[Ontbirds]Kenora CBC - Spotted Towhee

2007-01-03 Thread Lyndon Kivi
I'm sending this on behalf of Leo Heyens -Kenora CBC Compiler. I observed the Spotted Towhee yesterday for the first time. The bird has apparently been visiting a couple of local feeders since September, but the local birding community did not become aware of it until it was reported during

[Ontbirds]Snowy Owl----Turkey Point

2007-01-03 Thread George Pond
To-day [Wed.]Noon Hour there was a snowy owl at the mouth of the channel at the Turkey Point Marina. Turkey Point is on Long Point Bay between Port Rowan and Port Dover. George Pond

[Ontbirds]Razorbill - Concerns

2007-01-03 Thread Jean Iron
Many Canadian and American birders have expressed concerns about the safety of the Razorbill on the Niagara River where it flows into Lake Ontario. The last day of the duck hunting season on the New York side of the border is this Sunday, January 7. The duck hunting season is now closed in Onta

[Ontbirds]Tundra Swans, GW Teal, Carolina Wren north of Bradford

2007-01-03 Thread RON FLEMING
I took advantage of the unusually balmy weather and one more week off work to do some birding near Bradford this morning. My first stop was at the eastern end of Line 11 just north of Scanlon Creek C.A. where six Greater Black-backed Gulls (4 adult, 2 first winter) caught my attention in the fi