[Ontbirds] Where to see hawks in Hamilton

Ont birders, After reading about the Beamer hawk watch record number of Rough-Legged Hawks yesterday, it got me thinking. Beamers total of Rough-Legged Hawks was 46 that is a total from 9Am-4Pm ?? where as I also counted 46 Rough-legged Hawks over Dundas Olympic arena in just two hours

[Ontbirds] Anomalous Cooper's Hawk-Cornwall -

March 30 - Here's one for the books. This morning, while watching a couple of kettles of migrating hawks over the centre of Cornwall, I spotted a White-rumped Cooper's Hawk. I'm pretty sure that's a first record for Canada, maybe the world! At first I thought it was a light issue but the bird

[Ontbirds] Cooper's Hawk mystery solved

Thanks to all those that clarified what this bird is likely to have been. It was indeed a Cooper's Hawk but here are a few replies that I think properly address the situation. By the way, I've seen a Cooper's every week for months now so this may be the same bird. Because it was hanging in the

[Ontbirds] Eastern Ontario: (a few) Snow Geese; various others

Hello Ontbirders, This afternoon I drove various backroads between the Ontario/Quebec border and the east side of Ottawa, looking for Snow Geese and other spring migrants. Areas covered include Alfred, Riceville, Bourget, and Carlsbad Springs. I admit I was surprised at the extent of flooding,

[Ontbirds] Eastern Ontario: Snow Geese, Sandhill Cranes, Snowy Owl Waterfowl

Hello Ontbirders Today, March 30, 2004 I spent the morning birding south and east of Ottawa checking flooded fields for migrating waterfowl. Overall it was very productive with the largest concentration in the Cobbs Lake Creek/Pendleton/Riceville flood plains. Highlights included 1,350 Snow

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose; Lavigne, betweeen North Bay Sudbury

Few Snow Geese are see in this area during any year. A Ross's Goose has not to our knowledge previously been recorded. But, to-day, Tuesday Mar. 30, Angela and Gary Martin observed one in the narrow channel of open water of the west arm of Lake Nipissing. After initially believing that it was

[Ontbirds] American Bittern near Parry Sound

Ontbirders, At 6PM this evening I was amazed to see what could only be an AMERICAN BITTERN fly out across the road in front of my car on Hwy 124 north-east of Parry Sound. Stocky and heron-like, it was a bit more than half the size of a Great Blue Heron and was distinctive due to its hunched