[Ontbirds]A Birder's Guide to Michigan

2004-11-04 Thread Allen Chartier
Birders, On behalf of Jerry Ziarno and I, I am proud (and relieved) to announce that A Birder's Guide to Michigan, which we've been working on with the publisher, the American Birding Association (ABA) over the past 4 years, is at the printer and will be shipped in 3-4 weeks. At more than 680

[Ontbirds]Ottawa - redpolls

2004-11-04 Thread Tony Beck
Hello Ontbirders Conditions were considerably more comfortable and calm this morning at Andrew Hayden Park. Water levels were down slightly exposing a bit more sandspit shoreline compared to yesterday. Present on the spit were one Black-bellied Plover one White-rumped Sandpiper, the later with

[Ontbirds]Niagara - Queenston - Hwy 405 exit

2004-11-04 Thread Maris Apse
Hi all! This is more of a traffic advisory than a bird report, but with Niagara 'gull' season upon us, I thought I may save members some aggravation and $. I took a run to Adam Beck to look for the California Gull - easily seen on the rocks at the left hand corner as previously

[Ontbirds]Pacific Loon, Fifty point C.A.

2004-11-04 Thread Brendan
A Pacific Loon was at Fifty Point Conservation Area as of 10.00 this morning. This is a different bird than the one discovered last Sunday and whose photo is on the OFO web page. The bird we saw today has a black throat and no black-and-white markings on the back. There was no sign of the

[Ontbirds]Purple Sandpiper at Presqu'ile

2004-11-04 Thread Doug McRae
Hi Ontbirders This morning, just before the front arrived (1130), Bruce Di Labio, Diane Whitman and I birded the beach and Owen Pt. area. The best bird was a Purple Sandpiper that flew in with several White-rumps, circled the east end of Gull Island then flew out to Sebastopol Pt. and landed

[Ontbirds]250 pine siskins in Walsingham

2004-11-04 Thread dianesalter
For the past 3 days the flocks of pine siskins at my feeders have been growing. Today I estimate that there are at least 250, possibly more. It is difficult to count them as they are continually moving. Walsingham is 15 km north of Long Point on Highway 59. Turn west on the 6th Conc. to

[Ontbirds]HSR: Cranberry Marsh (04 Nov 2004) 15 Raptors

2004-11-04 Thread reports
Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2004 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending November 4, 2004.

2004-11-04 Thread Fred Helleiner
This week at Presqu'ile Provincial Park there have been sightings of rare birds from the four cardinal (yes, that'a bird!) points of the compass. The excitement generated by such events helps to relieve the drought typically associated with November birding. Both a Red-throated Loon and

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - November 4, 2004

2004-11-04 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
At 9:15 p.m.on Thursday, Nov. 4th, 2004 this is the HNC Birding Report: PACIFIC LOON Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Great Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Snow Goose Tundra Swan Wood Duck Green-winged Teal White-winged Scoter Red-tailed Hawk Golden Eagle Merlin Peregrine Falcon Wild

[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 04 Nov 2004

2004-11-04 Thread David F. Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/04/2004 * NYBU0411.04 - 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

[Ontbirds]Cave Swallows - Long Point

2004-11-04 Thread Mark Cranford
Posting for Denis Lepage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Cranford Ontbirds Coordinator I just heard that 2 Cave Swallows have been reported earlier this afternoon at one of our remote stations on Long Point. Given the current weather system from the US and the time of year, more birds could show up