[Ontbirds]towhee in midtown Toronto

Hi all. The Redpolls that have attended my nyjer feeders at Bathurst and Eglinton every day since 8 December dwindled down to just two individuals yesterday. To brighten things, however, beside the plentiful Goldfinches, there was a Brown Creeper in the yard yesterday morning, and this morning

[Ontbirds]Spring migration at Rattray Marsh

The south winds over night have brought the first real visible migration into the area. Between 7:15 and 8:45 I did about 60% of the trails and I counted 10+ Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, five Northern Flickers, 12 Downy Woodpecker, 7 Hair Woodpeckers, one Pileated Woodpecker, 8 Eastern Phoebes

[Ontbirds]Partial Albino Cedar Waxwing north of Ridgetown

This morning at work I found a partial albino cedar waxwing. It has regular colour in its head, and has the yellow tail stripe and red wing marks. From the neck to the tail is White. The property that i found it on is private and I havn't been in contact with the owner. If you want to

[Ontbirds]yellow-rumped warbler at Lynde; phoebe, many duck species at Cranberry; horned grebe at Frenchman's Bay--April 8/08

Tuesday, April 8-- With hopes to see vegetation popping forth I strolled through the mucky southwest corner of the Lynde Shores woodlot in Whitby--vegetation is still sparse. I had to be happy with my first Yellow-rumped Warbler and a Fox Sparrow. Next, the platform at the south pathway of

[Ontbirds]Fox Sparrows at Ottawa

At noon today there was a pair of Fox Sparrows in our garden along with Tree Sparrows and Juncos. These are the first Fox Sparrows we have seen this year. We live near Hog¹s Back in Ottawa. Brian Mortimer Ottawa Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ ONTBIRDS

[Ontbirds]Port Burwell Area - Golden Crowned Kinglets, etc.

8 April 2008 Hi All, Someone has dropped a truckload of Golden Crowned Kinglets in Port Burwell, at least at my place. Joined by E. Wood Pewee, Brown Creeper, fewer but still many Cedar Waxwings feasting on my crabapple tree. Before today we had about 100 Cedar Waxwings for the best part

[Ontbirds]2 RED FOX SPARROWS 2 OSPREY by Newcastle Bowmanville

Hello Migrant Birders, Yes, for the entire week we have been enjoying 2 RED FOX SPARROWS in our yard. At first we did not know what they were. We thought that they were THRUSHES but now that we know they are showing up everywhere else that is what they are. Several SONG SPARROWS, JUNCOS,

[Ontbirds]2 King Eiders Point Pelee National Park

Hello, This morning around 8:30 a:m, I met Alan Wormington along the south end of the West Beach parking lot, who was looking out over Lake Erie with 2 female King Eider in his scope. Migrants are more on the move now including large movements of Golden-crowned Kinglets, along with

[Ontbirds]Reesor Pond - Markham

3.30pm today at Reesor Pond : 1 adult Glaucous Gull + 1 adult Kumlien's Gull - also first Lesser Yellowlegs and one Northern Mocking Bird - first Ruddy Ducks etc - Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on West side of Reesor Road in Markham

[Ontbirds]Nonquon Lagoons - Entry Code Changed

My wife and I went to Port Perry today to get our permits for the Nonquon Lagoons. We were told at the Transfer Station that the number was the same as last year. We then went to see if we could get in - wrong entry code. We went back to the transfer station and after a bit of a wait they managed

[Ontbirds] Toronto Islands - Osprey, Sapsuckers, Hermit Thrushes and Yes Bohemian Waxwings

Good evening Just got back home from a day with Margaret Liubavicius on the Toronto islands and as well as it being a beautiful day to be birding we found some pretty nice and interesting birds the best being 300 Bohemian Waxwings in the morning ( 200 behind the houses on Wards Island, 75

[Ontbirds]American Wigeon - Mooney's Bay/Rideau River, Ottawa

Hi Ontbirders, Today, 8 Apr, between about 4 and 4:30 PM Debbie Campbell and I observed the Rideau River from Mooney's Bay Park (from the vicinity of the children's play structures by the beach house). Looking SW in the direction of the Moffat Farm area (across the river, now a subdivision), we

[Ontbirds]Ottawa/Gatineau 06Apr08... Flood of Migrants, Also Barrow's Goldeneye, Sandhill Crane, Townsend's Solitaire, Lapland Longspur, Gray Partridge

- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 06 April 2008 * ONOT0804.06 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose Canada Goose Northern Pintail Ring-necked Duck BARROW'S GOLDENEYE GRAY PARTRIDGE Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk American Kestrel Merlin SANDHILL CRANE Killdeer