[Ontbirds] Piping Plover Guardian orientation sessions at Darlington Provincial Park - June 10 & 12
Ontbirds subscribers, We are now approaching the date where the two nesting pairs of Piping Plovers at Darlington Provincial Park will most acutely require guardian coverage when newly hatched young begin to roam the beaches. The eggs in the first of the two nests are set to hatch about June 18/19. The eggs in the second nest are set to hatch around June 29/30. In order to provide some basic training to volunteers about the Plover Guardian program, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests and Ontario Parks have finalized plans for orientation sessions for all of those interested in helping to protect the newly hatched Piping Plovers. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend one of the two sessions and to participate in the Plover Guardian program, including those who can only provide spot coverage for a limited period. The two training sessions are scheduled for Friday, June 10th from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 12th from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the maintenance building of Darlington Provincial Park. When you arrive at the park entrance gate, mention that you are there for the Plover Guardian orientation session and receive free admission and a map directing you to the maintenance building. Designated Plover Guardian courtesy passes enabling free entrance to the park for the duration of your volunteer guardian duties will be distributed at the orientation sessions along with a Plover Guardian information manual. I look forward to meeting many of you there at each session. To reach Darlington Provincial Park, take highway 401 to exit 425 (Courtice Road) and exit and proceed south on Courtice Road and turn right (west) at the first opportunity onto Darlington Park Road. Follow Darlington Park Road west until you reach the park entrance gate where staff will direct you to the maintenance building. Glenn Coady glenn_co...@hotmail.com Whitby ___ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
[Ontbirds] Snow Goose H.15, Crosby- Portland .
Hi Birders A Snow Goose was feeding with a small number of Canada Geese in an open field north of H 15 between Crosby and Portland, north of Kingston, this morning . Good birding, Rosemary Anderson Sent from my iPad Rosemary Anderson 613-225-9233 ___ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 09 Jun 2016
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/09/2016 * NYBU1606.09 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE Least Bittern Hooded Merganser Sandhill Crane Semipalm. Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech-Owl Acadian Flycatcher Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Yellow-thr. Vireo Yellow Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Cerulean Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Scarlet Tanager Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/09/2016 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Distribution: Birdeast-l, NYSBirds-l, Ontariobirds-l,Geneseebirds-l Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound key to report sightings before the end of this report. Highlights of reports received June 2 through June 9 from the Niagara Frontier Region. EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE for the past two weeks at a private residence in Niagara Falls, Ontario. First recorded in the region five years ago, and this would be the third location for this introduced species in the BOS archives. The BOS field trip to the Iroquois Refuge and areas on June 4 reported 8 BLACK TERNS and a LEAST BITTERN at Cayuga Pool and Kumpf Marsh. Along the Onondaga Trail from Sour Springs Road - HOODED MERGANSER, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, 4 VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, OVENBIRD, AMERICAN REDSTART, CERULEAN WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. and 2 SCARLET TANAGERS. In the fields along Roberts Road, BOBOLINK and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. In the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at the Meadville Road canal. At Klossen Marsh, east of Meadville Road, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, 25 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS and 2 SANDHILL CRANES. And on the Owen Road trail near Meadville Road, PINE WARBLER another ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. Also, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS and BLACK- BILLED CUCKOOS at several locations. June 3, night migrants still moving through the region - SWAINSON'S THRUSHES heard over the Town of Tonawanda. And, a local, calling EASTERN SCREECH-OWL in Tonawanda. There will be a BOS field trip, Saturday, June 11, to Krull Park in Olcott. Meet at 7:30 AM at the park entrance on Lake Road in Olcott. The half-day hike will search for CLAY-COL. SPARROWS, known to breed in the park in past years. The rain date will be Sunday the 12th, and visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 16. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript ___ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
[Ontbirds] Ottawa/ Gatineau-recent sightings to June 9, 2016
