[Ontbirds] Harlequin Duck
Harlequin Duck off Fifty Road Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Red Phalarope at Niagara
Richard Poort just sent me photos of a Red Phalarope swimming around at the barge above the falls at Niagara. This is all the detail I have for now. Maybe if someone else is there they can post further. Cheers Cheryl Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Tufted Titmouse, Kingston (Howe Island)
The Tufted Titmouse present since at least October 14th was observed this AM at my feeder. It is still travelling between the feeders at #80 (my home) and #110 Havenwood Trail. Feel free to park in my driveway and walk the road. You can walk my property but please stay on the road at #110. The bird is easiest viewed from the road at #110 feeding on the green window feeder and at my various feeders at #80 (feeds mostly on the green clinging feeder but has been seen on the copper feeder on the water side). It is a difficult bird to see/find but easiest early in the am or about ½ hour before sundown for last feeding of the day (particularly at #110 then). Most of the sightings at my feeders have been early in the day. Red-bellied Woodpecker is also present. Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/93306495@N05/ Happy winter listing! Sharon David 80 Havenwood Trail, Howe Island (613) 532-2226 ___ Howe Island is accessible by an on-demand ferry located off Joyceville Road and Hwy 2 at Howe Island Ferry Road, ~15 km east of Kingston. There are no breaks during weekdays, but on weekends is closed 12-12:30, 2:30-2:45 and 4:30-4:45. Cost is $5. There are no amenities on the island. On the island, take the second road right (Baseline Road), then left on Goodfriend Drive, and left onto Havenwood Trail. Island map and ferry info: http://www.frontenaccounty.ca/en/ferry/landing.asp ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
Re: [Ontbirds] Lark Sparrow Fort Erie, yes
Hi. The Lark Sparrow I was sighted around 11:30 this morning in the yards at 793/801 Niagara parkway. The home owners are very accommodating but please knock on the door and ask permission first. Also a snow goose along the parkway at Anger ave , just north of the Lark Sparrow. Cheers Marcie Jacklin From: ONTBIRDS [birdalert-boun...@ontbirds.ca] on behalf of Rebecca Flook [i...@artofbellydancestudio.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:56 AM To: birdalert@ontbirds.ca Subject: [Ontbirds] Lark Sparrow Fort Erie, yes Our little friend is still hanging around. Re found further down the road in a bush with a large group of house sparrows on the lawn of number 845. It seems to fly in hang around for a few minutes then flies off. When we watched it come in, it flew in from the river side of the road. It does stick amongst the house sparrows Thanks to john black and dan salibury for helping us find the bird Rebecca and Dave Flook ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Turkey Vulture - Presqu'ile Provincial Park Brighton
Took a quick trip down the road from Kingston, pretty quiet day until I cam across this Juvenile Turkey Vulture taking shelter from the winds near the parking area for Beach #3. Bird did fly off after a while and appeared to be healthy. Noted sighting on bird board at presqu'ile. No signs of any snowy owls, the duck hunters were shooting occassionaly so they may be further out on the islands. Small group of snow buntings travelled up the beach in search of food. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5477/11137398705_4389879175_c.jpg Directions: 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. Visitors to Gull Island not using a boat should be prepared to wade through water that is barely shin-deep, not taking into account any wave action,.in which there is often a swift current and a substrate that is somewhat uneven and slippery. It should also be noted that, because duck hunting is given priority on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, Gull Island, High Bluff Island, Owen Point, and part of the calf pasture are not available for bird-watching on those days. 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. Paul O'Toole Kingston ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Glaucous and Iceland Gulls Ottawa
Jen Spallin and I counted 7 Glaucous and 5 Iceland Gull this morning at the Trail Road dump site, along with several hundred Herring Gull and dozens of Great Black-backed Gull. Another observer saw a sub adult Bald Eagle at the same location shortly after we left. The birds are best viewed roosting on the small frozen ponds north of Trail Road about 500 meters east of the recycling plant. Mark Gawn ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Roughies, Snow Buntings and Longspurs - SW of Ottawa
Out doing a tour of the fields southwest of Ottawa between Richmond and Fallowfield on several of the county roads. Many small flocks of Snow Buntings maybe 30 to 50 birds each. One Lapland Longspur just north of Richmond. Roughies here and there between Trail Road dump and Dwyer Hill Side road. These birds are all on the move so I suspect directions other than the general area is not of much use. Rick: Check your rearview again! Cheers Iain CO (NC DSBC) PS: can someone explain all of that white stuff which seems to be everywhere? ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (30 Nov 2013) 23 Raptors
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 5 1466 41727 Osprey 0 0 76 Bald Eagle 1 71395 Northern Harrier 2 50434 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 97 6578 Cooper's Hawk0 52628 Northern Goshawk 0 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0112727 Broad-winged Hawk0 0 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 14 1181 3805 Rough-legged Hawk0 24 41 Golden Eagle 1 67 90 American Kestrel 0 5 1143 Merlin 0 11 96 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 43 Unknown Accipiter0 1 1 Unknown Buteo0 1 9 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Black Vulture0 1 1 Gyrfalcon0 0 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 7 Total: 23 3153 104440 -- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter:Todd Pepper Observers:Jason Sodergren Visitors: It was nice to see HBMO's major domo' Jason Sodergren back for a visit from Homer, Alaska; and a family of 4 from Amherstburg came out to spend some time on the tower. Weather: Although warmer today the stronger winds out of the S made it feel colder than yesterday. The temperature ranged from 1.6C - 4C. The winds were out of the S all day in the 11 - 18 km/hr range. There was a steadily declining barometric pressure each hour of the count. Raptor Observations: 23 raptors of 5 species including 5 late Turkey Vultures. There was a small kettle around 11:15 that included 2 TV's, 3 Red-tails, and an immature Golden Eagle. Not too bad for the last official day of the 2013 hawk count. Non-raptor Observations: Passerines moved again early in the day with 308 birds of 9 species. Six more Snow Buntings flew over this morning, as did a clean flock of 16 Rusty Blackbirds. Others included: 4 Tundra Swan; 18 American Crow; 162 European Starling; 6 Cedar Waxwing; 77 Red-winged Blackbird; 4 Pine Siskin; and 15 American Goldfinch. Report submitted by Todd Pepper (pepper_t...@yahoo.ca) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Year end Nov. 30, 2013
Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch North Whitby, Ontario, Canada November 30, 2013 SpeciesYear end Totals Turkey Vulture = 824 Osprey = 17 Bald Eagle = 19 Northern Harrier = 15 Sharp-Shinned = 187 Coopers = 17 Northern Goshawk = 4 Red-Shoulder = 29 Broad-Winged = 2236 Red-Tailed = 639 Rough-Legged = 10 Golden Eagle = 16 American Kestrel = 11 Merlin = 2 Peregrine = 2 UA = 0 UB = 4 UE = 0 UF = 0 UR = 2 Total = 4034 Hours = 67 Report submitted by Mike Williamson Info. on Iroquois Shoreline can be found at thegreatertorontohawkwatch.com site. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Ottawa-area: Brown-headed Cowbird, Northern Shrikes, Buteos...
