[Ontbirds]re finch movement at Apsley

Birders, At my feeder on Chandos Lake (6 km east of Apsley which is 40 km south of Bancroft) within the week a number of finches have turned up. I suspect they will keep going since there is little feed for them here. A large flock of Evening Grosbeaks turned up and yesterday I had

[Ontbirds]Pacific Loon off Oshawa Second Marsh November 3

This morning, November 3rd, Richard Pope, Jim Fairchild and I had good looks at the Pacific Loon off Oshawa Second Marsh found by Dave Worthington yesterday. It was about 250m offshore in calm water and for over half an hour from about 9-9.30am it loafed on the surface, mostly by itself, but with

[Ontbirds]Evening Pine Grosbeaks, etc. - York Region

Over the past two weeks Evening Grosbeaks have continued to visit Lorena Campbell's feeders in Willow Beach, which is located just west of Jackson's Point on the south shore of Lake Simcoe. My timing for these grosbeaks was off today (had to settle for Pine Siskins) but I did happen upon three

[Ontbirds] snow bunting, 2 northern shrikes, rough-legged hawks highlight at Cranberry Raptor Watch in southwest Whitby-Nov.3

Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2007 (see table below) Observation time: 08:00 to 11:00, 13:00 to 14:00 Official Counter:Doug Lockrey Observers: Rayfield Pye,Greg Stuart, Jim McKnight, Jim Skene, Jim Munroe, Joyce Collier-Brown, John Stirrat and

[Ontbirds]Leslie Street Sp;it - Eagle to Gnatcatchers.

Good evening Today Ian Cannell, Ed O'Conner and I once again took a long walk on The Spit and again it was a beautiful day out there. Not to many people and light winds all day. Some of our 57 species of birds besides a low flying ( 200 feet up ), almost over our heads juvenile Golden Eagle

[Ontbirds] NO Pacific Loon @ Oshawa Second Marsh/Darlington P.P. - but seen in afternoon by others!

Hello birders. I had the chance to check for the Pacific Loon this afternoon after a trip to the Toronto Zoo with our university wildlifeclub. I thought I'd get lucky using only my binoculars (I do not own a scope at this time I'm afraid) but it was not to be so. I did meet a gentleman

[Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (02 Nov 2007) 644 Raptors

Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2007 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 318

[Ontbirds]Grand Bend OFO Field Trip - Sunday Nov 4

Hi all, We meet at 8:30 am EST at Sobey's - remember to put your clock back 1 hour to-night. I did a bit of scouting to-day as part of a Lambton Wildlife trip, which started at Point Edward ~8:00 am and ended ~3:00 at Ipperwash. Some good birds were seen - Snow Buntings (3 flocks -largest

[Ontbirds]Evening Grosbeaks

My husband and I birded some of the water areas near Coldwater, Waubaushene and Port McNicoll on Saturday. We counted about 160 Trumpeter Swans, three Great Blue Herons, a dozen Common Mergansers, and about a dozen Common Goldeneyes, some mallards and several dozen Canada Goose. There were other

[Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (03 Nov 2007) 808 Raptors

SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2007 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (03 Nov 2007) 552 Raptors

Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2007 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 345

[Ontbirds]Tufted Titmouse - Rock Chapel (Hamilton)

Around 4:45 p.m. Saturday November 3, a Tufted Titmouse came to our sunflower seed feeder on two occasions about two minutes apart. From Clappisons Corners (intersection of highways 5 and 6) take highway 5 for 1.6 km and turn left onto Rock Chapel Road. The bird was on the escarpment side of