[Ontbirds]Gyrfalcon -Innisfil

2006-10-21 Thread GARTH BAKER
This morning at about 10:30 a Grey phased Gyrfalcon was observed with 3 Coopers and a Sharp-shinned Hawk near the Intersection of the 20th Sideroad and 2nd Line of Innisfil.The Falcon was last seen flying in a West-Southerly direction .With the other Birds riding the same Air Current an close pr

[Ontbirds]Leslie Street Spit - Waterfowl, Longspurs, etc.

2006-10-21 Thread Norman Murr
Good day. Today Ian Cannell, Jay Peterson, Andrew Jano and I birded the Leslie Street Spit and for once we had a no wind day. We started out birding through the West Side of the Base, out to Pipit Point and onto Peninsulas B and C and along the way we came up with 74 species, including 25 Wate

[Ontbirds]Ajacian birds - Oct 21st

2006-10-21 Thread Geoff - Birds
Terrie Smith and I spent 2 quality hours [9-11 a.m.] staring at the sky today in our Ajax backyard ... Bald Eagle 1 - first year Golden Eagle - 1 - 2nd/3rd year Sharp-shined Hawk - 26 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Am. Kestrel - 1 Water Pipit - 1 Common Loon - 3 Crows [migrating high] - 35 Hermit Thrush - 7

[Ontbirds]WHITE-BACKED SONG SPARROW and 444 migrating raptors at Cranberry--Oct.21

2006-10-21 Thread Doug Lockrey
On Oct.20 a light morph Rough-legged Hawk was spotted at 0945 (after the counters had left the platform) Now then today-Oct.21-- I thank all who did the watch--other than a rather spectacular WHITE-BACKED, PARTIAL ALBINO SONG SPARROW (which was still around at 1430) no other passerines were list

[Ontbirds]Iroquois Shoreline Oct.21/06

2006-10-21 Thread Mike Williamson
ISRW Whitby On,Canada Oct. 21/2006 TotalsDay MonthYear T.Vulture 273 8061,060 Osprey 0 0 17 B.Eagle 0 0 17 N.Harrier 4 36

[Ontbirds]HSR: Cranberry Marsh (21 Oct 2006) 444 Raptors

2006-10-21 Thread reports
Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2006 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[Ontbirds]Lapland Longspurs-Vineland

2006-10-21 Thread Nancy Smith
Near noon today I saw a female and a non-breeding plumage male LAPLAND LONGSPUR in a worked field with 50+ AMERICAN PIPITS and HORNED LARKS plus 1 Meadowlark singing. >From the QEW take Victoria Ave. (Reg.24) south through Vineland up the escarpment. Turn right (west)on Bethesda Rd. to 3rd stopsi

[Ontbirds]Wilson's Phalarope at Blenheim Lagoons

2006-10-21 Thread Blake A. Mann
Hi Birders, A rather late Wilson's Phalarope was mingling with Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs at Blenheim Lagoons today. There were many ducks, the bulk of which were wigeon. Back at Rondeau Park early this morning, there were lots of birds, including hundreds of Hermit Thrushes. Not many warb

[Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (20 Oct 2006) 3054 Raptors

2006-10-21 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2006 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture