[Ontbirds] Black-crowned Night Heron (Windsor)
A Black-crowned Night Heron flew over and circled the Lakeview Park Marina at dusk tonight. The marina is at the intersection of Riverdale and Riverside Drive East. It is directly across from Peche Island. You can get to the marina by taking the Manning Road exit from the 401. Go north on Manning until you reach Riverside (you can't go any farther north or you'll be in the Detroit River). Turn left/west on Riverside and travel until you come to the light house. Kelly Morrissey, Windsor, ON [1]kelly.morris...@cogeco.ca References 1. mailto:kelly.morris...@cogeco.ca ___ 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] Beeton Sod Farms
Robin Lawson and I checked the fields north and south of the 11th Line about 1Km east of C.R. 10/Tottenham Road this evening from about 6:50 to 8 p.m. We had 30+ Black-Bellied Plovers, 50+ Killdeers, 19 Least Sandpipers, 5 Baird's Sandpipers. By about 8 the birds seemed to disappear into the stubble in nearby fields. Kevin Shackleton ___ 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] Beeton and Mitchell Shorebirds
Hello Birders, Yesterday (August 18th), myself and Sonje Bols irrupted southward from our Algonquin haunt for a few hours to do some shorebirding in the Beeton Sod Farms. We managed see the following species - 4 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 8 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 9 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Many SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS & KILLDEER All of these were on quite far out on field on the north side of Line 11. The Buff-breasteds were split into two groups - two of them were associating with the Baird's loosely, and the other two were feeding nearby the loafing plovers on the opposite side of the field. Today, I went to check out all the action at the West Perth Wetland. What a show! 2 MARBLED GODWIT (loosely associating with one another) 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 5 or so BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER Many SEMIPALMATED PLOVER & KILLDEER A handful of BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS 1 STILT SANDPIPER Many LEAST & PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LESSER & GREATER YELLOWLEGS I didn't observe the White-rumped Sandpiper or Red-necked Phalarope, though I looked quite carefully for both. A great couple of days! Some pictures and a blog entry are available here: http://spruceblog.jitjit.com/ Good Birding! Lev Frid Algonquin Park, ON Directions: Directions to Mitchell (West Perth) Wetlands (Courtesy Dave Brown): >From the East (Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, GTA) - take Hwy 8 thru Stratford heading west to first lights in Mitchell (Wellington St) and turn left (south) and continue till you hit the "T" intersection at the ball diamond. Lagoon cells are straight back behind the ball diamond and soccer fields and the sewage treatment plant. You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm. >From the London areatake Hwy 23 into Mitchell from the south and just after you pass the "Welcome to Mitchell" sign...watch for Frank St...go right on Frank St and head down over the bridge till you get to the ball diamond (will be on your right). Again...the cells are behind the ball diamond and soccer fields. You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm. >From Southampton areatake Hwy 21, to Goderich and then Hwy 8 to Clinton and down to Mitchell, turn south on Hwy 23 to Frank St. and turn left on Frank St. and head over the bridge to the ball diamonds (which will be on your right). You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm Directions to Buff-breasted Sandpipers etc (Courtesy John Schmelefske) - To get there go north from Hwy 9 or south from Hwy 89 on the Tottenham Road. Count the concession roads until you get to the 11th concession and turn east. Go about 700 metres and look to the north on a large de-sodded field. ___ 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] Beeton Sod farms and Scissor-tailed Flycacther
Well I finally gave in and made the trek to see these wonderful birds. At Beeton Sod farms - 2 juv. Buff-breasted Sandp. 10+ Baird's Sandp. 15+ Black-bellied and 5 Golden Plovers + 2 Semi-palmated Plover and 15+ Least Sandpipers. The flycatcher finally showed itself at about 4 p.m. - it was SW of the plaque noted in previous posts. From parking lot, walk west/northwest to the plaque and then go west on the trail that leads in that direction, follow it around to the south and just where it meets another trail coming from the west, we found the bird after about 1.5 hrs of searching. It seemed to come from further south as we did not see it when we first arrived. When we left it had moved in a southerly direction but was soon lost from sight. Lots of other birds to amuse you - many bobolinks in the tall weeds, osprey, harrier, merlin, pied-billed grebes, 12 great egrets, BCN Heron, American Bittern, etc. Direction: Sod farms - To get there go north from Hwy 9 or south from Hwy 89 on the Tottenham Road. Count the concession roads until you get to the 11th concession and turn east. Go about 1 km and look to the north on a large partially de-sodded/reseeded field. The desodded field to the southwest of it also had many sandpipers and plovers. Monticello flycatcher - > Luther Marsh/Lake is located north of Rd 109 approx. half way between Arthur and Orangeville. From the only intersection in Monticello, go south until you see a bird blind on the west side of the road. Go a short distance past this and park in the small marked parking area on the west side. Walk to the west/northwest until you see a plaque on a stone cairn and then follow my directions above for more details where we saw the bird today. Peter Hogenbirk and Terrie Smith accompanied me on this wonderful birding adventure. Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com ___ 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] 3 Godwits - Mitchell Wetlands
