[Ontbirds] Short Eared Owl, many Common Redpolls near Gananoque
Enjoyed watching a Short Eared Owl hunting voles on my farm at dusk today. Earlier in the day a male Northern Harrier and a female American Kestrel sparred briefly while doing the same. Common Redpolls arrived in numbers today...they have been present at my feeders since November in small flocks...this afternoon over 60 were present at one point. Also American Tree Sparrow (9) and Slate Colored Junco (4) and American Goldfinch (30) My farm is five miles northeast of Gananoque. John Haig ___ 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] Common Redpolls, Red Winged Blackbirds, Short Eared Owl near Gananoque
Had 7 Common Redpolls at my niger feeder today. Five showed up for the first time this season yesterday. There are still 3 Red Winged Blackbirds frequenting my feeders. There were 4 but the resident Cooper's Hawk eliminated one this morning. At dusk today I watched a Short Eared Owl hunting over some fields on Station Road. Directions: Five miles northeast of Gananoque, ON ___ 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] 4 Raptor Desk Day
Nasty day outside but the raptors seemed to be enjoying it. Had an immature harrier, adult cooper's hawk, adult harrier, adult kestrel, and two rough legged hawks hunting around the farm. I watched all but one of the rough-legs catch prey. The kestrel spent the better part of a half hour devouring a star-nosed mole right outside my window. (the cooper's, one of the harriers and one of the rough-legged's were all viewed from my office desk. Extremely productive day.) My farm is 5 miles NE of Gananoque, ON. John Haig ___ 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] Imm. Golden Eagle, near Gananoque
This evening at sunset I watched an immature Golden eagle circle southward over my farm, approximately five miles north east of Gananoque. Also an immature and adult male northern harrier hunted in the area during the day. John Haig Gananoque, ON ___ 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] Brown Creepers, Rusty Blackbirds, Brant, many passerines near Gananoque
Had large numbers of passerines and other small birds including Hermit Thrush, 5 Brown Creepers, many Yellow Rumped and other warblers and (ID of which is not my strong suit) A flock of 15 Rusty Blackbirds were also kicking around the willows of my pond. A flock of approximately 35 Brant passed over this afternoon. My farm is approximately 5 miles northeast of Gananoque, ON John Haig. ___ 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] Osprey, Merlin...Lansdowne ON
This morning I watched an osprey hunting over the St. Lawrence River at the Glen House Resort, 9km east of Gananoque on the 1000 Islands Parkway. On the 21st I watched a Merlin chase an unidentified passerine over Charleston Lake, a couple of km north of the Charleston Lake PP boat launch (County Road 3 north 11.5 km from Lansdowne ON to Woodvale Road, follow signs) John Haig Gananoque ___ 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] Peregrine Falcon, Ivy Lea
There was a peregrine hanging out around the Canadian span of the 1000 Islands Bridge at noon today. I watched it soaring between the suspension towers and perching on the top of the North suspension tower. There are ample rock pigeons that roost on the structure so it may well be sticking around. The 1000 Islands International Bridge is at the end of Hwy 137 via the 401 (eastbound exit 661) or from the 1000 Islands Parkway from Gananoque or Brockville. There is a toll to cross to Hill Island, Ontario. John Haig ___ 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] Eastern Kingbird near Gananoque
I found a single Eastern Kingbird this evening on my farm, five miles northeast of Gananoque. Also several tree swallows this morning. John Haig Gananoque, ON ___ 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] Eastern Kingbirds, Olive Sided Flycatcher, Meadowlarks near Gananoque
Yesterday I had two Eastern Kingbirds and an Olive Sided Flycatcher as well as a couple of Eastern Phoebes and a mixed back of misc. Empidonax flycatchers (which I didn't even attempt to sort out due to time constraints) as well as a Blackburnian Warbler. The Kingbirds are still around today. This evening I had a flock of 17 meadowlarks trading around my pasturebiggest flock I've seen in awhile here. Also Northern Harriers, American Kestrels, and a Green Heron. My farm is approximately five miles northeast of Gananoque, ON. John Haig ___ 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] Common Nighthawks north of Gananoque
I had 9 Common Nighthawks hunting insects over my farm 5 miles NE of Gananoque this evening at dusk. John Haig ___ 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] Snow Geese, Lansdowne
This afternoon at 1:15 p.m two large groups of snow geese, conservatively estimated at 2000 birds each, passed over Lansdowne, Ontario, heading generally northeast. Lansdowne is approximately halfway between Kingston and Brockville, exit 659 from the 401 John Haig ___ 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] Common Nighthawks, Terns, Osprey Rockport ON
On the St. Lawrence river at dusk tonight at Rockport, ON I observed 23 common nighthawks catching insects. Earlier in the afternoon 5-7 common terns were fishing off the waterfront, and at least two Caspian terns joined in briefly. 3 osprey were patrolling the shoreline as well. Directions: The 1000 Islands Parkway runs between Gananoque and Brockville, ON...Rockport is near the halfway point... or take exit 661 from the 401 to Hwy 137, then east on the Parkway a couple of clicks. John Haig Gananoque, ON ___ 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]Snow Geese, Long Sault
There were at least a couple of thousand greater snow geese along with many, many, many more Canada geese in the general vicinity of the Long Sault this afternoon, particularly in the open water at the east end of the Long Sault Parkway (closest to Cornwall) There was also a very large number (hundreds) of robins along the parkway, clinging to patches of open ground...much of the area still appears to have well over a foot of snow on the ground. Directions: From Hwy 401 exit 778 south on Moulinette Road to County Road 2...Long Sault Parkway begins opposite. Best Regards John Haig ___ 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]Barn Swallow
A single barn swallow is investigating the barns this afternoon at my farm, 20 miles east of Kingston, ON. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 20 18:31:09 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 DDCDA642FD for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:30:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from blinding ([65.92.155.66]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:30:50 -0400 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.384 [268.4.4/319]); Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:30:49 -0400 From: Jacques Giraud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:30:49 -0400 Organization: Concentrated Consulting Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcZkyhMLMbGiDtGmT2WoId2fj7E53Q== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Male Harlequin, Fox Sparrows at Col Sam Smith Park - April 20, 2006 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:31:10 - I birded Col Sam Smith Park this afternoon and found and photographed a = male harlequin in mostly breeding plumage. The bird was about 100-150m = offshore amongst a flock of bufflehead. I also found 7 fox sparrows scattered throughout the park. In the water were 27 common loons and about 20 each = of horned grebes and red-necked grebes. =20 I have created a map of the location where I saw the birds to aid other birders in trying to find them as I=92m not great with directions. The = map and a couple of pictures of the harlequin can be found at http://www.giraud.com/latest or by going to http://www.giraud.com http://www.giraud.com/ and click on the appropriate link below the = main picture. North is up on the map. =20 1. The location of the harlequin is noted in red in the water to the east of the park. It was last seen heading west, swimming after a female bufflehead. A scope would be very helpful in picking out the bird. 2. Fox sparrows are noted on the map with a f. 3. Common loons are denoted by a l 4. Horned grebes are denoted with a h 5. Red-necked grebes are denoted with a r 6. Savannah sparrows are denoted with a s 7. The green area at the top of map is The Bowl, an excellent migrant trap especially for warblers and a good place to remember.=20 =20 In total, I saw 41 species of birds, no warblers. There were a few = hermit thrushes, lots of kinglets (both species) and a few brown creepers. =20 Col Sam Smith Park is located at the base of Kipling Ave in Toronto. See = the map for location. =20 Good birding Jacques Giraud
