Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report - Thursday, November 13th, 2003

At 3:00pm, Thursday, November 13th, 2003, this is the Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report. The Hotline is normally revised on Thursday, unless an unusual bird turns up in the Hamilton area. Today's high winds, which closed the Skyway Bridge during this morning's rush hour, should be

Niagara River Gulls

Betsy checked the area below Niagara Falls from Goat Island, NY for a brief period around noon. There were lots (1000's?) of Bonaparte's there but she was unable to find anything else. I made a brief check of the Peace Bridge area from Buffalo around 3:00. It is difficult to thoroughly check

Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending November 13, 2003.

While most songbird activity at Presqu'ile Provincial Park has stabilized at a level reminiscent of winter birding, there continues to be variation from day to day along the shores and in the water. In particular, the freezing of the marsh for a couple of days earlier in the week forced the

HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (13 Nov 2003) Raptor counts (total=11)

SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2003 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

Gr.White-fronted Geese- Jack Miners

Birders, Late afternoon at Jack Miners yielded 3 Greater White-fronted Geese feeding with Two Richardson's Geese, no doubt provided by the strong westerly winds. At the shoreline of lakeside park in Kingsville there was 4 Snow Geese(3 adults and one juv.) of which I have not see so far this

WNY Dial-a-Bird 13 Nov 2003

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/13/2003 * NYBU0311.13 - Birds mentioned \\ Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL

Peace Bridge Snow Geese

On the way to Hoak's lakeside restaurant in Athol Springs (near Hamburg NY)in my quest for Jaegers on 11/13/03 about 8 AM approx. 30 snow geese were attempting to cross the Niagara River from Buffalo just south of the peace bridge and were not making much headway. At Hoak's saw one possible

Winter Finches in Muskoka

Today (13 Nov) a single PINE GROSBEAK briefly visited Arrowhead Provincial Park. It was at the Ontario Parks Central Zone office, which is the first left turn after crossing the Big East River after entering the park, around 11 a.m. The park is about 5 km N of Huntsville on Hwy. 11 in northern