[Ontbirds] Blue Jays down town Whitby + CBC our show on birding on the Leslie st spit

To day will having our morning coffee 8 am to 930 am Bev and I continued 509 Blue Jays flying over our house in down town Whitby also we have just herd that Thursday at 3:00 pm on CBC our show on birding on the Leslie st spit or Tommy Timpson Park is on if any one is interested .. Best of

[Ontbirds]Whimbrels in Port Burwell

22 September 2008 Port Burwell, ON Today, two Whimbrels were seen foraging and preening at the mouth of Big Otter Creek in Port Burwell. One of these two is slightly crippled in one leg, and this bird was seen as early as last Saturday on the Municipal East Beach in Port Burwell by Ron

[Ontbirds]HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (22 Sep 2008) 2725 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds]Black-legged Kittiwake, Van Wagners Beach, Hamilton

This afternoon at approximately 5:50 p.m., an immature Black-legged Kittiwake, spotted by Rob Dobos, seen by myself, Dave Don and Barry Cherriere made a pass by the Lakeland Tower at Van Wagners Beach. The bird flew in with a Ring-billed Gull and then settled on the water near the wave tower for a

[Ontbirds]Sept 21, Algonquin Park, Addition - Le Conte's Sparrow

Hello All, The "Mystery Sparrow" seen at Algonquin Park yesterday (Sept. 21) is now generally accepted as a LE CONTE'S SPARROW. These are annual in the long grass at the Lake of Two Rivers end of the Old Airfield. This one was a bit early, but this is typically when their migration begins (peaks f

[Ontbirds]Thank You From Brighton Wetlands

Hello fellow birder, I Keith "Tiny" Lee would like to take this time to thank the over 500 visitors to the Brighton Wetlands and Lagoon, it has been great for all of us here in the Municipality of Brighton to make this available to you. If you would like to share your thanks to the Municipalit

[Ontbirds]Toronto Islands Migration - Medium Fallout

Good evening This morning I joined Jan McDonald for another beautiful day on The Islands and today was a good choice of days as we experienced a medium fall out of birds on Wards Island and to a smaller extent on Hanlans Point. Almost as soon as we left the ferry we ran into a small flock of

[Ontbirds]ONLY 47 MIGRATING RAPTORS AT CRANBERRY-SEP.22/08

CRANBERRY MARSH RAPTOR WATCH, sw Whitby, ON Monday, Sep.22/08 Observation time: 0800-1200EST Coordinator: Doug Lockrey Official Counter: Ron Stephenson Observers: Alan Woods, Joyce Collier-Brown, Jim Skene, Jean Iron, Jim Munroe, Jim McKnight, Doug Lockrey, Margaret Wilson, Dot Apperson, Paul

[Ontbirds]Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Sept.22/2008

ISRW HeberDown C.A. North,Whitby,Ontario,Canada Sept. 22/08 Just a brief up date Today's total = 25 Tv =11 N.Harrier =1 Sharp-Shinned =9 Coopers =1 A.Kestrel =4 Totals for season =8,261 "Hrs" = 68 Avg. per hour = 121.5 Oservation time 3 hrs Observers; Mike Williamson,El

[Ontbirds]Reesor Retraction

The 7 plovers seen this morning are Juvenile Golden Plovers - they are difficult to tell apart from Black-bellied juveniles except when seen in flight - the black axiliaries that would identify them as Black-bellied Plovers were absent when I got a closeup of them in fli

[Ontbirds]Goose sighting in Kingston, ON

On Friday, we observed a flock of Canada Geese on the front lawn of the Dupont Plant in Kingston, Ontario. One goose caught our eye -- unlike its counterparts, it was smaller, had a brown rather than a black neck, and overall, a more muted-brown body. Photos of this goose next to a Canada are

[Ontbirds]2 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows - Amherst Island

At 9:30a.m. today I located 2 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS at the north end of the pond on the KFN Property at the east end of Amherst Island. Quite often they can be seen right along the pathway, but these two were at northwest side of the pond right beside the large snag, which requires

[Ontbirds]Reesor Pond - BB Plovers

9.30 this am at Reesor Pond: 7 juvenile Black-bellied Plovers - the pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 22 Sept 08 - GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, other fall migrants

Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 22 September 2008 Birds mentioned: GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Snow Goose Redhead Wild Turkey Red-necked Grebe Black-crowned Night-Heron GREAT EGRET Bald Eagle Black-bellied Plover Yellow-throated Vireo Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Nashvill