[Ontbirds] Marbled Godwit Exeter Sewage lagoons today
Marbled Godwit still seen today at noon - Exeter Lagoons It was seen in the third cell up the trail Today at 1pm, a MARBLED GODWIT sighted in the east cell. Long upcurved bill with 2 tone pink and dark. Mottled moulting brownish grey body. Exeter lagoons are 30 miles north of London, 1 concession west of Exeter on 83 and Airport Line. Go south on Airport Line for about 600 metres. Park and walk in. Don't obstruct the gate. Rick Thornton,Exeter ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
[Ontbirds] Detroit River Hawk Watch (18 Sep 2018) 982 Raptors
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2018 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 65 65 Osprey 0 15 15 Bald Eagle 0 7 7 Northern Harrier 3 70 70 Sharp-shinned Hawk 109923923 Cooper's Hawk0 4 4 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 821 8939 8939 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 70 70 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel37373373 Merlin 4 15 15 Peregrine Falcon 3 8 8 Unknown Accipiter0 0 0 Unknown Buteo0 3 3 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 982 10494 10494 -- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter:Kevin Georg Observers:Andrew Sturgess, Mark Hainen, Rosemary Brady Weather: clear skies in the morning with the day ending in thunderstorms Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: monarch numbers were at 445 blue jays were over 1000 Report submitted by Detroit River Hawk Watch (jerry.jour...@gmail.com) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=285 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
[Ontbirds] Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (18 Sep 2018) 718 Raptors
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2018 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 6 28 29 Bald Eagle 1 47 47 Northern Harrier 4 65 68 Sharp-shinned Hawk 142653655 Cooper's Hawk2 14 14 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 417 1037 1039 Red-tailed Hawk 5 20 20 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 136491492 Merlin 2 19 19 Peregrine Falcon 3 3 3 Unknown Accipiter0 0 0 Unknown Buteo0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 718 2378 2387 -- Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.75 hours Official Counter:Matt Oswald Observers:Andrew Keaveney, Chris Burris, Don Campbell, Eric Single, John Froom, Keith Sealy, Richard Skevington, Ronnie Goodhand, Steve Birch, Stewart Lofton Visitors: Thanks to everyone who was out today to help with the count and had faith that the fog would clear. Matt, Eric, Chris, John F., Don C., Keith, Ronnie, Steve, Richard S., Andrew Keaveney. and Stewart Lofton (Hamilton). Weather: The day started with fairly heavy fog with the hawk watch site completely socked in and visibility no more than 250m just enough to see to the bush lot across the field...to Sharpie Alley to the north and to the cliff edge to the south. The fog didn't lift until nearly midday. Winds were NW or WNW for the day but light. Humidity was of course 100% for the first several hours... not the best for migration of raptors. It did eventually clear out completely to pure blue skies. Raptor Observations: With the heavy fog the first bird wasn't tallied until almost 11:00 a.m. ...but once the fog lifted the birds did push through for the next 4 hours. The total number of birds was better than expected with 718 the majority of which were Broadwings (417), Sharpies (142) and Am. Kestrels (136). Others included Osprey (6), a single Bald Eagle, N. Harriers (4), Cooper's Hawks (2), Redtails (5), Merlins (2) and a nice surprise... Peregrines (3). Non-raptor Observations: Some non-raptors were reported today with Indigo Buntings, Song Sparrows, YB Sapscuker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, RT Hummingbird, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia, Cape May and Black and White warblers, House Wren, Cedar Waxwings, Gray Catbirds, Red-eyed Vireo and a Veery. For Monarchs a decent number passing by especially along the cliff with a total for the day of 330. Predictions: Tomorrow promises to start a bit better than today weather wise and winds are forecast to be light from the NE for the morning then getting to straight E for the rest of the day so there should be birds on the move. Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.ca) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
[Ontbirds] High Park Raptorwatch
Hi >From Hawk Hill a good day for a change 31 Broaddies among others. Kettles are starting to bring birds. BestBirds, Tim mccarthy Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
[Ontbirds] OFO Convention and AGM and Call for Volunteers
Hello Birders: The OFO Convention program and AGM Documents are now published on the OFO Website at http://www.ofo.ca/convention/index. Click on Events, then Convention if the link doesn't take you there. Please take a moment to review the President's Message, Committee Reports, Financial Statement and By-law Amendment located at the end of the Committee Reports. Please send any questions or comments in advance to OFO President Lynne Freeman at lynnef...@gmail.com. OFO is run by volunteers and we need more volunteers to help out! If you have a lot of a little bit of time, OFO can use your skills. Please contact any of the board members for more information. The convention is less than two weeks from now. If you haven't registered, please register now. The convention is a wonderful time to explore hot sites with experts, meet friends and see great birds! Good birding, Lynne Freeman OFO President lynnef...@gmail.com -- Lynne Freeman lynnef...@gmail.com "Be bold, be brave, be amazing" Simon de Pury, Work of Art ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
[Ontbirds] Common Night Hawks
Approximately at 5:30 pm 6 common night hawks joined multiple sea gulls feasting on flying ants over our property on Lecaron Ave in Sarnia Ontario last evening,September 17,2018.. Cathy Coates ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
