[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (29 Sep 2010) 210 Raptors
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2010 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4735735 Osprey 5226255 Bald Eagle 1138138 Northern Harrier 8750780 Sharp-shinned Hawk 148 6899 6916 Cooper's Hawk1 94 95 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 11 Broad-winged Hawk2 98546 98559 Red-tailed Hawk 3 42 56 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel31 3385 3439 Merlin 0129131 Peregrine Falcon 7 52 52 Unknown Accipiter0 0 0 Unknown Buteo0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 210 111008 68 -- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter:Colin Horstead Observers:Alf Rider, Dave Weare, Don Taylor, Ernie Gribble, Jim Dunn, Kathy, Mark Cunningham, Mary Carnahan, Matt Oswald, Ronnie Goodhand, Wayne Parnall Visitors: Thanks to today counter and observers...Colin, Jim, Matt, Ernie, Don T., Dave Weare, Kathy, Mark, Wayne, Ronnie, Alf, Tim McF. Visitors today were Geoffrey and Monica Watts (Hamilton), Lois Evans (Hamilton) and Peter Hoskins (Australia). Weather: Heavy fog to start the day with low visibility. It eventually burned off to a day with mixed sun and cloud and temp to a high of 20C. The winds started light from the SW and increased slightly to moderate. Raptor Observations: A small flight today of 210 birds. The only real highlight...7 Peregrines, mostly at the cliff edge with one passing just to the north of the observation knoll. Non-raptor Observations: Thanks to Ernie Gribble for the bulk of today's passerine observations...with contributions from Lois Evans and Mary Carnahan. Hawk watchers on the knoll had a great view of the 30,000 BLUE JAYS migrating past Hawk Cliff today. As well, the trees and bushes behind the knoll and just across the road were filled with warblers, vireos, kinglets and other species today. Highlights included 13 warblers (no orange-crowned yet!), RED-EYED & BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, many GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and a noisy RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. In the more wooded areas, an influx of thrushes was evident today with sightings of both SWAINSON'S & GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. In the non-avian, non-raptor department, today's highlight was a small, cryptic tree frog relaxing on a roadside grape leaf near Sharpie Alley. Predictions: Predicting light SW winds to 15kph...a mix of sun and cloud. Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.on.ca) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm ___ 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] Corrections to Ottawa/Gatineau - 29 Sep 10 - weekly update
Please note the following corrections to the message I posted earlier today: Re: RED PHALAROPES on the Ottawa River - FIVE (not 4) were seen on the Ottawa River on 26 Sept. Re: adult PARASITIC JAEGER on the river east of the Britannia filtration plant - the bird was seen ONLY only the the 26th (not the 26th and 27th). Thanks very much to Mark Gawn for setting the record straight! Chris Lewis Ottawa, ON hagen...@primus.ca - Original Message - From: "Christina Lewis" To: "OFO sightings" ; "BIRDEAST" Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:05 AM Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - 29 Sep 10 - weekly update Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 29 September 2010 Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagen...@primus.ca, or sighti...@ofnc.ca It's been a very active week, with lots of highlights in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. More waterfowl species are beginning to arrive - on the 25th a raft of SCAUP sp. at Shirley's Bay included 2 REDHEAD, and a pair of Redhead has been hanging out in the east pond at Andrew Haydon Park since at least the 23rd. From the 26th to the 28th flocks of up to 40 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were noted on the Ottawa River from Shirley's Bay through Britannia. On the 26th at least 4 COMMON LOONS were on the river off Andrew Haydon. GREAT EGRETS continue to be reported from the river, as well as local ponds such as the Moodie Dr. quarry pond and the Emerald Meadows area in Kanata. Two imm. BALD EAGLES were seen again at Shirley's Bay on the 26th. Although a significant rise in water levels on the Ottawa River has all but obliterated the mud flats along the shorelines, shorebirds are still about - a DUNLIN was at Shirley's Bay on the 26th, and the same day a couple of AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were noted at the Petersen sod farms south of Osgoode, and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was among 14 mostly GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the Richmond lagoons on Eagleson Rd. A serious influx of RED PHALAROPES occurred on the 26th, with 1 seen at the Winchester sewage lagoons and at least 4 on the Ottawa River; at least 3 were still present below Deschenes rapids on the evening of the 28th. Approx. 