[Ontbirds] Whip-poor-will in Markham
I haven't heard a Whip-poor-will's song since I was a kid at the cottage so it was very nostalgic to hear one at 4 am this morning outside my bedroom window - likely in the big spruce on my front lawn. Location: Robinson Grenfell in Markham, NW quadrant of #7 and Markham Rd (Main St.). Carol McKnight ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Whip-poor-will in Markham
I haven't heard a Whip-poor-will's song since I was a kid at the cottage so I felt very nostalgic hearing one at 4 am this morning outside my bedroom window - likely in the big spruce on my front lawn. Location: Robinson Grenfell in Markham, NW quadrant of #7 and Markham Rd (Main St.). Carol McKnight ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Red Crossbill 2ce today in Markham; directions
A Red Crossbill which started showing up at my front feeder on April 27th and again on May 2 has been here again today at 6:15 a.m. and just a few minutes ago - 10:30 a.m. Although the times are not consistent enough to predict exact return, it seems fair to say that you might expect it in the early morning, mid morning, early afternoon and dinner time (6:00 ish). CAUTION: this area of Markham is residential, with no sidewalks; children walk to school, come home for lunch, and return home just after 3 p.m. Please be alert for them. DIRECTIONS: The large tube feeder is easily seen from the road, hanging under the spruce tree. The bird is somewhat 'flighty' so please take care not to alarm it. My house is north of highway # 7 and west of highway # 48. Address: 4 Grenfell Cres., Markham. This is a short street going north off Robinson which connects # 7 to # 48 (Main St. N. aka Markham Road.) Carol McKnight ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Red Crossbill in Markham
About 1:25 this afternoon a Red Crossbill visited my sunflower seed feeder, drank from the birdbath and flew up into the spruce branches. I was able to snap a few pics through my window and 1 from outside before it became aware of me. Given that it was last seen here on the 27th of April, it is not easy to predict its return. Anyone wishing to see it, may email me privately for a heads up if I see it again. Carol McKnight ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] Pine Siskins, Red Crossbill in Markham
A male Siskin was seen singing in the spruce tree in my front yard late last week and today a female was spotted at the finch feeder stuffing itself hungrily. At 6:10 p.m. this evening a male Red Crossbill was seen for a short time at the sunflower seed feeder at my kitchen window. It was clearly seen in good lighting: red body, black wings with no bars, crossed bill. I had watched it for several minutes when Stan Long arrived and was able to confirm it as well. It has not been seen since, but I will report it, if it returns. The irruption of White-winged Crossbills was evident in the flocks that visited my yard many times this winter. They came in large and small flocks calling clearly. I looked for wing bars on this evening's visitor, but there were none. Carol McKnight ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds] WW Crossbills in Markham
A flock - 30 to 50 - of White-winged Crossbills has finally appeared this afternoon in the wake of a small showing of Pine Siskins and Redpolls earlier this week. A small group of the Crossbills stopped to feed in my backyard. Where: Markham village area, east of Markham Rd. and north of Robinson St. - specifically, the south end of Grenfell Cres. In the neighbourhood, there are many mature spruce trees hanging heavily with cones. Carol McKnight ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
[Ontbirds]Reesor Pond - Common Terns
This am at Reesor Pond - 2 Common Terns - the pond lies just N of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
[Ontbirds]Great Egret in Markham
This evening at 6:45 a Great Egret made a brief appearance at Snider Marsh. (The SB Dowitcher which was here this week was last seen on the 8th.) Snider Marsh is located just west of Snider Dr which exits north from Bullock Drive across the GO tracks at the first traffic lights just west of Markham Road Parking in that direction is limited to about three cars on Backus [a cul de sac] which is the first street west off Snider Directions courtesy of Stan Long. Good birding, Carol McKnight
[Ontbirds]Markham Snowy
