[Ontbirds]Algonquin Park birding update: 27 March 2008

Early spring migrants that arrived this week were up to a week later than usual: Red-winged Blackbird on March 23 (7 days later than average), Common Grackle on March 27 (3 days later than average), and Herring Gull on March 27 (6 days later than average). With the snow knee-deep in most areas,

[Ontbirds]HSR:BrianMishell

Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 27, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, March 28th, 2008

On Friday, March 28th, 2008 this is the HNC Birding Report: KING EIDER EARED GREBE BOHEMIAN WAXWING PINE GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL Tundra Swan Wood Duck American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup White-winged Scoter Black Scoter

[Ontbirds]Kingston area birds to March 28, 2008

Despite the lingering winter there is some open water at this end of Lake Ontario. The south shore of Amherst Island is completely ice-free and there is a large section from the Lennox Generating Station west towards Sandhurst that is open. Both of these areas are loaded with hundreds of

[Ontbirds]Bohemian Waxwings at Leslie Lawrence in Toronto

Ontbirders, Today I saw the Bohemian Cedar Waxwings mentioned by Bob Ross yesterday. They were feeding on berries behind a condo on the southeast corner of Leslie and Lawrence Ave. There is a good mix of Am. Robins, Juncos, White-throated Sparrows, Cardinals and Common Grackles moving through

[Ontbirds]Brighton Wetlands

Hi all, The Wetlands are starting to open up, just a few fine feathered friends to see, about a hundred or so mixed, Bufflehead, Wood, Mallard ducks, a few Mute Swans, a couple of Canada Geese, Redwing Blackbirds and various other small birds and a couple of Red-tailed Hawks, as of yet the

[Ontbirds]Ottawa Birding

Hi Ontbirders, My Mom and I birded Britannia Conservation Area this afternoon. There were numerous American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles near the parking area. We had a flock of 31 Bohemian Waxwings fly over us near the Filtration Plant. There was a singing Northern

[Ontbirds]shrike

Today I found a dead shrike in the snowbank beside our house. The specimen is in reasonably good shape.. Edward Dinniwell ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS

[Ontbirds]Great Blue Heron, Ottawa

We saw what appears to be the resident Great Blue Heron at Mud Lake in Ottawa today...first time we have seen it this year. It managed to catch a small fish in the small ice-free area. Beth and Don Wigle Ottawa Directions: at Google map, enter cassels street, Ottawa

[Ontbirds]Raptors - Kingston Area

Birded with a few friends today on Amherst and Wolfe Island. Before catching the 6:30a.m. ferry to Amherst, I called in an EASTERN SCREECH OWL just north of Bath from a woodlot along McIntyre Road. On Amherst in the Owl Woods we found 2 BARRED OWLS, 1 LONG-EARED OWL and 1 NORTHERN

[Ontbirds]King Eiders still present - Stoney Creek

Two 1st alternate male King Eiders were observed flying and diving about 250 meters from shore at the north end of Fruitland Road around noon today. Directions: Take QEW to Fruitland Road exit. Go north past the service road to the end. James Kranek Hamilton, ON