[Ontbirds]Virginia Rail in Mississauga

Today David Hallett and I found Virginia Rail in small cattail marsh on the floodplain of the Credit River nne of Streetville, Mississauga. The rail did not call but because of the relatively small size of marsh it give us several good views over a period of about 15 minutes ... albeit with not w

[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 14 Dec 2007

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/14/2007 * NYBU0712.14 - 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]2 Shorebird spp. Humber Bay Park, Toronto - Fri Dec 14

Birders, I took a lunchtime drive over to Humber Bay Park today (was there from 12:45 to 2pm) and checked the mouth of Mimico Creek first. I immediately saw a KILLDEER on the mudflats about 50m south of the white pedestrian bridge that goes over the creek (which is located at the EAST end of t

[Ontbirds]Harlequin Duck. Ottawa area

Hello Ontbirders Bob Cermak phoned me about a first-year male Harlequin Duck he'd found on the Ottawa River on the Quebec side of the Champlain bridge. It was just on the east side of the bridge about 40 metres out from shore. Apologies for any errors--I have NOT seen this bird myself and am relay

[Ontbirds]Ottawa area: Gray Catbird

Hi Ontbirders The Gray Catbird at my parents feeder at Constance Bay was still present this morning. It spends mostof its time in the cedar hedge or inside the wood shed and usually feeds every 20 to 30 minutes. good birding, Bruce Directions:

[Ontbirds]Black-throated Gray Warbler present Dec 14 a.m.

The Port Burwell female Black-throated Gray Warbler showed well several times from about 1015 to 1045 while we were present but wasn't seen over the next 15 minutes until we left at 1100. The bird was very active and appeared to be in good shape. Another round of birders showed up just as we

[Ontbirds]Black-throated Gray Warbler - Port Burwell

Ontbirders The Black-throated Gray Warbler reported by Aaron Allensen was still to be seen this morning in and around the lone red-cedar between the parking lot and the west-side mouth of the Big Otter Creek in Port Burwell. Directions: From the bridge over the river in Port Burwell go west up

[Ontbirds]Kingston area birds to Dec. 14, 2007

There are still good numbers of waterfowl in Elevator Bay and on Wolfe Island although the cold weather is rapidly filling in the bays with ice. The Eurasian Wigeon was not reported this week and there are no other unusual winter ducks. However there are good numbers of scaup, merganser, and Tundra

[Ontbirds]Common Yellowthroat in Port Credit

This morning at 8:15 a.m. I was pleasantly surprised to discovered a Common Yellowthoat feeding around the edge of the open water under a tangle of Euomymus hanging over a pond I have in my front yard ... it drank from pond several times ... then fed for about 10 minutes close to the ground or i

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, December 14th, 2007

On Friday, December 14th, 2007, this is the HNC Birding Report: KING EIDER HARLEQUIN DUCK NORTHERN HAWK OWL NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Ruffed Grouse Common Loon Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Peregrine Fa