[Ontbirds] Common Nighthawks Grimsby
Many Common Nighthawks have been seen this week flying over my house in Grimsby. Tuesday-26 Wednesday-12 Thrusday-8 Tonight-12 I have seen the birds all week mostly in the Park Road/Hedgelawn Drive area. Good luck! _ Win $10,000 from Hotmail! Enter Here. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729708___ 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] Arctic Tern Ottawa
This evening at 7PM there were two Arctic Tern with at least one Common Tern hawking insects over the Deschennes Rapids. There was also one Brant perched on the rocks in the middle of the rapids. Directions to Britannia Filtration Plant, the best place to view the rapids, can be found at http://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/birdguide.htm Mark GawnOttawa, Ontario, Canada _ Win $10,000 from Hotmail! Enter Here. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729708___ 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] Rondeau Provincial Park
A mourning warbler was seen a t4.45pm just north of the visitors centre. Take exit 101 off the 401 and follow the signs to the park. -- Ric McArthur PO Box B1 Morpeth, Ontario,Canada N0P 1X0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricmcarthur ___ 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] Whimbrel - Port Stanley, ON
This afternoon at 3:30 pm there was a group of 4 whimbrel on the main pier adjacent to the main beach in Port Stanley. They hung around for a couple hours while I was there. Directions: Take HWY 4 south until you reach the village of Port Stanley. Turn right at the main set of lights onto bridge st. then turn left onto william st. and follow it until you reach the turn-around (and main beach). Jesse Pakkala St. Thomas, ON ___ 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] Lark Sparrow near Long Point
Thanks to a tip from Jim Runnings who heard the bird calling Thursday evening, I went to the spot at 5 pm today & saw the bird. It was near the sign "Barrett-Sanderson Tract" at the corner of East 1/4 Line (1 road east of Hwy #59) & Hwy #24 (Long Point Region CA property). It was on top of a short shrub when I first saw it & then it dropped to the ground where it was picking up bits of grass. This is the same spot that a Lark Sparrow was seen a couple of years ago. When Jim heard the bird calling it was farther back closer to the trees at the back of this property. Diane Salter Walsingham ___ 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] Swallow-tailed Kite in London
Hey there, I have just heard and tracked down a sighting of a Swallow-tailed Kite, reported from yesterday, the 27th, in north London. It originally was reported through eBirds, and I heard about it from someone who is registered with them. Contact was made by the eBird authenticator first, and then I called the observer when I got the contact info from him. While this may be a cold trail, as the bird was seen at 6 pm yesterday, it may have remained in the area today. The man is Werner Rose, a visitor from Germany (and a zoologist), but he heard and saw the bird well, and one of his neighbours who is a birder heard it but arrived on the scene too late. It was she who suggested he get in touch with eBirds this morning. He is keeping his eye open at his home, but not actively searching. So local birders, if you find it, please repost. Pete Read Directions should you want to try to find this bird. http://maps.google.com/?q=42.98004,-81.22987%20%28Swallow-tailed%20Kite%20-% 20London%29 It was flying near his home at 9 Metamora Crescent, which backs onto the Medway River Valley off of Orchard Park Subdivison. If coming along Wonderland, enter the subdivision at Lawson Road, (a road halfway between Sarnia Road in the south and Gainsborough Rd to the north) go east, then go south onto Wychwood Park and then east onto Metamora. However, I would think that the bird is way more likely in the Medway Valley Parklands, adjacent to this area. There are several ways to enter the valley and lots of trails which can be explored. Driving the roads adjacent to the parklands might be fruitful as well. ___ 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] This week's sightings from the Long Point area
This week was a great week at Long Point with highlights including White-winged Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, and Audubon's Warbler. To read all about it check out the Long Point Sightings Board, updated every Friday: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight&lang=EN Long Point Bird Observatory's Old Cut Field Station is open to the public daily with bird banding demonstrations until approximately June 6. To get there take Hwy 59 onto Long Point and turn left onto Old Cut Blvd. The field station is on the right and is marked with a sign. Please park in the large visitor lot across the road. Mike Burrell l...@birdscanada.org _ Win $10,000 from Hotmail! Enter Here. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729708___ 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] 28 May 2010: TOC Whimbrel watch at Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Etobicok
The total today was a respectable 618 in 19 groups (close to the 624 recorded on 23 May). Duration: 6:00 to 12:00 noon. At 6:00 am there were still some linger showers to the east left over from last night's line of storms which might explain the good migration recorded in first hour or so of observations today. All but 43 (in 9 small groups and singles) were record between 6:00 and 7:15 am, with one large flock of 250 which was moving west at a good height and good speed far out on the lake at 6:48 am. A small flock of 36 Whimbrel was roosting on the rocky shoal just east of the observation area when I arrived this morning. Other migrant shorebirds included two flocks of Dunlin (500 and 35), two flocks of Ruddy Turnstone (35 and 45), one flock of 7 Semipalmated Sandpiper and one flock of 37 Sanderling. This technically the last formal day of the 2010 TOC Whimbrel watch but additional sightings made in the park in next week would very much appreciated. Directions: The park is located south of Humber College Campus; the free parking lot is located on Colonel Samuel Smith Drive which is located directly off the south end of Kipling Avenue where it intersects Lakeshore Boulevard. Wayne Renaud ___ 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] Kingston area birds to May 28, 2010
The KFN did their annual spring round up last weekend and with less than fallout conditions tallied 167 species. We had all the expected vireos, 22 species of warbler (more heard than seen), 9 flycatchers and 16 different shorebirds. There were 100's of Cedar Waxwings at Prince Edward Point as well as two of the Harlequin Ducks that have delighted birders for the past month. Both Merlin and Peregrine Falcons are nesting in the city. Noteworthy waterfowl included three flocks of Brant; two over the Queen's Biology Station during the day and another over Camden East in the middle of the night last Friday. There was a Eurasian Wigeon at the lagoons on the 21st but it only remained one day. There was a Least Bittern in the Moscow marsh on Saturday and a Tricolored Heron was on the KFN property on Amherst Island on Tuesday and Wednesday. Yesterday there were four Am. Bitterns on Amherst. Shorebird migration continues with the mix changing daily. On Monday there were 4 Short-billed Dowitchers, a White-rumped Sandpiper, both yellowlegs and a Red-necked Phalarope at the lagoons and on Amherst 30 Short-billed Dowitchers. By Wednesday the number of dowitchers on Amherst had dropped to 20 and yesterday there was only one along with 2 Black-bellied Plover, a Semipalmated Plover and lots of Least Sandpipers and Wilson's Phalaropes. Four Turkey Vultures loafed on the bar on Amherst looking quite out of place in what is normally an area frequented by gulls, waterfowl and shorebirds. Other good sightings this week were Common Nighthawks at Frontenac Park and Newburgh, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Bedford Mills, an Orchard Oriole on Howe Island, and yesterday an Am. Pipit on Amherst and 5 Sandhill Cranes over the Cataqui Town Centre. Cheers, Peter Good Kingston Field Naturalists 613 378-6605 ___ 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/
