[Ontbirds] Port Stanley gulls - NO Black-tailed Gull
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_skeving...@yahoo.ca __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Iceland, Glaucous Gulls in Sarnia
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 _ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691815___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] 2009/10 Ontario Winter List
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 tandjpep...@cogeco.ca "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin" William Shakespeare ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Newmarket/Keswick Area Sightings
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 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Eastern Towhee - Presqu'ile Bird Count addition
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 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] North Bay Christmas Bird Count Correction
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 __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
