[Ontbirds]White-fronted Geese Cobourg harbour Jan.13

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

[Ontbirds]Golden Eagle-Elgin County

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

[Ontbirds]Yellow-headed Blackbird east of Ottawa

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

[Ontbirds]Yellow-headed Blackbird near Carrying Place

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

[Ontbirds]Red Tailed Hawk

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

[Ontbirds] Niagara River- Trumpeter Swan, Merlin, N. Shrike, N. Pintail, Am. Wigeon

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

[Ontbirds]Gr. White-fronted Geese-Cobourg

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:

[Ontbirds]Kingston area birds to Jan 13

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

[Ontbirds]Ottawa:Barrow's Goldeneye,Peregrine,Red-headed Wdpk

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

[Ontbirds]Ivory Gull - Wheatley beach

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

[Ontbirds]Ivory Gull search

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 From