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Greg Zbitnew at k_zbitn...@bell.net or sighti...@ofnc.ca June 9, 2016 A few rarities spiced up the early days of the post migration season. A LITTLE GULL was at Britannia Point on the 3rd to early on the 4th. An AMERICAN AVOCET was at Casselman all day on the 6th and one was also reported from Pakenham on the 1st. A BLUE-WINGED WARBLER was in the Dunrobin area from the 2nd to at least the 7th. Desperately needed rain finally arrived on the 5th, although too late in the season to have any real effect on migration. The 8th was very cool and blustery but otherwise there was no weather of note, and like last week the focus has been on the breeding birds. Waterbirds were of some note only due to a few late sightings: a GREATER SCAUP at Britannia on the 6th, a SNOW GOOSE at Casselman on the 6th, a ROSS’S GOOSE flying near Andrew Haydon Park on the 7th, and 3 TRUMPETER SWANS flying near the Moodie drive Ponds, also on the 7th. Among the LARIDS, ARCTIC TERN was reasonably regular off Britannia point this week. A few BONAPARTE’S GULLS were also there. Among the SHOREBIRDS, the rarity noted above was especially odd given the almost complete absence of others from this family. There were up to 25 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, one LEAST SANDPIPER and two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS in the east, and one LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Masson, but that was it for the migrants. The Thomas Dolan Parkway continues to be the best and probably the closest spot to get both EASTERN WHIPPOORWILL and COMMON NIGHTHAWK. Both were seen and heard on the 7th and will likely be there until late summer. A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was in Cantley on the 6th. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (calling at night) in the Munster area on the 7th was of note. A CAROLINA WREN is singing regularly in the Walkley/ Airport Parkway area. A very late RUSTY BLACKBIRD was in Gatineau on the 3rd. On the Larose Forest Bioblitz on the 3rd, 16 of the 17 nesting species of WARBLER were found but there were no unexpected sightings of any Passerines with the possible exception of PINE SISKIN. A BLACKPOLL WARBLER in Carlington on the 5th may be the last sighting of the spring. \The OFNC's Birds Committee no longer reports owl sightings on the Internet. We will continue to encourage the reporting of owls to sighti...@ofnc.ca for the purpose of maintaining local records. Thanks to everyone who contributed bird observations. Good birding. ___ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending June 9, 2016.
With a few exceptions, birding at Presqu'ile Provincial Park has settled in to the summer doldrums, which means that there are many species of birds to be found but which ones are in the Park can usually be predicted with close to certainty. A TRUMPETER SWAN was reported on June 3. Other waterfowl seen in the past week included an AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, a BUFFLEHEAD, and HOODED, COMMON, and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. A LEAST BITTERN was in the marsh this morning. From the beach, with the help of a scope, one can observe up to eight GREAT EGRETS on High Bluff Island. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON flew past the lighthouse on June 4. A VIRGINIA RAIL was reported on June 3. Two BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS spent two days on the beach. The nesting PIPING PLOVERS are now incubating four eggs. Some late migrating sandpipers seen in the past week were RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, and over 30 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. In the past there have been three mid-June (8th - 23rd) records of AMERICAN AVOCET in the Park. A repeat performance can not be ruled out. There were still two BONAPARTE'S GULLS present on June 3. There has been only one sighting of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER in the past week though the species is certainly present. As this report was being written, a MERLIN flew past. The tail end of the BLUE JAY migration took place on June 4, when ten birds flew over the lighthouse. Three BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS were seen on Monday. A report of a HERMIT THRUSH on June 3 is puzzling, as this species is rarely seen at Presqu'ile after mid-May. The only warblers that were likely still just passing through were a BLACKPOLL WARBLER on June 3 and a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER on June 6, and even that one could well be a summer resident. The HOUSE SPARROW population has quadrupled this week, with eight birds, presumably a family group, visiting the feeders daily at 186 Bayshore Road. 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. Questions and comments about bird sightings at Presqu'ile may be directed to: fhellei...@trentu.ca. -- Fred Helleiner 186 Bayshore Road Brighton, Ontario K0K 1H0 613-475-5309 If visiting, access via Presqu'ile Provincial Park ___ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
[Ontbirds] White Heron/Egret - Etobicoke
About 20 minutes ago while in my car, I had a small/medium-sized white heron/egret flying NW, relatively low (at a height just above the top of the hydro towers) at the intersection of Kipling & Rathburn in central Etobicoke. I was able to pull off the road and get my binoculars on it. Keeping in mind the recent report of a possible Snowy Egret in the GTA, I got an excellent view of this bird in good light as it continued to fly NW. However, unlike that report, this bird's feet were dark, as were its legs. The bird's bill was also dark. In terms of size, it was roughly the same size as a Black-crowned Night-Heron or perhaps slightly larger. Birders in the western GTA and HSA should keep an eye out. David Pryor 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
