[Ontbirds] great egret Hilliardton marsh
Only the second ever great egret was spotted in Timiskaming by Chris Sukha and myself today and a photo was taken by Mohammed Fammy just before a bald eagle flew over and flushed it south of the marsh and it has not been seen since. Directions to the hilliardton marsh can best be found on marsh website www.thehilliardtonmarsh.com it is located about 500km north of toronto take hwy 11 to hwy 569 north of newliskeard ___ 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] leconte sparrow bnded at the Hilliardton marsh research and education center
greetings birders banders at the Hilliardton marsh research center were excited to get the stations first ever Leconte sparrow one had been sighted over 25 years ago in a survey done before the marsh was created it came on a day where 10 new species arrived so the migration has just reached us while diversity is good we are not seeing many individual birds yet and expect to have a push soon. If anyone would like more details about our banding stations results they can contact me off list. The hilliardton marsh is located 20 minutes north east of newliskeard which is approximately 5 hours north of Toronto ___ 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] painted bunting in timmins male ruby throat timiskaming
I would encourage folks to check out ebird to see location if there is interest and saw posting about male ruby throat in carelton place so i thought I would let folks know that today the hummers have arrived up north ___ 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] timiskaming winter finch update
Greetings birders I thought I would let birders know about the lack of redpolls visiting feeders in the north east we are seeing lots of small flocks on most of the secondary roads in good boreal habitat but with abundant food they do not seem interested in feeders. One hoary redpoll has been seen among the small flocks so for hose of you hoping to swing by the area as part of a trip to the Hearst burn i thought you may wish to know. On the other hand the hilliardton marsh has a robust number of pine and evening grosbeaks so you cannot miss seeing a pine grosbeak if that is of interest. There have been 27 species reported on ebird in the area. Trusting birders will find this info helpful as you plan excursions into the boreal. All the best Bruce murphy ___ 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] pine and connecticut warbler hilliardton marsh
Just letting folk interested in our marsh nestled in the boreal forest that we caught our very first connecticut warbler today and recently banded a pine warbler which are very rare for our neck of the woods . We are experiencing our best warbler banding season on record with record numbers of cape may and parula's and have managed to catch all of the warbler species we have ever banded over the years all in one season. We are still hoping for some random southern warbler to wnder our way but thought folks might be interested in these rarities for the north and how our banding season was going. The hilliardton marsh is located almost 6 hours north of toronto straight as the warbler flies on hwy 11 just north of the quaint hamlet of new liskeard 15 km from the quebec border ___ 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] yellow headed blackbird hilliardton marsh
the hilliardton marsh research and education centre was delighted to have the chance to band a beautiful yellow headed blackbird on may 5th apparently it had been sighted a day earlier but not reported by an inexperienced volunteer then was heard singing by Chris Sukha before it was captured in a j trap!! WE are about to get 5 cm of snow I will report on monday if whether it is hanging around or not. It is presently raining so there is no banding going on today. the hilliardton marsh is located about 6 hours north of toronto and is about half an hour from newliskeard the closest destination town and good referecne on a map as there is no true town of hilliardton. All the best in birds. ___ 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
