[Ontbirds]Pileated Woodpecker at Shell Park

2007-09-30 Thread WJKarner
Today around 11:00 am, a female Pileated Woodpecker sighted in the wood lot, north of the garden plots. Shell Park is located on the north side of Lakeshore Rd. approx. one kilometre west of Bronte Rd. Bill Karner ___ ONTBIRDS is

[Ontbirds]American White Pelican Scarborough/Pickering

2007-09-30 Thread alec dobson
At 10.15 a.m. Sunday one white pelican was seen approx 1 km north of Hwy 401 circling over the Rouge River. It was drifting to the north. A. Dobson _ Explore the seven wonders of the world

[Ontbirds]Renfrew County: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

2007-09-30 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi everyone, Today, September 30, 2007, we birded a number of sites in Renfrew County. During an early morning visit to Westmeath Provincial Park along the Ottawa River, we checked large patches of vegetation in a 2 kilometer stretch of shoreline and found 6 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows.

[Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (30 Sep 2007) 1139 Raptors

2007-09-30 Thread reports
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2007 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] American White Pelican - Cootes Paradise, Hamilton /Franklin's Gull - Dundas Marsh, Hamilton

2007-09-30 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
At approximately 6:00 p.m., Barb Charlton, Rob Dobos and myself viewed an American White Pelican off of Princess Point at the end of Longwood Road in Hamilton. The bird was found earlier in the day by Kevin McLaughlin, Ken Angie Williams and Jeff Gilbreath while looking for a Franklin's Gull at

[Ontbirds]Amherst Island Owls

2007-09-30 Thread Alex. Scott
We spent a couple of hours in the Owl Woods this afternoon. Karen found one SAW-WHET OWL in the white cedars east of the main path in the Cedar Woods. The ferry to Amherst Island is at Millhaven, just 20 km west of Kingston. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented

[Ontbirds]Fw: Mango

2007-09-30 Thread Diane and Kayo Roy
For your information. A birding friend has asked me to post this message to birders in Ontario and New York State who might be contemplating a visit to Beloit, Wisconsin in the next week or so for the Green-breasted Mango. There have been many hundreds visiting there, and it appears like the

[Ontbirds]High Park Raptor Watch Sep24-30 - Toronto

2007-09-30 Thread High Park Raptor Watch
This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: September 24 to September 30, 2007 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett, R. Carswell, C. Harte, M. Kelch, N. McHugh, D., H. Shapiro and D. Woods

[Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (29 Sep 2007) 255 Raptors

2007-09-30 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2007 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 45

[Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (30 Sep 2007) 326 Raptors

2007-09-30 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2007 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 78

[Ontbirds]Ottawa - Greater White-Fronted Goose

2007-09-30 Thread ohmkid
Hello Ontbirders Today ( September 30th) at around 2 : 30pm, I observed a Greater White-fronted Goose in with the thousands of Canadian Geese at Burnside Pit along with a fellow birder. Also observed: 1 (white) adult Snow Goose, Ruddy Ducks, Pied-billed Grebes, one adult Bald Eagle and a