive two-tone around the Golden Horseshoe, but neither had ever encountered gray and black. This is not illustrated a Hoary Bat, this despite this bat ranging throughout almost all in many field guides as these bats are George Bryant at Folyet, of continental North America – arguably the greatest range of seldom seen flying in the daytime. As 24 June 2013 - photo Bill any mammal or bird in all of North America! well the head was yellowish with a black Lamond. face and noticeable black-rimmed ears. The mammal flew about over our heads for several seconds, then circled over the park and disappeared into vegetation. A few minutes later, it reappeared and circled about again for another minute. We wondered what prompted this unusual diurnal behaviour. I have seen many Red Bats flying in the daytime, Big Brown Bats in abundance around our city parks and Silver-haired Bats migrating over the tip of Point Pelee. Hoary Bat had become a jinx mammal for me. For the last few years, I carry a digital camera when I bird. Not this day with so little bird activity. What a shame. I had an opportunity to take brilliant pix of this Hoary Bat at Pinery Provincial Park, summer 2010 - photo Paul Pratt. exotic creature. Now all we have is a story. Page 76 The Wood Duck - December, 2016 Bird Study Group Meeting Summary – October 24, 2016 Birding in Australia with Sandy Darling by Michael Rowlands ome excellent local advertising brought many new people out and environmental sounds, as well as Sto the Bird Study Group’s October meeting at the Burlington man-made noises such as chainsaws, Seniors’ Centre; extra chairs were needed to accommodate car alarms, and camera clicks! We saw nearly 100 attendees! Bruce Mackenzie did a good job of excellent photos of both Australian entertaining everyone with announcements for nearly half an species: the Superb Lyrebird (48”) and hour after your projectionist’s laptop computer locked up, then the Albert’s (40”) Lyrebird.
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