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS have been present all week at Deschenes, several LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were found on the 26th (3 along Bankfield Rd. and 2 at the Moodie Dr. quarry pond), a FORSTER'S TERN was reported flying west up the river from Deschenes on the 22nd, and an adult PARASITIC JAEGER stirred things up on the river east of the Britannia filtration plant on the afternoons of the 26th and 27th. More GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, another wave of VEERY, SWAINSON'S and HERMIT THRUSHES, and lots of AMERICAN PIPITS were noted by several observers over the past few days. WARBLERS are not done yet - sightings at Shirley's Bay and Britannia from the 24th to the 28th included TENNESSEE, ORANGE-CROWNED, NASHVILLE, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA, YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACKBURNIAN, PALM, BLACKPOLL, BLACK-AND-WHITE and WILSON'S. Also noteworthy was an increase in numbers of WHITE-CROWNED and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and the first seasonal report of LAPLAND LONGSPUR came from a field along Bankfield Rd. on the 26th. Thank you - Good Birding! ___ 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 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] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (29 Sep 2010) 375 Raptors
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2010 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 125800800 Osprey 3106106 Bald Eagle 1 93 93 Northern Harrier 9312312 Sharp-shinned Hawk 182 5293 5293 Cooper's Hawk4 88 88 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 12 15398 15398 Red-tailed Hawk 4182182 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel26 1019 1019 Merlin 3 71 71 Peregrine Falcon 4 23 23 Unknown Accipiter0 0 0 Unknown Buteo2 3 3 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 375 23389 23389 -- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours Official Counter:Jim Pawlicki Observers:Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Quite a few today including Dawn Hewitt and Bill Lorton from Bloomington, Indiana, Dinny and Neil Himmo from Muskoka, Ontario, and Robert Riggs and Mary Ann Spicer from Pataskola, Ohio. Also Lance Peters, Rene Kielbasa, and the season's first enthusiastic 6th graders and accompanying teachers and parents from Lakeshore Discovery School in Tecumseh, Ontario led by ERCA's Beverly Wannick. Also a special thanks to Carloine Staddon for sponsoring today as a "Day of HBMO Research" in honour of her friend Patricia Wilkinson's 50th birthday. Weather: Mostly clear with comfortable temps. ranging from 12 to 21C. Winds were S 5-8 km/hr. picking up out of the ESE 8-12 km/hr. in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: A fairly steady stream of Sharp-shins plus a few kettles of Turkey Vultures. The highlight was 4 Peregrines (2 ad., 2 juv.) with 3 of the 4 passing in the 3-4 pm DST hour. Non-raptor Observations: A big moving day for Blue Jays with 26,728 tallied. There was a constant "river of Jays" from the start of the count to about 12:00 DST with an average of 80 passing/minute. Other notables included 9 Rusty Blackbird, 13 sp. of Warblers inc. Orange-crowned, and 4 C. Nighthawks. Predictions: Sunny becoming a mix of sun and clouds late in the morning. Wind SW in the morning switching to N 20 km/hr in the afternoon. High of 22C. If the north wind holds there should be a good afternoon flight. Report submitted by Jim Pawlicki (jmpawl...@aol.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ ___ 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] OFO Convention: Long Point (25-26 September 2010) -- Checklist additions
The final list total for the Long Point weekend is now 177 species, setting a new all-time record for an OFO Convention. Red-breasted Merganser, Eastern Meadowlark and Pine Siskin have been added to the list posted earlier. Thanks to all the observers and trip leaders who contributed their sightings. Ron Tozer Dwight, 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] Sandhill Cranes, Ottawa ON, Milton Road
