[Ontbirds]Brighton Wetland and Lagoon

2008-05-28 Thread Rod Lee
Greetings birders: I joined Keith Lee at the Constructed Wetland at 4:45 this afternoon (May 28th) for a quick 30 minutes of birding. The highlights were - Black Crowned Night Heron that took flight as we entered the wetland, the first Eastern Kingbirds at the wetllnd, and the return of a pa

[Ontbirds]Huron Fringe Birding Festival - MacGregor Park Port Elgin

2008-05-28 Thread mpickup
The first weekend of the Huron Fringe Birding Festival wrapped up on Monday, 26th May with a total of 166 species of birds reported. There were great numbers of Warblers, Vireos, Thushes, Woodpeckers and songbirds in the park. We had many hikes within the park and up the Bruce Peninsula. Bir

[Ontbirds]Gloucester, ON - Cliff Swallows

2008-05-28 Thread Patrick Blake
It was a fine morning for birding, so I headed out to Earl Armstrong Road to see if I could relocate the grasshopper sparrow I had previously observed in the area last week (see archived post for more information). To my surprise, two CLIFF SWALLOWS were present perching on the telephone lines

[Ontbirds] Pelee Island Western Kingbird, Summer Tanager, Acadian Flycatcher

2008-05-28 Thread Adam Pinch
A Western Kingbird, Summer Tanager, and Acadian Flycatcher were at Fish Point this morning. Adam Pinch, Pelee Island Bird Observatory _ If you like crossword puzzles, then you'll love Flexicon, a game which combines four overl

[Ontbirds]Thunder Bay sightings

2008-05-28 Thread darling
I was in Thunder Bay for a meeting on May 27, and so flew up on the morning of May 26. This gave me 4 - 5 hours of birding on Monday afternoon that started with rain and a cold wind blowing off the lake. By 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly. I was able to pic

[Ontbirds]Yellow-billed Cuckoo, etc. - Fenelon Falls

2008-05-28 Thread RON FLEMING
Did most of my birding this weekend between Fenelon Falls and Coboconk. Best bird was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo along Poulsom Rd., which runs east from North Line. There is a good rail trail that runs north from Fenelon Falls and crosses North Line on its way up to Burnt River and beyond. Some o

[Ontbirds]Shorebirds, White-eyed Vireo, etc. - York Region

2008-05-28 Thread RON FLEMING
An excellent shorebird area has been created by flooding in a field east of Keswick this spring. It sits on the north side of Ravenshoe Rd. a few kms east of Woodbine Avenue. Keith and Chris Dunn were there yesterday in the early evening and observed numerous Dunlin (60+), Semipalmated Plover