[Ontbirds]Buff-breasted Sandpipers in Beeton

Following John Schmelefske's earlier posting re Buff-breasted Sandpipers near Beeton, Don Perks, Jerry Guild and myself journeyed there mid-afternoon to see if the two birds he had reported were still there. In fact not only were they, but an additional 7 birds were observed bringing our total t

[Ontbirds]Shorebirds - Rock Point

Betsy, Jim Pawlicki, and I had 16 species of shorebirds at Rock Point today (Sunday) including a juvenile Western Sandpiper picked out by Jim. We estimated about 200 shorebirds including 2 Baird's, one White-rumped, four Red Knots, and one Dunlin. Off Rock Point near Mohawk Island was a massive f

[Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (06 Sep 2004) 16 Raptors

Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2004 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture

[Ontbirds]Snow Geese

Hi, I was in Chrysler Park adjacent to the Chrysler Marina along the St Lawrence River last evening. Among the several hundred Canada Geese feeding on the grass were 2 white Snow Geese, quite close to the road. And 2 of the Canada Geese were quite large compared to the others. This park is eas

[Ontbirds]HSR: Cranberry Marsh (06 Sep 2004) 3 Raptors

Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2004 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[Ontbirds] Townsend Sewage, Sept 6th. 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Long-Billed Dowitcher

Birders: Today (sept. 6th), there was a good assortment of shorebirds at the Townsend Sewage Lagoons. Species seen were: 2 Juvenile Buff-Breasted Sandpipers- (along the various dry places around the productive lagoon) 1 Long-billed Dowitcher- A Moulting Adult 1 Short-billed Dowitcher- Juven

[Ontbirds]Buff-breasted Sandpipers on the Beeton Sod Farms

A survey of the Beeton sod farms (Southwest of Barrie) today turned two Buff-breasted Sandpipers. Also present were the following: American Golden Plover, 69 Semipalmated Plovers, 12 Baird's Sandpiper, 10 Killdeer, 26 Northern Harrier, 1 male The Buff-breasted Sandpipers were in a recently de-

[Ontbirds]Ontario Birds - August Issue

The August issue of Ontario Birds, journal of the Ontario Field Ornithologists, will be mailed early this week. Here are the contents of this 51 page issue, which includes 20 photographs. Cover is a colour painting of a Black-backed Woodpecker by Barry Kent MacKay. Ontario Bird Records Committ

[Ontbirds]Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Sauble Beach

The three Buff-breasted Sandpipers were seen this morning at 8:30am in the same location as reported by Mark Cranford. I had great looks at them this morning as the were within a 100 yards of the side of the road. The Ring-billed Gulls were still there as well along with a couple of Northern Flicke

[Ontbirds]FW: Western Sandpiper Rock Point

Forwarding for James Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> originally sent Saturday All > > > I had a Juv WESTERN SANDPIPER at Rock Point this > morning. The bird was feeding at the very point of > Rock Point. It showed down to ten feet at times > giving excellent views of this scarce shorebird. But > it

[Ontbirds]High Park Hawkwatch Sept 1-5

This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: September 1 to September 5, 2004 Station co-ordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, H Currie, N. McHugh, D. Milsom & H. Shapiro On Wednesday, September 1 the High Par