[Ontbirds]Palm Warbler in St. Catharines

Earlier this evening, 6:45 PM, my wife and I observed one Palm Warbler and two Gray Catbirds on the Merritt Trail near Martindale Road. In addition, 15 Brown-headed Cowbirds were observed in a tree near the Martindale Road entrance to the trail. Bob Highcock and Jean Hampson St. Catharines, O

[Ontbirds]Long Point: Yellow-headed Blackbird & Little Blue Heron

Today we saw a male Yellow-headed Blackbird at Long Point on Lake Erie. It's frequenting the bird feeder with other blackbirds at the banding station on Old Cut Boulevard. Thanks to the staff for telling us about it. We also saw the "calico" Little Blue Heron in the pond beside the Bird Studies

[Ontbirds]Mottled Duck- Hillman Shorebird/waterfowl Habitat.

Late this afternoon I found a drake MOTTLED DUCK on the south side of the Hillman Marsh shorebird/waterfowl Habitat. The bird remained till dark so I suspect it will be in the same spot tomorrow. The duck was in company with Black Ducks, Mallards and the hybrid I mentioned in a earlier post

[Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending May 1, 2008.

On April 26 (last Saturday) there was a surge of birds arriving at Presqu'ile Provincial Park that included several species that do not normally return until early May. The residue of that influx, along with a few other surprises, has kept birding interesting throughout this week. The unsettl

[Ontbirds]Minesing Swamp-Ruff still there

Dani Valverde and I birded Minesing Swamp area today. The Ruff was still near the hydro right-of-way close to a Short-billed Dowitcher and 3 Dunlin. Also seen on McKinnon Road were 40+ Greater Yellowlegs, 300 + Lesser Yellowlegs, 8 Pectoral Sandpipers, 7 Wilson's Snipe, 7 Killdeer and 6 Solitar

[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 01 May 2008

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[Ontbirds] Worm-eating Warbler/White-eyed Vireo, Shoreacres/Paletta Park, Burlington

Both these birds were re-located after a bit of a search in the northeast corner of the park. They were in the slough across the bridge near Lakeshore Road. The Worm-eating Warbler was last seen at 6:40 p.m. by Glenda Slessor and Bob Curry. With weather coming in, its possible these birds will st

[Ontbirds]Quinte Area Bird Report for week ending May 01, 2008

WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR THE WEEK ENDING Thursday, May 01, 2008 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, GRAY CATBIRD, NASHVILLE WARBLER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES and BOBOLINKS were newcomers to the Prince

[Ontbirds] Windsor / Little River // 6sp warbler, solitary sandpiper, etc.

Migration is on in Windsor! I had the following in and around Little River this afternoon: *around the creek:* northern waterthrush nashville warbler black throated green warbler black and white warbler yellow warbler magnolia warbler blue grey gnatcatcher grey catbird wood duck (m&f) white throa

[Ontbirds]Chaffeys Lock: Golden-winged Warbler

Hi Ontbirders, Spent the morning birding the Chaffeys Lock Road/Opinicon Road areas. Overall bird activity was slow due to the cool temperatures. A total of seven species of warblers were observed including Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Black & White, Black-thr. Green, Northern Waterthrush, Pine Warb

[Ontbirds]Carolina Wren - Stratford

There was a single Carolina Wren in the shrubbery on the north side of Lake Victoria this afternoon. Also seen was a Yellow-rumped Warbler and two Ruby-crowned Kinglets. The area can be reached from Ontario Street (HWY 7/8) by turning north on Waterloo St then right again on William Street.

[Ontbirds]Worm-eating Warbler, Virginia Rail - Leslie St. Spit

This morning a Worm-eating Warbler was singing loudly from the undergrowth of the wet woods on the west side of the base, Leslie St. Spit. A Virginia Rail was also heard calling loudly and seen well from a small wetland north of the wet woods and adjacent to Unwin Ave. Directions: Drive or walk

[Ontbirds]White-eyed Vireo & Worm-eating Warbler. Paletta Park

This morning at 10am while searching for and finding the WEVI, I also refound the Worm-eating Warbler first found a few days ago. Both birds were initially found in the cedars on the right hand side of the main path to to the lake about 50' south of a large tree leaning across the path. I had

[Ontbirds]Red-breasted Merganser, Ottawa

Hello Ontbirders This morning a breeding-plumaged male Red-breasted Merganser was just a few metres from shore on the Ottawa River just west of the Remic Rapids parking lot. Directions: The Remic Rapids parking lot is on the north side of the Ottawa River Parkway. The access road to the lot is th

[Ontbirds] Fulvous Whistling-Duck? - St-Albert sewage lagoons, East of Ottawa 2nd message

Good morning. This is a follow-up to my earlier message about the Fulvous Whistling-Duck seen yesterday at the St-Albert sewage lagoons, East of Ottawa. I went to the lagoons yesterday to check for shorebirds which had made a good showup on Sunday as reported by

[Ontbirds] Birding Rattray Marsh/J. Darling Park, Mississauga 1 May 2008

I just returned after 3 hours of birding the lakeshore from Birchwood Ck. (se Jack Darling Park) to Rattray Marsh. I netted 9 species of Warbler: YRWA (36); PIWA (3); PAWA (1) B&WW (3); MAWA (1); BTGW (1), NWTH (1); NAWA (1) and two Worm-eating Warblers. The later were feeding along the ed

[Ontbirds] Fulvous Whistling-Duck? - St-Albert sewage lagoons, East of Ottawa

A Fulvous Whistling-Duck was present late yesterday afternoon at the St-Albert sewage lagoons, East of Ottawa. The bird was standing in the grass, in company of a male Mallard and other ducks on the bank of the South-West lagoon. It flew away with 3 males Mallards, but when I sto