During my visit today from approx. 5:15 - 6:45 p.m., 3 Godwit were present; 2 Marbled, 1 Hudsonian. Of the Marbled, one was larger than the other with a longer bill. I attribute this to sexual dimorphism with the larger bird being the female. The Marbleds were assocoating together in the SW corner, while the Hudsonian, conspicuous by its white supraloral area and dark underwing coverts, foraged and preened in the NE corner. Sorry for not posting directions but I'm using a mobile device. Robert Maciver -- Sent from my mobile device ___ 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] Presqu'ile Weekly Report
Greetings Ontbirders HIGHLIGHTS WHIMBREL RED KNOT BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER PEREGRINE FALCON OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER CAROLINA WREN The clear cool night air and the Perseids Meteor showers in the sky created perfect conditions for a mass exodus of songbirds on Friday the 13th. Songbird's and especially shorebird numbers picked up greatly as the week went on. Two HORNED GREBES were observed from Owen Point on August 15. A juvenile LEAST BITTERN was seen on August 13 near the main viewing platform at the marsh boardwalk. GREAT BLUE HERONS and GREAT EGRETS are still being seen daily, and a GREEN HERON was seen on August 17 at the old boat ramp located at the bottom of Atkins Lane in the calf pasture. Two BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen flying toward High Bluff Island on August 18. The RED-BREASTED MERGANSER seen last week with seven young was down to two ducklings this week, three HOODED MERGANSERS were also seen in the vicinity of Gull Island. Shorebirding has been great the past week with a high of 15 species being seen on August 18. Most birds are being viewed from Owen Point but the grassy area just north of lookout #1 has produced a WHIMBREL during the past week. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and KILLDEER were reported on August 19. A single GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen August 15. LESSER YELLOWLEGS and SPOTTED SANDPIPER seen August 19. The WHIMBREL was last reported on August 18 at the tip of Owen Point. Two RUDDY TURNSTONES, two juvenile RED KNOTS and eleven SANDERLING were seen August 19. Two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were last reported August 18. There are at least nineteen BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS with one adult amongst them, forty plus SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, fifty plus LEAST SANDPIPERS, four juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and three juvenile BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS. Raptors seen this week were a second year BALD EAGLE circling Gull Island on August 18 and over the marsh on August 19. COOPER'S HAWKS are being seen daily with a high count of two at the calf pasture. OSPREY are also being seen daily, the marsh lookout and Salt Point are good places to look. A PEREGRINE FALCON successfully scattered and caught one unidentified shorebird on August 18. A MERLIN also cruised Owen point on August 18. Four species of gull were seen in the park the past week BONAPARTE'S GULL, RINGED-BILLED GULL, HERRING GULL and GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. The last reported COMMON TERN was on August 15 at Owen Point and CASPIAN TERNS are still fairly common at the same location. Two OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were seen from the main park road. Trees with dead branches on either side of the road are good places to look for these birds on your way into the park. If this fails check the calf pasture. Other flycatchers seen this week were EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE , LEAST FLYCATCHER, EASTERN PHOEBE, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and EASTERN KINGBIRDS. The CAROLINA WREN is still being seen in the vicinity of 83 Bayshore Rd and the last BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was reported from the same location on August 13. A LINCOLN'S SPARROW was seen in the vicinity of the lighthouse on August 19. A lone ORCHARD ORIOLE seen on August 19 at the lighthouse and may be one of the last of its kind seen as most ORCHARD ORIOLES departed on August 13. A PURPLE FINCH is visiting the feeders at 83 Bayshore Rd most days. Bill Gilmour To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton. Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid that is available at the Park gate. Access to the offshore islands is restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial nesting birds there. Birders are encouraged to record their observations on the bird sightings board provided near the campground office by The Friends of Presqu'ile Park and to fill out a rare bird report for species not listed there. ___ 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] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Aug 2010
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/19/2010 * NYBU1008.19 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit email to dfsuggs localnet com --- BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK YEL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON Great Egret Green Heron Wood Duck Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Gadwall Bufflehead Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Merlin Black Tern Yellow-b. Flycatcher Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Wood Thrush Blue-winged Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Cape May Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Eastern Towhee - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/19/2010 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, August 19, 2010 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received August 12 through August 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, YEL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON and WARBLERS. The most recent report of the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area was August 15. Originally found August 11, the duck has been in a marsh to the west side of Route 77, between Cayuga Pool and Meadville Road. Observers have had mixed success finding the duck among the marsh vegetation. Other reports from the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area included a juvenile BALD EAGLE about to fledge from the nest, two families of OSPREYS on the wing, and at least 100 GREAT EGRETS in the Tonawanda marshes along Route 77. The juvenile YEL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON at Dunkirk Harbor was reported again August 14, at the west end of the harbor; seen after sunset, illuminated by the harbor lights. