The 5 Greater White-fronted Geese are back on the west side of Cobourg harbour
this morning, Friday January 13th.
Cobourg harbour is at the south end of Division Street, Exit 274 from Hwy.401.
From the foot of Division Street drive west around the harbour to the large
parking lot on the west sid
I observed an adult golden eagle at 8:15 am on Jan. 13, 2006 on Fingal Line in
Elgin County. It was observed at very close range.
The bird was feeding on a road-kill raccoon in the middle of the road
immediately adjacent to the Talbot Estate property. Due to the hilly road, I
was only
The adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird reported previously at #23 Manitou
Street in the community of Forest Park, south of Limoges is still there as
of 11:30 this morning. Bruce Di Labio and I had very good views from the
street.
A Boreal Chickadee is also there, although it was only heard and no
Hi Ontbirders,
I'm posting on behalf of Marg Bain who just saw the Yellow-headed
Blackbird around 12:30 p.m. today (13 JAN) sitting on a home TV
antennae at the jct. of Cty Rd. 64 and Alyea Rd. It was with a big
Starling flock that also contained a few cowbirds. Marg also noted
that the
We have been observing an unusually large and extremely dark Red Tailed Hawk
in Mississauga.
I scoped the bird today and this is what I've found:
Very dark eyes
Yellow bill with dark tip
Looking face on it has a white "nub" at the top of the beak where it meets
the forehead
Very light tail feathers
On the Niagara River at Fort Erie there were:
a total of 161 Redhead in the vicinity of Service Rds. 6 & 7 a Northern
Shrike near the snack bar of the marina, a mile north of the marina there were
2
Mute Swans, 3 Tundra Swans, and a mature and an immature TRUMPETER SWANS (the
adult had wing
Thanks to Margaret's posting Jerry Ball and I headed to Cobourg harbour this
afternoon. We found 3 in the middle of the largeflock of Canada Geese in
the SE corner of the harbour. The others might have been there but it's a
large tight flock. This was about 2:00 p.m.
Margaret's Directions:
The unseasonably mild weather has caused many birds, especially waterfowl,to
hang around and not bother to go south. Tundra Swans were reported from
Wolfe I., Amherst I. and along the Bath Road towards Adolphustown.There is a
huge concentration of ducks and geese just west of Conway.Kingfishers wer
Hi Everyone
A beautiful day for birdng in the Ottawa area. This afternoon saw 1 male
Barrow's Goldeneye, 1 male Bufflehead, 3 Glaucous, 1 Iceland and 50+ Great
Black-backed Gulls at Remic Rapids near the Champlain Bridge. Further west
along the parkway, an immature Peregrine was harrassing a
After a 4 hour drive we arrived at Wheatley Harbor, west side of channel. The
on duty Conservation Officer informed us that the Ivory Gull was present until
30 minutes ago. Dern. So we scanned all the gulls then hurriedly went for
Hillman Marsh. No joy. Also have not seen another birder. S
With the weekend coming up, and I'm sure there will be many people will
be searching for the gull.
Bring your two-way radio and go to channel 11-22.
If anyone find the bird, give everyone a shout over the radio, Let help
everyone see this once of lifetime bird.
Good Luck everyone!
Tim Smart
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