[Ontbirds]OFO field Trip to Presqu'ile

Not surprisingly, shorebirds stole the show at Presqu'ile on Sunday's OFO Fieldtrip. An added bonus was provided by breezy, fair weather which made walking and observing much more enjoyable. The group began the morning by walking north on the Presqu'ile beach in search of distant shorebirds foragin

[Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff (12 Sep 2004) 164 Raptors

Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2004 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[Ontbirds]Red Knuts in Oliphant

This morning, Sunday, I checked out the beach at Oliphant: 4 Red Knuts 1 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Sanderling 2 Pectoral Sandpipers 25 Black-bellied Plover 1 Am Golden Plover 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Greater Yellowleg Directions as per Tom Thomas: Oliphant can be found by

[Ontbirds]Iroquios Shoreline Raptor Watch "I.S.R.W."

Hello; This report gives a two day Hilite total & a total two day count . Sat. Sept. 11/04 - 4 BE -1 adult & 3 subadult"1" 2 OS - 78 BW total count = 124 total hrs =4 Sun. Sept 12/04 - 2 OS - 133 BW total count = 145 hrs =3 ISRW can be found from the east or west by driving north on Brock St Hwy

[Ontbirds]Semipalmated or Western?

Last Monday, 6 Sept, Jim Pawlicki and I studied an interesting shorebird at Rock Point Provincial Park on Lake Erie. I was able to take some digiscoped images of the bird and Sandra Eadie posted them on the OFO web site: http://www.ofo.ca/photos/westernsp/ Note that the bottom photo on the web pag

[Ontbirds]Quinte Area Bird Report

Clear DayWEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA for Sunday, September 12, 2004 Welcome to the resumption of the Quinte Area Bird Report. Provided that enough reports and observations are received, this report will continue on a weekly basis, and will be available by 8:00

[Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (12 Sep 2004) 250 Raptors

SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2004 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[Ontbirds] Cranberry Raptor Watch weekly post Sep.6-12-- one "big day"

The Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch in southwest Whitby, ON, has been in operation since 1990. This year we started up on Aug.14; we try to cover the platform every day through to Nov.30, particularly in the AM hours. The table below indicates the number of migrating raptors recorded for the perio

[Ontbirds]Parasitic Jaeger at Rondeau Park

Hi all, This morning I observed a strange event. A juvenile intermediate morph Parasitic Jaeger flew from somewhere off the lake and circled over the woods and out of sight about 8 a.m., heading westward. I had wonderful looks at it, leaving no question as to identity. I was on the edge of the e

[Ontbirds]Re Buff-breasted Sandpipers

I know that 9 and 3 add up to 12, it's late and I'm tired so cut me some slack. It should have been 8 and then 3 landing with the Golden Plovers. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Eliminate annoying spam! My mail