[Ontbirds]tree swallow at Walsingham

Hi Birders: Our first tree swallow of the season was resting on the wires adjacent to the road this morning at 8 am (last year's arrival was Apr. 9). While I was watching the swallow a male northern harrier flew over the road. Also new this morning is a belted kingfisher over Big Creek.

[Ontbirds]Black-capped Night Herons in Toronto

There is a small roost of BCNH's along the Don River that is visible from the Queen St. overpass of the DVP (Queen St. between River and Broadview). Stand on the north side of the bridge directly over the river and look at a clump of shrubbery on the west bank. On Monday morning there were

[Ontbirds]Greater Snow Geese - Cornwall

There was a nice flight of Snow Geese this afternoon around 12:30 p.m. over the city of Cornwall. I've counted roughly 2,200 birds in flocks of mixed size but all passing over within 10 minutes. There were about 10 blues among them. The birds were flying over their traditional route through

[Ontbirds]Scoters and other migrants at Pelee, 3/30

This morning Pelee had a mini-wave of spring migrants. The tip had an E. Towhee, a Tree Swallow, a Field Sparrow, and dozens of E. Phoebes. The parking lot on the W. side near the tip offered a big raft of ducks - mostly Goldeneyes, Greater Scaup and Red-Breasted Mergansers. But there was one

[Ontbirds]Snow Goose Cannington

I was able to find 1 Greater Snow Goose White phase amongst 200/250 Canada Geese in a wet field 1 km east of Hwy 12 on Concession 13 Brock. It was there at 2:45 pm. this afternoon. Ray Lush Cannington

[Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (30 Mar 2005) 0 Raptors

Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 30, 2005 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds]Eastern Phoebe, Tree Swallow, Bluebird, etc Point Pelee

Greetings Ontbirders, The push of warmer air into southern Ontario has Point Pelee getting busier. Todays highlights were: more than a dozen Eastern Phoebes through out the park and beyond, half a dozen Tree Swallows along the north dike road, a male Eastern Bluebird at Delaurier, and at the tip

[Ontbirds]Snow Geese around Cornwall

It was too nice a day to stay home so we drove from Ottawa down to the Seaway Valley. We were treated to a spectacular sight as we drove Hwy #2 from Morrisburg to Lancaster. We stopped at the Upper Canada Bird Sanctuary to see what was there. A few Canada Geese were around but not much

[Ontbirds]OSPREY AT KINGSTON

An OSPREY was seen by the North Leeds Birders at the Sewage Lagoon beside DuPont at 2PM Wed., March 30. It enjoyed successful ice-fishing. Also, three Great Blue Herons were seen here. Song Sparrows were singing in several places today. A Carolina Wren was seen, and frequently heard

[Ontbirds]Turkey Vultures - Essex

There were several Committees of Turkey Vultures flying north-east over the Town of Essex in southern Essex County today. I saw at least 6 Committees of 6 or 8 vultures each fly over the Essex Civic Centre just north of Highway 3 in Essex. More could be seen off in the distance to the