Found at 2pm this afternoon one Snowy owl in the NE field at the intersection of 16th Ave the Markham Bypass - looks like the same owl found in this area Jan 6th - the breast, flanks wings heavily marked with chevrons - cheers - Stan Long From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 10 22:20:42 2006 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from web88012.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88012.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.231]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 836EE639DE for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:20:42 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 48711 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Feb 2006 03:20:42 - DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=AlmkA2LjRG72ZzJe7kin1mMPX135jXQrbysal+FkBMb78g3qKrJbDLQXhNg9rFlwlDG/ZPOSUGGdo+Osq2Md4V74q3EnyqITwzo0Qt3YHW3phkJe2YqT0DryEARm3MU7+biPvqPEyXp6op+GgIF/55bK4Nwj3k7+6ic10n9g87k ; Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [72.138.243.218] by web88012.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:20:42 EST Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:20:42 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Grey Owl- Snowy Owl- East of Ottawa X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:20:42 - Hi Ontbirders Please bear with me as this is my first posting Today at 3:30 I observed a Snowy Owl along O'Toole Rd between Regimbald and French Hill Rd. I believe that it was an adult Female. It was on a tree very near the road. At 4:00 I also saw the Great Grey Owl thanks to the crows that were mobbing it behind # 2182. It was quite far and landed on a tree and then quickly took off. Great Grey Owl (From Connie Deynes message): Take Hwy 417 and exit at Innes Road (east). Turn right (south) on Frank Kenny Road. Go past French Hill and Regimbald roads and turn left on Giroux. The stand of deciduous trees is on the north side at a slight bend in the road just east of the LaFarge Pit and behind #2182. Snowy Owl: Take Hwy 416 and exit at Innes Road (east). Turn right (south) on Frank Kenny Rd. Turn left (east) on French Hill and turn right on O'Toole. It is between French Hill and Regimbald. Alex Stone Ottawa, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 11 08:38:21 2006 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852AB63C70 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:38:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from personaldil636 ([64.230.109.182]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP [EMAIL PROTECTED] for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:38:21 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ott User [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:38:25 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Gray Owl (Ottawa east) X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:38:21 - The Great Gray owl was spotted again this morning at around 7am perched in a tree (one with a small truck sign on it) on the right side of the road just after the Lafarge quarry on Giroux, offering a great view of the owl. It was actively listening for prey. It then flew across the road and perched in the trees on the left. Of all the Great Gray owl reports over the last 3 weeks, this owl (supposing there is the one owl) seems to be spotted the most based on Ontbird reports. W.H. Ottawa, Ontario. Directions: Directions from Ottawa: Take Hwy 417 east and exit right at Trim Line. Continue up the hill past the Tim Hortons until you get to Innes road. Turn left at Innes and continue for short distance until Frank Kenny road. Turn right on Frank Kenny and continue past streets like French Hill and Regimbald. Giroux is the street after Regimbald. Turn left on Giroux. Soon you will come to the Lafarge quarry (there are signs). According to previous reports the Great Gray owl has been seen from the Lafarge quarry area to about house #2182 on Giroux.
avocet at Guelph
The avocet was present and easy to locate this Tuesday morning at 10:00. Directions: The best way to get there from the 401: take the Highway 6 NORTH exit (Hanlon Expressway) and turn left at the first intersection onto County Road 34. Turn left again at the second opportunity onto County Road 35. There is a distinctive large brown house angled to face the intersection at this corner. The pond is easily seen on the left side of the road a short ways along. Happy birding Carol McKnight Carol McKnight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
Cowbirds at Cranberry
This am, flock of Brownheaded cowbirds at Cranberry Marsh - also 1 Northern shrike and at Whitby Harbour two Snow geese among large flock of Canadas - cheers - Stan Long Carol McKnight [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bald Eagle - Markham
Adult Bald Eagle seen soaring over the Town of Markham, N. of Hwy #7 at Markham Rd. this afternoon at 10 to 2. Good birding Carol McKnight Carol McKnight [EMAIL PROTECTED]
