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Summer Season Noteworthy Bird Records with Several Photos from Our Many Fine Photographers December 2020 Summer Season Noteworthy Bird Records With several photos from our many fine photographers Restoration Work at Short In Memoriam: Aerial Insectivore Hills Sanctuary Thelma Powell Conservation THE WOOD DUCK 73 Red Bat stuck on Burdock. The bat was subsequently freed and taken to a rehabilitation facilty where it was eventually released - photo Ian Smith. CONTENTS DECEMBER 2020 • Volume 74 No. 4 28 HNC News and Updates 84 In Memoriam: Thelma Powell 77 Species of the Month 85 Aerial Insectivore Conservation 89 Stopping a Pipeline 77 On the Cover 90 Protecting Nature for Future 78 HSA Nature Note – Gray Treefrog Generations West Flamborough 93 HNC Letter to NEC regarding 78 Noteworthy Bird Records: June - Columbia College August (Summer) 2020 94 The Throwback 83 Trees from Seeds Workshop 95 Restoration Work at Short Hills 74 DECEMBER 2020 From the Editor A Herring Gull Rescue DECEMBER 2020 Volume 74 No. 4 Editor in Chief I OFTEN STRUGGLE to think of anything significant to say in my editor’s Bill Lamond (Oct., Dec., Feb., Apr. issues) space. Today is no different. However, I thought I would relate a story that at Andrea MacLeod (Sep., Nov., Jan., Mar., May issues) least had a happy ending. I was overlooking the gulls loafing at Mohawk Lake Art Direction and Design in Brantford (14 November) when a Bald Eagle flushed the 400+ Herring Gulls Andrea MacLeod there into the sky. I was with Sarah Lamond and she noted that only one gull Editorial Inquiries stayed behind. While waiting for the gulls to return I noticed that this gull [email protected] tried to take off a few times and something was holding it back. With further watching I could see that a plastic bag was stuck to its one foot. It is a real hazard Correspondence and Canadian undeliverable copies: Hamilton Naturalists’ Club, P.O. Box 89052, for gulls foraging at the dump to become entangled with a plastic bag. I am sure Hamilton, ON, L8S 4R5 many of us have witnessed a flying gull trailing a bag. It is likely a doomed bird. Publications Mail Contract No. 40048074 For this bird at the lake, that once in the water, the bag filled with water making it impossible for the bird to take off. CN ISSN 0049-7886 I knew this bird could be rescued as it could be caught by canoe. I called Hamilton Naturalists’ Club Board of Directors Hobbitstee Wildlife Refuge and I was instructed to call the nearby Brantford President SPCA which I did. I relayed the particulars about the bird and they told me Chris Motherwell they would send someone out to assess the situation but that they are not Vice President equipped/trained for wildlife rescue on the water. I thought this odd. Soon a Bill Lamond wildlife agent from the SPCA was there and corroborated the situation with Past President Bronwen Tregunno waterborne rescues. However, the agent said that perhaps they would call the fire department to see if they might help out. Secretary Joyce Litster I returned to the area at 3:30 and could see that the bird was still there by itself at Treasurer Jim Stollard the far end of the lake - no rescue today I thought. When I returned home much Bird Study Group later I sent out an email on BrantBirds and HSA Nature Notes about this bird’s Jackson Hudecki plight, wondering if someone might have a canoe or kayak to rescue the bird Conservation and Education the following day. I copied this email to Chantal Theijn at Hobbitstee to keep Gord McNulty her informed and in case she had some further suggestions. I soon received Field Events a reply from Chantal, “We have the gull here. He has already been rescued”. I Rachel Jones thanked her for her help and she then replied, “No problem. The Brantford Fire Director-at-Large Department did the job”. Rob Porter Membership So a “good news” story of sorts. Just a gull many might say. I might have thought Jill Baldwin that way several years ago. But now I consider it a duty to assist wildlife when Programs Lou Mitton I can. Especially when it is we humans who have placed wildlife in jeopardy. Publicity Andrea MacLeod Sanctuary and Land Trust Brian Wylie Volunteer Bill Lamond Mike MacLeod Editor in Chief THE WOOD DUCK 75 Hamilton Naturalists’ Club News and Updates Next HNC Monthly Meeting Next BSG Meeting The speaker for the next “virtual” meeting is Michael Mesure, Due to the on-going pandemic, the HNC is not having its FLAP (Fatal Lights Awareness Program) Canada Executive normal Monthly Meetings. Instead the “virtual” meetings Director on the topic of “Your Pane is Their Pain”. The date will will continue. A link to join this webinar will be provided be 14 December and the link to the meeting will be provided in the President’s Message in December and on the HNC in the President’s Message, Mike Rowland’s Bird Study Group website: announcement e-mail and on the HNC website. 