[Ontbirds] L. Waterthrush @ Long Point

At 3:30 this afternoon I had a Louisiana Waterthrush at Long Point Provincial Park. It was foraging along the margin of a small pond in some of the dogwood thickets in the pines. Since the gate to the park is not yet open, you have to walk in. It was north of the most north-westerly beach parking l

[Ontbirds] Black-backed Woodpecker

Ontbirders, To my knowledge, the Black-backed Woodpecker was not seen today in Serena Gundy Park. I met Harry Kerr shortly after 3:00 and he mentioned that many had tried, but no one had succeeded to find it. I searched the entire area from both washrooms, river, all slopes and had no success. I

[Ontbirds] York Region: Red-shouldered Hawk, Goshawk, etc.

Two separate trips to the regional forests east of Newmarket/Aurora today yielded some good spring birds, raptors in particular. At the southern perimeter of the Hall Tract a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was circling and calling for several minutes as I took my dog for a hike this morning. This may be the

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Barrow's, 8 Rt Loon, A Bittern, Brighton Wc Sparrow

Hi Ontbirders, In addition to the male Barrow's Goldeneye, I also had an American Bittern on the Marsh Boardwalk, a first-winter Iceland Gull on Sebastopol Pt., plus 8 "winter" Red-throated Loons off Beach 1. The loons are often only possible to see when it is quite calm (early in the morning is

[Ontbirds] Hoary Redpoll Ottawa

After an absence of two weeks, Redpolls returned en masse to my backyard today, with up to 60 around the niger feeders at a time and several hundred in the general area; I assume that these wintered further south and are now heading through Ottawa on their way north. Among them was one exillepes

[Ontbirds] Access to Port Perry lagoons

Durham Region advised me that they have the lagoon access permits ready to purchase. Same deal as last year - $5.00 for the permit - available only at the Waste Transfer Station near Port Perry. Please be advised that Durham staff suggested to me that last year some people may have been sharing the

[Ontbirds] Peregrines

It was an excellent day for observing Peregrines. The pair at the St. Lawrence Cement Plant in Clarkson (2391 Lakeshore Road) were alternately flying and resting (from about noon through 12:40PM). The male was perched on the blue-coloured catwalk that surrounds the main smokestack. The female

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose -- Lake Nipissing

The Ross's Goose found by Angela and Gary Martin earlier this week, and reported to Ontbirds by Dick Tafel was still present on the morning of April 4. The bird is located at the West Arm of Lake Nipissing in the District of Sudbury. It is present with Canada Geese and a variety of other waterfow

[Ontbirds] Barrow's Goldeneye @ Presqu'ile.

Bruce DiLabio found a male Barrow's Goldeneye off Owen Point at Presqu'ile Provincial Park this afternoon. It was still there at 14:45h. Follow the signs from Brighton to the Park and pick up a tabloid at the gate, which has a map showing Owen Point. -- Fred Helleiner 186 Bayshore Road, R.R.

[Ontbirds] Pelee Island Warblers, etc

Lots of early migrants were present at Fish Point yesterday including BROWN THRASHER, HERMIT THRUSH, and a four-warbler flock consisting of PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. Today, good numbers of hawks and vultures were moving north through Li

[Ontbirds] Black-backed Woodpecker in Toronto

Posting for Carol Horner Hello Birders Hoping for a lifer, I headed down to Serena Gundy park as soon as I could get away from work today. When I arrived at the parking lot the BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was already scoped out (thanks John). It had moved from it's prior location over the bridge t