[Ontbirds]N. Hawk Owl, Merlin at Welcome, More owls

Just arrived back from a two day owl trip. The N. HAWK OWL was seen on Wednesday Feb.23 at the same spot west of Welcome, at about 12 noon. While looking for it we saw a MERLIN at the north-west corner of Highway 2 and Deer Park Road. Earlier that morning we saw the GREAT GRAY OWLS at Hall's

[Ontbirds]Fw: Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Update

More on the Rosy-Finch - Original Message - Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:55 AM Subject: Re: Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Update Forwarding info from John Somerset Two items: -I saw the rosy finch briefly this morning around 10.15AM. (Friday, 25th) I did not see it earlier,

[Ontbirds]Young bald eagle in Mississauga

About 10 this morning I saw an immature Bald Eagle sitting at the end of a pier at the boat launch on the east side of Lakefront Promenade park in Mississauga. Very big and massive, almost all dark brown with some light low on its back. When it flew up and away to the north west, some light

[Ontbirds]Great Gray Owls in Holland Landing

Up far too early for work this morning, I took my dog out for a drive and a walk under the full moon. He and I observed two Great Gray Owls in the Holland Landing area and another just west of Newmarket in the Holland Marsh area. At 6:15 a.m. we saw one perched on the west side of the 2nd

[Ontbirds]Ottawa - Townsend's Solitaire

Good day Ontbirds people, Reported by Justin Peter (the man who 1st reported this bird back on Feb. 2)The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE is still present in the Rothwell Heights neighbourhood, most recently seen on Coxford St. just west of Rothwell Dr. at 3:30 PM on Thursday Feb. 24. It was evidently

[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl Replaced by Northern Shrike, Bracebridge

For the second day in a row a Northern Shrike was perching in all the trees used by the Northern Hawk Owl on Robert Dollar Dr. in Bracebridge. From it's arrival on January 1 to Wednesday I had seen and photographed the hawk owl at least 30 times. It may still be around but had been less reliable

[Ontbirds]Short-Eared Owls - Amherst Island

After a three week period of moving to a new house, working and having a hernia operation, I finally was able to get out birding for a couple of hours with my nephew Justin to get a SHORT-EARED OWL for his life list. We took the 3:30p.m. ferry and easily found 10 SHORT-EARED OWLS at the

[Ontbirds]Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs - Wheatley to Tilbury

Hi all, For the past three days there has been several large groups of Snow Buntings along the Wheatley Road (Cty Rd 1) Most of the groups are approximately 50 birds. There are also large groups of Horned Larks scattered along as well as a few Lapland Longspurs moulting into breeding plumage.