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, August 16, one BLACK TERN, plus 10 GREAT EGRETS including a juvenile marked this summer with wing-tags at a heron colony on the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. Also at the plant, increasing and arriving GADWALL, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL and BUFFLEHEAD. August 15, on the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, in the Town of Wainfleet Bog, 27 species highlighted by 2 YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHERS, plus 3 BL.-GR. GNATCATCHERS, WOOD THRUSH, EASTERN TOWHEE, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, 4 INDIGO BUNTINGS and 10 warbler species - BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, MOURNING WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, WILSON'S WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER. Also the 15th, on Swamp Road in the Cattaraugus County Town of Randolph, 3 OSPREY, adult BALD EAGLE, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS and 2 MERLINS, plus 4 GREEN HERONS and at least 15 WOOD DUCKS. And, August 17 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, late summer migrants CAPE MAY WARBLER and BLACKPOLL WARBLER, with YELLOW WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 26. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript ___ 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] Adult Bald Eagle
My son Carlos and I were lucky enough to see and adult Bald Eagle swoop down and catch a fish in front of us at Lac La Peche in Gatineau Park today around 1pm. Lac La Peche is approximately 60km from downtown Ottawa. From Ottawa take the Macdonald-Cartier bridge to Quebec and take Highway 5 to Wakefield. Just past the turnoff to Wakefield turn left onto highway 366 and take this until Saint-Francois de Masham. Turn left onto chemin d'Eardley and continue until chemin Sincennes and continue on this road past the gate to Gatineau Park to where it ends at Lac La Peche. ___ 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] Mitchell Wheatland Birding.
Sorry I forgot to mention the two Godwits; Hudsonian and Marbled Godwit. Good Luck, Karl and Marienna Egressy ___ 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] Mitchell Wheatland Birding.
Hi Birders, Marienna and I spent the morning hours at the Mitchell Wheatland area between 7: 45 AM till 11:00 AM. We found most of the birds reported yesterday with the exception of White-rumped Sandpiper and Red-necked Phalarope. No matter how hard we and others were searching nobody seem to have found the RNPH. Bird and direction as per previously reported: - American Golden Plover- - Black Bellied Plover - - Stilt Sandpiper - Baird's Sandpiper - Semi-Palmated Sandpiper - Semi-Palmated Plover - Lesser Yellowlegs - Greater Yellowlegs - Pectoral Sandpiper - Least Sandpiper - Killdeer -Two Sora Rails. Good Luck. Directions to Mitchell (West Perth) Wetlands: From the East (Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, GTA) - take Hwy 8 thru Stratford heading west to first lights in Mitchell (Wellington St) and turn left (south) and continue till you hit the "T" intersection at the ball diamond. Lagoon cells are straight back behind the ball diamond and soccer fields and the sewage treatment plant. You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm. From the London areatake Hwy 23 into Mitchell from the south and just after you pass the "Welcome to Mitchell" sign...watch for Frank St...go right on Frank St and head down over the bridge till you get to the ball diamond (will be on your right). Again...the cells are behind the ball diamond and soccer fields. You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm. From Southampton areatake Hwy 21, to Goderich and then Hwy 8 to Clinton and down to Mitchell, turn south on Hwy 23 to Frank St. and turn left on Frank St. and head over the bridge to the ball diamonds (which will be on your right). You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm ___ 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] Godwits still at Mitchell
The Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits are still the Mitchell Wetlands this morning. Cheers Barb Directions to Mitchell (West Perth) Wetlands: From the East (Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, GTA) - take Hwy 8 thru Stratford heading west to first lights in Mitchell (Wellington St) and turn left (south) and continue till you hit the "T" intersection at the ball diamond. Lagoon cells are straight back behind the ball diamond and soccer fields and the sewage treatment plant. You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm. From the London areatake Hwy 23 into Mitchell from the south and just after you pass the "Welcome to Mitchell" sign...watch for Frank St...go right on Frank St and head down over the bridge till you get to the ball diamond (will be on your right). Again...the cells are behind the ball diamond and soccer fields. You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm. From Southampton areatake Hwy 21, to Goderich and then Hwy 8 to Clinton and down to Mitchell, turn south on Hwy 23 to Frank St. and turn left on Frank St. and head over the bridge to the ball diamonds (which will be on your right). You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm. ___ 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/
