[Ontbirds]Eastern Ontario Birds - Glossy Ibis, Marbled Godwit

Yesterday, Wednesday, May 23, Jack Romanow and I completed a "big day" in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, ranging as far east as Alfred. Birding was excellent (as was the weather!), and we managed to find 140 species. Highlights included: - Snow Goose (1) - Alfred Lagoons - Brant (12) - On the Otta

[Ontbirds]Whimbrel at Port Stanley

Today, May 24 at 1:15, I biked down to Port Stanley to see if there were any Whimbrel. I first counted 47 Whimbrel on the break wall. After watching for 10 mins. another small group flew in. I'm not sure how many there were altogether as some were on the opposite side of the break wall where I

[Ontbirds]Summer Tanager Pelee

Greetings, I had a female Summer Tanager at the observation tower on the Delaurier trail, Point Pelee Park at 2:00 p.m. today, May 24th. The bird was travelling in the directing of the parking lot. Point Pelee is on the shore of Lake Erie near Leamington. cheers, Claude Radley

[Ontbirds]Roadkilled Dunlins and other Presqu'ile shorebirds

Greetings Ontbirders, This morning I visited Presqu'ile to check on the shorebird situation and was amazed to find four roadkilled Dunlin at 0630h on the causeway bridge leading into Presqu'ile. There is no exposed mud or other habitat for the birds in the adjacent marsh, and I can only

[Ontbirds]Quinte Area Bird Report for week ending May 24, 2007

WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR THE WEEK ENDING Thursday, May 24, 2007 A fabulous Birding Festival Week from May 12th ended on the 19th with a KENTUCKY WARBLER skulking along in some tangles beneath a grove of white cedars beside the Prince Edward Point Bir

[Ontbirds] Whimbrel numbers update on Etobicoke & Mississauga waterfront

The preliminary number of Whimbrel for C. Samuel Smith Park and Marie Curtis Park has been raised to 3092 with addition of the flock of 200 seen by David Hallette around 2:00 p.m. in CSSP. This number combined with Chery Edgecombe's 175+ seen at Saddington Park at the mouth of the Credit River

[Ontbirds]Whimbrel Port Stanley

Hi All Further to Mike Cowlard's note today, my Mother, Anne Smout saw over 50 Whimbrel on the breakwater in Port Stanley harbour tonight after 6pm. Good Birding, Ellen Smout London, Ontario Port Stanley Harbour: Wellington Rd South from the 401 to Port Stanley, when you get to the water look o

[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 24 May 2007

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/24/2007 * NYBU0705.24 - Birds mentioned -- Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to dfsuggs localnet com

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, May 24th, 2007

On Thursday, May 24th, 2007, this is the HNC birding report: WHIMBREL CERULEAN WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse American Bittern Great Egret Green Heron Osprey Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen Semipalmated Plover Upland Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin American Woo

[Ontbirds]Kingston area birds to May 24, 2007

The KFN did their annual spring roundup this past weekend and tallied 167 species. There were lots of warblers and vireos though nothing rare. The shorebird migration was evident but not really in high gear; maybe this week. Highlights included a pair of Least Bitterns "singing" a duet in Collin's