Just before noon today, September 29th, 8 Sandhill Cranes were seen on the West side of Milton Road, South of Smith Road. They were feeding at the near edge of the second field back from the road, giving us great views with binoculars and scopes. Directions courtesy of neilyworld.com (http://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/merblu8.htm) From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 96 (Boundary Road). Proceed 2.0 km NNW on Boundary Road to Russell Road (Regional 26). Turn right or ESE onto Russell and drive 3.5 km to Milton Road (Regional 31). Turn left or NNW on Milton and go about 2.0 km to the bridge. Start here. Connie Denyes ___ 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] Laughing gull is back at vanwagner's beach
The Laughing Gull is back on the beach as of a few minutes ago at 530 Cheers, Cheryl Edgecombe Directions to Van Wagners Beach: Take the Centennial Parkway (Hwy.20) exit from the QEW in east Hamilton and proceed north to the North Service Rd., turn left and continue west as it turns into Van Wagners Beach Road. Park at Hutch's Restaurant. Sent from my BirdBerry ___ 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] Ottawa - Gray-cheeked Thrushes, Orange-crowned Warbler
At Britannia Conservation Area this afternoon between 11:30-1:15pm, I observed a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH just below of the filtration plant on the long trail to the eastern side of the C.A. AMERICAN ROBINS and SWAINSON'S THRUSHES were also present in moderate numbers along this trail. Another GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was observed with several SWAINSON'S THRUSHES along the shores of Mud Lake in the southern portion of the C.A. In the dense woods to the southwest, there were several MAGNOLIA and BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was spotted along the trail near Cassels Street, along with a female BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER and several WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS dominated the ridge and around the filtration plant. On Mud Lake were three RING-NECKED DUCKS and approximately a dozen AMERICAN WIGEONS. Good birding! Pat DIRECTIONS: From Carling Avenue W., turn left onto Richmond Road, then left again onto Poulin Avenue. Poulin becomes Howe, and at the stop sign turn right onto Britannia and follow to the end. Turn right onto Cassels Street and park half a kilometer down the road. ___ 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] 3747 Blue Jays at Cranberry Hawk Watch - Sept 29th
53 species today at Cranberry in 4 hours today was great! ... unless you were looking for hawks ... 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Northern Harrier and 1 Osprey rounded out the hawks A personal high of 3747 Blue Jays passed overhead in 3 hours Other birds: R.T. Hummingbird, Northern Parula, Palm, Nashville, Yellow-rumped &.Nashville Warblers, 8 Moorhens, Virginia Rail, Pied-billed Grebe, Blue-winged Teal and Wilson's Snipe were seen. Cranberry can be reached by exiting 401 at Salem Rd in Ajax and going south to Bayly and then east to Hall's Road and then south to the south platform. 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] OFO Convention: Long Point (25-26 September 2010)
A large group of OFO members and friends (241 registrants) enjoyed a great weekend of birding in the Long Point area and a magnificent banquet and program at Port Dover on Saturday evening. We thank all the organizers and trip leaders who made this such a successful and memorable event. Information provided to date indicates 174 species reported on Saturday and Sunday, just two species fewer than our all-time OFO Convention record of 176 species set at Point Pelee on 3-4 October 2009! Please look over the complete list below and let me know of any corrections or additions. I incorrectly announced at the Saturday banquet that an Iceland Gull had been seen at Port Stanley on Friday (24 September). I should have said Lesser Black-backed Gull. Hope to see you at the OFO Convention at Point Pelee on 17-18 September 2011. Ron Tozer OFO Convention Checklist Compiler Dwight, ON SPECIES REPORTED ON 25 AND 26 SEPTEMBER IN LONG POINT AREA: GEESE, SWANS & DUCKS Snow Goose Canada Goose Mute Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck PARTRIDGES, GROUSE & TURKEYS Wild Turkey LOONS Common Loon GREBES Pied-billed Grebe CORMORANTS Double-crested Cormorant HERONS & BITTERNS Great Blue Heron Great Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron VULTURES Turkey Vulture HAWKS, EAGLES & FALCONS Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot CRANES Sandhill Crane PLOVERS Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer SANDPIPERS & PHALAROPES Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Red-necked Phalarope GULLS & TERNS Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern PIGEONS & DOVES Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove CUCKOOS Black-billed Cuckoo OWLS Eastern Screech-Owl GOATSUCKERS Common Nighthawk Eastern Whip-poor-will SWIFTS Chimney Swift HUMMINGBIRDS Ruby-throated Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird