Today the timiskaming banding group netted some early arrivals to our
area
2 yellow rumped warblers as well as ruby and golden crowned kinglets and
white throated sparrows. Also seen was a eastern phoebe. Thousands of geese
have arrived and large flocks are passing over daily. mallards ar
For the first time since April 1994 more than 2000 birds were tallied in a
single day at the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch at Beamer Conservation Are
in Grimsby, ON. Paul and Tina Summerskill, assisted by a large group of
experienced hawkwatchers in the tower and on the ground, counted 2036
birds of
We are trying this for the third time today, excuse any duplication.
A pair of Saw whet Owls have taken up residence in a cavity used last year
by Pileated woodpeckers near Sundridge.Other new arrivals D.C. Cormorant,
Hooded Merganser, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Flicker,Ruby Crowned
Kinglet, G
At 6.45 P.M. to-day [Sun] Shirley and I saw a pair of Harlequin Ducks on the
beach rocks just east
Of Selkirk Ont. The male was in beautiful plumage and the light was perfect.
At Selkirk drive south
To the Lakeshore road, turn left [east] to number 131. The pair were about
200 feet east of #131.
G
WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM THE QUINTE AREA for Sunday, April 20, 2003
Let the birding begin! Fine weather over the past week had birders out all
over the place checking out the arrival of new migrants in the area. TREE
SWALLOWS have returned en masse after the species suffered extensive
mortality as
Today shortly after having seen the Back Backed Woodpecker,
on HW 60 at km 8, we stopped to observe a raptor at km 15,
when by incidence, I found a beautiful male
Yellow Romped Warbler in the view of my bino,
that I later reported at the visitor center to have been the first
of the year.
Karl &
I watched the barn and area for an hour or so this afternoon, and when the
people came home they said no one had seen it all day. Perhaps I'm missing
some posts to Ontbirds, but since I'd had no info, I thought I'd best let my
dip be known.
Glenda
Bob Curry and Glenda Slessor
3115 New St. Unit 30
We could not have come to terms with our luck Today.
Yesterday we were with Ron Tozer's led OFO group in Algonquin park and had a
wonderful time.
Today morning we were heading back to the park and stopped at km 8.
At the very utility pole where we stopped there was the male Black Backed
Woodpecker.
Dear Ontbirders,
Eleanor Beagan and I birded the Carden Alvar while going to and from the
OFO Algonquin Park trip. The birds were easy to see because the vegetation
is low and birds were vocal and displaying. Here are the highlights:
Today
A pair of Loggerhead Shrikes in the field on the wes
Birders,
Trees away from the lake have flowering catkins, and
many birds are feeding high in the tops. I found the
following in Essex County:
ERCA Railtrail - Vesper Sparrow around 3k marker.
Pine Warbler around 3k marker.
Holiday Beach - Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbl
Report for April 20, 2003 (Sunday):
Migration today was obviously better than yesterday, with increased numbers of
Purple Martin, Chipping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Hermit Thrush
Items of note today include the following:
Louisiana Waterth
A glorious sun and warmth brought birders to enjoy the avian sightings on
April 20 AM in Thickson's Woods in southwest Whitby,ON. Some
highlights--several Yellow-rumped Warblers, several Pine Warblers, Eastern
Towhee, many Hermit Thrushes, Brown Thrasher, several Brown Creepers and
Winter Wrens, bo
Today (Sunday, 20 April) two SANDHILL CRANES were circling over Arrowhead
Provincial Park around 10 a.m. This species is not commonly seen in Muskoka
and is the first record of this species in the park in several years.
Arrowhead PP is about 10 km north of Huntsville on Hwy. 11. The entrance is
w
Hi all,
Birding in the park was very slow today, but there were a few birds.
There were 2 Black-throated Green and 1 Blue-headed Vireo on Spicebush.
Behind the Maintenance compound there was 1 Pine and 1 Black and White
with 35 Yellow-rumps.
On the south beach there was absolutly nothing other th
Dear Fellow Birders
Seabrooke Leckie and I were up at the south end of Owen Sound around 8pm
yesterday and noted a large movement of almost entirely Herring Gulls flying
north in large flocks. I made two one minute counts to get an idea of how many
birds were passing by, the first one had about
A very rewarding early spring day in Algonquin Park was enjoyed on Saturday
by 69 OFO members and friends. We started at the West Gate at 9 a.m.,
birded east to Opeongo Road, and still had five of the 39 cars when we
finally stopped at 7 p.m. back at the West Boundary! About 50 bird species
were ob
Oshawa Second marsh 6-9am
16 Little Gulls. They have started doing their courtship displays over the
marsh.
1387 Bonaparte's Gulls
13 Common Loons migrating north
18 species of waterfowl including 2 Ruddy Ducks, pair of Canvasbacks
Several flocks of migrating Canada Geese passed over. Also approx
Several dedicated raptor watchers observed a RAVEN yesterday afternoon, 19
April at about 3:00pm, from the third platform at the edge of the
escarpment in Beamer Conservation area. The raven stayed in the canyon area
for about 20 minutes, landing in trees and on the cliff, and taking off
several ti
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