Hi there, Today (November 30th), from 10:30 am until 4:00 pm, I birded: - Moodie Pond and adjacent roads - Earl Armstrong/Bowesville Rd - Dunrobin-area. Overall, it was a great outing. The highlights (accumulative totals) were: Red-tailed Hawk: (8: several of which were very heavily marked (throat and belly-band) suggestive of Northern (abieticola) ) Rough-legged Hawk: (5: 3 dark morph) Northern Shrike: (3: 2 were within 15 m (roughly) of one another, March Valley at Herzberg; 1 along Riddell, near Sixth Line) Bald Eagle (3: 1 adult, 1 juvenile, 1 sub-adult) Brown-headed Cowbird: (1 male w/ European Starlings, along Panmure at Donald B. Munro) Snow Bunting: (450 approximately: 300 along Galetta Side Rd and 150 along Woodkilton) Photos taken of all of the above! Uploading images to my blog this eve. Good birding, Jon Ruddy http://jonruddy.blogspot.ca/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Bald eagles (Ottawa)
Hi Omtbirders: Late this morning I was treated to 2 Bsld Eagles circling overhead at the end of Lakeside Gardens. At least one of them was an adult bird but they both may have been . One for sure. They were soon joined by either. 3 crows or ravens, too far even with binos to ID. Early in the morning, I saw up to 30 Mourning Doves along Wall Road in Orleans. That is the most I have seen in one spot here in Ottawa. Happy birding. W. Hum http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/some_recent_shots Directions: Lakeside Gardens is at the bottom or north end of Greenbank just off Carling. Wall Road is off Frank Kenny Road in the east end of Ottawa. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Snowy owl Fort Erie
Although I missed the lark sparrow (again), I was somewhat consoled by the snow goose at Niagara Parkway and Anger Ave. and a snowy owl which flew overhead and landed in a tree behind 1387 Niagara Parkway. Good birding Rick Johnston ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] Glaucous, Iceland, and Black-backed gulls etc. at North Bay landfill,
Recent plummeting, colder weather has reduced drastically the previous several hundreds of gulls (mostly Herring) (now only about 150 gulls present) at the North Bay landfill, but left behind at least a dozen Glaucous, of all ages, a few juvenile Icelands, and juveniles of both black-backed gulls, 8 Bald eagles, plus small flocks of Snow Buntings and Tree Sparrows, and dozens of ravens. And, one can get quite close to them along, easy to travel, hard-packed access roads, as they forage. Good for picture-taking. The landfill is about 15 miles north of North Bay,up hwy11, and along Sand Dam road -- Dick Tafel Check - New Entries Nov. 9 19 !! - on my Direct Democracy blog: ( read other, older ones) at - http://youcancontrolyourgovernment.blogspot.com/ or check website - http://www.directdemocracytafel.com FIND MY BOOK ($3.00?) - http://www.directdemocracytafel.com/buy/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
[Ontbirds] 2013-2014 Ontario winter bird list
Ontbirders, Tomorrow, December 1 marks the beginning of the winter birding period. Blake Maybank has asked me to compile the Ontario sightings this year, and Blake will be hosting the results on his website, http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/other/onwinter.htm. Links to the lists for the other Canadian provinces and territories, as well as a few other select areas, are found near the top of the web page. The winter birding season includes the period from December 1 to February 28/29, inclusive. Approximately 340 species have been recorded during the winter in Ontario, with around 200 species recorded annually. Last season, 217 species were recorded during the winter period, down from the 224 the winter before but still the second highest total since records have been tabulated. Highlights from last winter included Western Grebe, Baird's Sandpiper, several Slaty-backed Gulls, White-winged Dove, Fish Crow, Cave Swallow, Barn Swallow, Bay-breasted Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, and Western Tanager. Just post your sightings to Ontbirds, ebird.org, or send me an email, and I will post an update to Ontbirds every month or so. That way you can check the list and inform me of any species that have been seen but are not present on the list. Enjoy the winter birding season! --- Josh Vandermeulen Schomberg, Ontario joshvandermeu...@live.ca 289-221-4695 (cell) joshvandermeulen.blogspot.com (blog) ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
