[Ontbirds]pine grosbeaks and rusty blackbird,durham region

2006-01-01 Thread Michelle Farrell
today michelle and I saw 6 pine grosbeaks on salem just north of hwy 7 in the pine trees on the east side of the road and one rusty blackbird at the backyard feeder at the n.e corner of hwy 7 and salem. regards alan woods pickering [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Ontbirds]Niagara River - January 1

2006-01-01 Thread Willie D'Anna & Betsy Potter
Happy New Year everyone! Andy Guthrie, Betsy, and I birded the Niagara River from above the falls to lower Queenston-Lewiston. Relatively very few birds at the power plants but we had a few adult Iceland Gulls there; no California Gull, however. Very few Bonaparte's Gulls at the Queenston Boat

[Ontbirds]Bohemian Waxwings in Peterborough

2006-01-01 Thread Eleanor Beagan
Despite missing our connections to the OFO gathering spot this morning, my sister Eileen and I, found about 50 Bohemian Waxwings just north of Riverview Zoo. They were high in the trees on the west side of 2621 Water St/# 28 @ an Auto Sales business. A few Robins were also in the area. Eleanor

[Ontbirds]Turkey Vultures Amherstburg Ontario

2006-01-01 Thread Robert Horvath
While birding the Holiday Beach area today me and my brother had 3 Turkey Vultures fly by directly over the restaurant Ducks On The Roof heading east on Highway 20 or old highway 18 as most of us remember it . Robert Horvath [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

[Ontbirds]Cormorant, etc. at the Leslie Street Spit

2006-01-01 Thread Norm Murr
Happy New Year all. Today I went down to The Spit with Andrew Jano and we did find a few nice birds including a Double-crested Cormorant flying east up the bay between Cherry Beach and The Spit. We also found 2 Common Loons, 6 Glaucous Gulls, 1 Northern Flicker, 2 large flocks of American Tree

[Ontbirds] Carolinian Wren 1, Pine Siskins 24, American Goldfinches 56, House by Newcastle

2006-01-01 Thread markus lise
Happy 2006 to all of you, Have been enjoying a Carolinian Wren, 24 Pine Siskins, 56 American Goldfinches with one whitish head, 14 Juncos, Downy & Hairy Woodpeckers, White Breasted Nuthatches, Black Capped Chickadees, House Finches, Mourning Doves, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals and the hooting