[Ontbirds]RE: Razorbill at Niagara on the Lake

2007-01-07 Thread Earthquest Canada
Greetings to all searching for the Razorbill: Today, between 4 and 5 pm my wife, Jan and I spotted the Razorbill swimming closely along the shoreline of Fort Niagara, near the point where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario. We did not observe it diving, but did have a g

[Ontbirds]Belted Kingfisher in Mississauga.

2007-01-07 Thread Edward
A belted kingfisher was spotted by my son Robert Dinniwell at the mouth of the Credit River about noon hour sunday Jan.7th. Ted Dinniwell From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 7 23:09:38 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (to

[Ontbirds]Niagara Falls Purple Sandpipers

2007-01-07 Thread Diane and Kayo Roy
Just before noon today, Jean & Blayne Farnan, Brian Ahara, an unknown Buffalo birder and I observed 2 Purple Sandpipers in the Niagara River just to the south of the stranded barge above the Falls. They remain on the same grass covered large rock in the river below and near some branches of a s

[Ontbirds]California Gull at Hamilton Harbour

2007-01-07 Thread Rob Dobos
This afternoon myself, Dave Don, Cheryl Edgecombe and Tom Crooks observed what we feel was a first basic California Gull on the north-east shore of Hamilton Harbour. The bird was off Eastport Drive at the islands north of the Canada Centre for Inland Waters, specifically at Neare Island which is t

[Ontbirds]Chipping Sparrow (iain wilkes)

2007-01-07 Thread iain.wilkes
Someone forgot it was winter, as we have had a chipping sparrow at our feeder for over 2 weeks. It was seen again today, Sat Jan 6 at our Carleton place backyard feeder. Got several pics. Pileated Woodpecker also seen flying down the north edge of the Mississippi River in Carleton Place ne

[Ontbirds]Amherst Island (iain wilkes)

2007-01-07 Thread iain.wilkes
Despite the fog and rain followed by spirited wind, our Jan 6, Sat trip to Amherst Island for raptors was successful. 3 Snowys, 7+ Long Earreds, and 1 Saw Whet (group we met saw 2 Saw Whets). Few hawks with a handful of red tails, rough legs and 2 kestrals. Few ducks with mostly mallards, 2 ra

[Ontbirds]Razorbill NOTL Jan 7, 2007

2007-01-07 Thread Sue Edwards and Gavin Edmondstone
Gavin called and asked that I send out that he saw the Razorbill late this morning, (11:00) west of the Golf course. The Razorbill was feeding and diving between the green buoy and the shore. To reach this viewing spot, enter NOTL by Hwy.55 as usual. Turn left at the golf course where Hwy.55 en

[Ontbirds] Tundra Swans Chatham, Buffleheads and Northern Shovelers at SCNWA

2007-01-07 Thread Claude Radley
Greetings, The swans were still present in a field just east of that described in my post last evening. Their numbers are much reduced from the thousands seen yesteday, about 350 birds in the field but with many small flocks coming in from the North and some leaving to the South. Looks like the

[Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Park Closure.

2007-01-07 Thread Fred Helleiner
This is just a reminder that Presqu'ile park will be closed from 6:00 p.m. on sunday, January 7, 2007 to 12:00 noon on Friday, January 12, 2007. Restricted access will be granted to residents of Brighton who own property on Bayshore Road and their guests, but "Park staff reserve the right to r