VIREOS Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo JAYS & CROWS Blue Jay American Crow LARKS Horned Lark SWALLOWS Purple Martin Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow CHICKADEES & TITMICE Black-capped Chickadee NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch CREEPERS Brown Creeper WRENS Carolina Wren House Wren Winter Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet GNATCATCHERS Blue-gray Gnatcatcher THRUSHES Eastern Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher STARLINGS, PIPITS & WAXWINGS European Starling American Pipit Cedar Waxwing WOOD-WARBLERS Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler TANAGERS Scarlet Tanager SPARROWS Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco CARDINALS & ALLIES Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting BLACKBIRDS Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird FINCHES Purple Finch House Finch American Goldfinch OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow ___ 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] Laughing Gull at Hutch's, Van Wagners Beach, Hamilton information
Just received a call from Barry Cherriere who just arrived at the beach a short time ago. When he arrived some photographers were taking photos of the Laughing Gull which was amongst the gulls on the beach at Hutch's. At 10:53, the bird took off and has not come back but it may later on. Might have gone to feed. I will let you know if I hear anything. Cheers, Cheryl Edgecombe Directions to Van Wagners Beach: Take the Centennial Parkway (Hwy.20) exit from the QEW in east Hamilton and proceed north to the North Service Rd., turn left and continue west as it turns into Van Wagners Beach Road. Park at Hutch's Restaurant. ___ 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] Ottawa/Gatineau - 29 Sep 10 - weekly update
Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 29 September 2010 Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagen...@primus.ca, or sighti...@ofnc.ca It's been a very active week, with lots of highlights in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. More waterfowl species are beginning to arrive - on the 25th a raft of SCAUP sp. at Shirley's Bay included 2 REDHEAD, and a pair of Redhead has been hanging out in the east pond at Andrew Haydon Park since at least the 23rd. From the 26th to the 28th flocks of up to 40 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were noted on the Ottawa River from Shirley's Bay through Britannia. On the 26th at least 4 COMMON LOONS were on the river off Andrew Haydon. GREAT EGRETS continue to be reported from the river, as well as local ponds such as the Moodie Dr. quarry pond and the Emerald Meadows area in Kanata. Two imm. BALD EAGLES were seen again at Shirley's Bay on the 26th. Although a significant rise in water levels on the Ottawa River has all but obliterated the mud flats along the shorelines, shorebirds are still about - a DUNLIN was at Shirley's Bay on the 26th, and the same day a couple of AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were noted at the Petersen sod farms south of Osgoode, and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was among 14 mostly GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the Richmond lagoons on Eagleson Rd. A serious influx of RED PHALAROPES occurred on the 26th, with 1 seen at the Winchester sewage lagoons and at least 4 on the Ottawa River; at least 3 were still present below Deschenes rapids on the evening of the 28th. Approx. 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS have been present all week at Deschenes, several LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were found on the 26th (3 along Bankfield Rd. and 2 at the Moodie Dr. quarry pond), a FORSTER'S TERN was reported flying west up the river from Deschenes on the 22nd, and an adult PARASITIC JAEGER stirred things up on the river east of the Britannia filtration plant on the afternoons of the 26th and 27th. More GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, another wave of VEERY, SWAINSON'S and HERMIT THRUSHES, and lots of AMERICAN PIPITS were noted by several observers over the past few days. WARBLERS are not done yet - sightings at Shirley's Bay and Britannia from the 24th to the 28th included TENNESSEE, ORANGE-CROWNED, NASHVILLE, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA, YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACKBURNIAN, PALM, BLACKPOLL, BLACK-AND-WHITE and WILSON'S. Also noteworthy was an increase in numbers of WHITE-CROWNED and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and the first seasonal report of LAPLAND LONGSPUR came from a field along Bankfield Rd. on the 26th. Thank you - Good Birding! ___ 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/