7 December at 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Toby Thorne Hamilton Christmas Bird Topic: Bats: The Real Stars of the Night Count Toby’s talk will begin with the fascinating and diverse world The 100th Annual Hamilton Christmas Bird Count will be of bats as a whole, before narrowing in to the species found on 26 December (Saturday) Boxing Day. The Count area in Ontario, why they deserve our attention and some of the is a 15 mile diameter circle, centred on Dundurn Castle. projects being undertaken by the Toronto Zoo’s Native Bat There may be some areas available for new birders to join in. Conservation Program to expand our understanding. Contact Rob Porter, [email protected], to register and for more information. Toby caught his first bat at the age of eleven and hasn’t looked back. He spent his teenage years hanging around the woodlands and churchyards of southern England learning Peach Tree Christmas Bird about their biology and how to study them. He studied biological sciences at the University of Oxford, including an Count honours project examining social relationships among bats in a long-term banding study. He moved to Canada in 2013 Hello Peach Tree Christmas Bird Count Enthusiasts. The to undertake a research Master’s investigating bat migration Christmas Bird Count Season (CBC) is approaching and the around the Great Lakes, supervised by Dr. Brock Fenton. date for this year’s Peach Tree CBC is 3 January, 2021. Bruce Mackenzie has been the compiler for the last five years and Since completing his Master’s he has remained in Ontario, is looking to pass the torch. Contact Bruce at 905-973-4869 working on a variety of bat conservation programs, and if you would like to participate or become the new Count authoring a field guide to the bats of the province. Since 2016 compiler. he has worked on the Native Bat Conservation Program at the Toronto Zoo, leading projects focussed on monitoring and learning about Ontario’s bat fauna and improving Letters to the editor are always welcomed and will public perception of these remarkable creatures. be duly published. If you have something to say, positive or negative, send it in. We want your feedback on the journal or any other aspect of the HNC and its activities. 76 DECEMBER 2020 Species of the Month: Smooth Green Snake (Liochlorophis vernalis) Family: Colubridae Identification: The unmistakable Smooth Green Snake is rarely seen. Rarely seen, as it is secretive and indeed rare. It is a red-letter day when you happen across this ‘jewel of a snake’. Although the Hamilton Herpetofaunal Atlas maps are dated, they at least give one a good indication of where the species can possibly be found in the HSA. However, actually finding one is a different matter. I have not seen one in over 25 years! Habitat: It inhabits grassy and forb fields, forest clearings, and open woods, often where it is moist. Range: Largely centred on the Great Lakes region and NE US and adjacent provinces, with many disjunct populations in the US mid-west. The Photo: Bob Curry took this photo at the Eramosa River in southeast Guelph on 6 September 2020. On the Cover: Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Family: Nymphalidae Identification: One of the easier butterflies to identify in the Hamilton area, if you can get a good look as they fly past at speed. On a flower, as this one is, they are easy to identify, and what a treat for the eyes. It has to have one of the greatest names of any butterfly. Everything about it is spectacular. Luckily it is not rare and can usually be found on any outing in July and early August. Habitat: This butterfly is most common in openings in well-wooded areas as it searches for mates or flowers for nectar, a food source. However, they range widely and can be found in many habitats, even your own backyard. Canadian Range: Occurs in all provinces except Newfoundland, from southern interior B.C., across the southern 2/3 of the prairie provinces, the southern 1/3 of Quebec and all of the Maritimes. In Ontario it occurs as far north as Sioux Lookout and Fraserdale. The Photo: Ian Smith took this photo at 8th Concession and Westover Road on 28 July 2020. THE WOOD DUCK 77 HSA Nature Note – Gray Treefrog West Flamborough We hear these frogs all through the summer but this year we hadn’t seen one until today (23 September 2020).
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