[Ontbirds]godwits

The godwits where still at Aylmer WMA today. I watched them from just after 3p.m. till I left around 4.40p.m. also there golden plovers, stilt, and others you would expect. The eagle flew overhead around 3.30 Early Directions from Dave Martin Located northeast of Aylmer beside the Ontario Polic

[Ontbirds]Large movement of Common Nighthawks over High Park, Toronto - 30 August 2008

Hello Ontbirds subscribers, This evening, between 5:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., I observed a very impressive movement of 628 Common Nighthawks over High Park in Toronto. I made my observations near the north end of the duck ponds in the southeast corner of High Park (near the Historical Sites &

[Ontbirds]Am. Bittern - Petrie Island, Orleans, ON

Hello again ONTBirders, Although it was not an unusual place to find one of these, I thought it was an unusual time of year to find one. My wife and I located a single AMERICAN BITTERN no more than ten feet from the main trail at Petrie Island in Orleans, ON. The bittern stayed motionless mu

[Ontbirds]Great Egret Port Bruce

1 GE feeding in the east side of Catfish Creek At Levi & Colin streets in Port Bruce at 1PM Sat Aug 30. The red leg band was obscured as it was wading in mostly body depth water. Barry Barnard ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologis

[Ontbirds]Western Kingbird - Pt. Colborne

Seen between 3:15 - 3:30 and again between 4:30 - 4:45 p.m. on the telephone wires on the west side of Cement Plant Rd, between 0.1 and 0.2 km. south of Hwy 3. It was still there when I left. It flew to a tree on the west edge of the field before I left at 3:30 but had returned to the telephone w

[Ontbirds] OFO outing to Toronto Islands Aug 30, 2008 - list of birds seen.

Forty-three enthusiastic birders enjoyed a sunny day on the islands today and had plenty of birds to enjoy. Here is the complete list of the 71 species (+ "Traill's" Flycatchers) seen: 20 Warbler species: Yellow, Common Yellowthroat, Tennessee, Chestnut-sided, Nashville, Magnolia, Blackburn

[Ontbirds]Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Aug 30/2008

Sorry I forgot to include hours of observation 4hrs. Observers: Martin Bence & Mike Williamson ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.

[Ontbirds]Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Aug.30th/2008

Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Whitby Ont. Canada Heberdown C.A Aug. 30/2008 Hello; Won't bore you with a bunch of zeros! Sharp-sinned = 3 Broad-Winged = 4 A.Kestrel = 1 Also 7 Turkey vultures which we did not include until we see if they hang around. If by Monday they do not reappear they will

[Ontbirds]32 Monarchs, 31 migrating raptors--Cranberry--Aug.30/08

Cranberry Marsh sw Whitby, Ontario, Canada--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd. Saturday, Aug.30/08 Observation time: 0800-1300 EST Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Rayfield Pye, John Stirrat, Greg Stuart, Karl Jennewein, Werner Valentin, Jim Munroe, Rosemary Harris, Jim Sk

[Ontbirds]Hudsonian Godwits at West Perth Wetlands, August 30

Hey Birders, This morning around 11am Steve Thorpe, myself and 2 others (I didn't get their names) birded the West Perth Wetlands (Mitchell). Shorebird numbers continue to climb and water levels have dropped slightly even since Monday. Among the shorebirds present the highlight were 6 Hudsonian