[Ontbirds]Crow gatherings in Ottawa

For the pasts couple of weeks we have had huge roosts of Crows south of Ottawa, mostly along the train tracks between Riverside and McCarthy. A few days ago I noticed them all taking off from there late afternoonish, heading in the direction of Billings Bridge, where I saw them last year.

[Ontbirds]UNSOLICITED EMAIL

Who is Meriam Neimanis? I got an unsolicited email from this person through ONTBIRDS for an unknown website. How did this happen. Bette Cunningham - Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers. __

[Ontbirds] Red-throated Loon at Lakefront Promenade Park, Mississauga

I just got back from birding the main peninsula of the park and found large flocks of diving ducks (mostly Greater Scaup and Long-tailed Ducks) which included one adult Red-throated Loon about 100 off shore. I also found a male Snowy Owl sitting on the docks of the Port Credit Yacht Club. Of inte

[Ontbirds]Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser at Ottawa

Hi Ontbirders: This afternoon, I stopped on Bate Island in the Ottawa River to scan the Deschenes Rapids. A total of six duck species were present, most on the Ontario side looking south from Bate Island. There was one female Harlequin Duck, one male Hooded Merganser, two female Bufflehead

[Ontbirds]spring migrants at Point Pelee National Park

Hi everyone: As I drove through the park this morning, I saw a male Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee drinking from one of the puddles along the road near the Blue Heron/Marsh Boardwalk picnic area. There are hundreds of other birds drinking from the puddles (robins, waxwings, cardinals, starlings

[Ontbirds]Beamer - Tundra Swans

The first two hours at the Hawk Watch were quiet with the usual suspects, a flock of 24 Cedar Waxwings (3 visits), 6 Robins, a Northern Mockingbird, 6 dogs and 4 owners. At 9:50 a flock of 90 Tundra Swans flew right over the field from NE to SW, and within 15 minutues were follwed by flocks of

[Ontbirds]Northern Goshawk, Cooper's Hawk Ottawa

We saw a white morph Northern Goshawk today west of Ottawa. Also saw a Cooper's Hawk on the same road closer to Ottawa. Directions: at Google map, enter "5th Line Rd, Kanata". The Goshawk flew across the road in a wooded area about half way between Thomas A Dolan and Berry Side Road. The Co

[Ontbirds] Yellow-headed Blackbird & Red-bellied Woodpecker, Glengarry County

Hi everyone The Yellow-headed Blackbird & Red-bellied Woodpecker that Jacques Bouvier reported last week west of Williamstown, Ontario are still coming to feeders at 19275 County Road 19. Gillian Horgan and I saw both birds this morning, March 7th, between 7:30 and 8:30. We also saw our fir

[Ontbirds] Point Pelee National Park Weekly Report-week ending March 6-08

Since last weeks post the ice on the east side of Point Pelee has opened up to within 500 metres of the beach and Common Merganser and Common Goldeneye can now be seen up and down the East Beach. Ice still surrounds the Tip itself and the West Beach. The lack of open water did not stop new spring

[Ontbirds]Ottawa-flock of Horned Larks

I went out this morning to see what I could find before the storm hits. At 10 am there was a flock of about 20 Horned Larks flitting along Twin Elm Road south of Ottawa. To reach Twin Elm road leave the 416 at the Bankfield/Brophy exit and head west on Brophy, past Moodie Drive, to Twin Elm. The b

[Ontbirds]Kingston area birds to March 7, 2008

Winter is still very much with us and more is on the way. Open water and bare ground are very hard to find. Ducks are in only a few locations and Horned Larks are having a tough time as even the shoulders of the roads as not as exposed as they should be. There are a half dozen species of waterfowl

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, March 7th, 2008

On Friday, March 7th, 2008 this is the HNC Birding Report: Tundra Swan Wood Duck American Wigeon Green-winged Teal King Eider Surf Scoter Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Wild Turkey Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Red-tailed Hawk Bald Eagle