[Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (25 Nov 2005) 2 Raptors

SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2005 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds]Red-throated Loon, etc. St. Clair River

HI Birders, This morning (Sat.) I started at Point Edward on Lake Huron and worked down the St. Clair River. The most notable bird was a RED-THROATED LOON along the shoreline just south of Lambton Generating Station. This was at Seager Park. Strange as it may seem, I have never seen one on

[Ontbirds]Sandhill Cranes, Waterloo--departed

Following up on the Burrell's posting, I was just in time to see a flock of about 30 cranes circle the reservoir and then head off to the WSW at 9:14 this morning. They were followed a minute later, with much fanfare, by a larger flock. I didn't count them at the time, but did take some photos, w

[Ontbirds]Hawk Owl, etc. - East of Ottawa

Hi Ontbirders At about 8:30 this morning we had a Northern Hawk Owl near the intersection of Innes Road and Frank Kenny Road. The bird was first seen perched in a tree east of Frank Kenny Road and stayed there for the duration of our observation. When we returned at noon, the bird was in the n

[Ontbirds]"Western" Red-tailed Hawk in Windsor

At about 3:15 p.m. today on the way home from Point Pelee and vicinity, I spotted a very dark buteo perched high in a tree behind a factory ("Lanex") located at 5000 Walker Road. I figured it was probably a dark morph Rough-legged, a bird I really like, and suggested to my brother Robert that we

[Ontbirds]Purple Sandpiper on Leslie Street Spit

Good evening There was a Purple Sandpiper on Pipit Point all day today and a few good birds for the Winter listers if they stay out on The Spit (the birds that is) another week. I found Great Blue Herons, N. Harriers, N. Goshawk, Hermit Thrushes, N. Flickers, a good number of A. Pipits, Wint

[Ontbirds]Great Black-Backed Gull Sault Ste. Marie Canal

Today John Ralston and I were birding in the Sault Ste. Marie area and around the St. Mary's River. There was a adult Great Black-Backed Gull at the west end of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal at 2:30pm. The bird was seen standing on the booms at the west end of the canal. We also had a Northern Shri

[Ontbirds]Pine Grosbeaks in Muskoka

This afternoon we found about forty Pine Grosbeaks along the Trans Canada Trail east of the Henry marsh in Bracebridge. There have been small numbers of them in that area for the past two weeks but this is the first time there were so many you couldn't miss them. They were calling frequently an