[ONTBIRDS]Adult Ross' Gull off Thickson's Woods

2021-10-29 Thread Glenn Coady
Ontbirds subscribers,

I came home from work a couple of hours early hoping to hop aboard the 
Razorbill bandwagon (no luck yet) but at 4:58 as the winds were moderating, I 
did spot an adult Ross's Gull fly past east to west. It went past at binocular 
distance and I got it in the scope and followed it as it continued west before 
eventually losing it at the horizon somewhere well off Thickson's Point to the 
southwest. Observers further west in Durham should scan the lake until dark.

I will update if I see it again.

Been almost 26 years since I last found one in Ontario.

Glenn Coady
Whitby, ON
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[ONTBIRDS]More Alcids

2021-10-29 Thread Gerard Phillips via ONTBIRDS
At Approximately 2pm two Alcids were seen flying together  west from Howe 
Island, conceivably heading towards Lake Ontario. Hunch was they were 
Razorbills, but the views were too brief and distant. 

Good Birding,
Gerard Phillips and Stew Hamill. 

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[ONTBIRDS]Alcid Van wagners beach hanilton

2021-10-29 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
A likely razorbill just few by not too far out from us at Lakeland going west 
toward Burlington. 


Cheryl 
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