[Ontbirds]Purple Sandpiper Cobourg harbour Oct.26

The first-winter Purple Sandpiper, not seen yesterday in the heavy rain, is feeding on the rotting algae on the mudbanks on the west side of Cobourg harbour this morning, Sunday Oct.26 - being viewed by several birders around 11am. It keeps company with a lone Dunlin and is right out in the open, r

[Ontbirds] Ottawa - White-fronted Goose, Cackling Geese, Lapland Longspur, Golden Plover, etc.

Hello Ontbirders We had an excellent day after some miserable weather yesterday. It started early at Ottawa Beach (Andrew Haydon Park east) with a relatively tight flock of 11 Cackling Geese mixed with the Canadas. Also present was a Blue Goose. A flyover of a single adult winter Bonaparte's

[Ontbirds]50+ Black Scoters in Fort Erie

Hi On Saturday Tim Seburn I saw more than 50 Black Scoters close to the Fort in Fort Erie. This is where Lake Erie flows into the Niagara River. We had a large number of Black Scoters around this time last year too. In addition there were 6 White-winged Scoters and Tim spotted 1 Surf Scoter. Al

[Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Purples

Ontbirders This morning there were two Purple Sandpipers on Sebastopol Island (formerly a part of Gull Island). The birds could usually be seen by scope looking north from the west end of Gull Island. There was also a Snowy Owl on Gull and then nearby High Bluff Island. A good mix of shorebirds

[Ontbirds]EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at Cranberry, sw Whitby--Oct.26/08

CRANBERRY MARSH RAPTOR WATCH, sw Whitby, ON Sun. Oct.26/08 (an aside--1 hour in the rain on Sat.Oct.25--NIL) Observation time: 0800-1000, 1200-1300EST Coordinator: Doug Lockrey Official Counter: Rayfield Pye, Greg Stuart Obse

[Ontbirds] Parasitic Jaeger and Egrets Oshawa 2nd Marsh and Darlington Provincial Park

This afternoon there was an immature Parasitic Jaeger following gulls and small flocks of Red breasted Mergansers that were moving around offshore of Darlington Provincial Park's barrier beach. On the beach there was 10 Dunlin and 12 Snow Buntings. On the north side of the barrier beach in McLau

[Ontbirds]Ottawa - Scoters

Today Sunday Oct 26 at 9:00 am there was a female Black Scoter on Dow's Lake on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa. Later in the day, at 3:00 pm there was a male White-winged Scoter giving good views at the big pond on Earl Armstrong Road near High Road. Both ducks were accompanied by a mix of mergansers a

[Ontbirds]Red-necked Phalarope, Little Gull Cobourg harbour Oct.26

The Purple Sandpiper is still feeding on the algae at the SW corner of Cobourg harbour, but just before 3pm a moulting juv. Red-necked Phalarope flew in from the lake and is bobbing around at the edge of the algae near the Purple. A winter adult Little Gull joined a group of about 35 Boneys flying

[Ontbirds]HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (23 Oct 2008) 989 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds]HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (24 Oct 2008) 14 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds]HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (25 Oct 2008) 91 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds]HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (26 Oct 2008) 32 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds]Ottawa - Long-billed Dowitcher, Snowy Owl, etc.

Hello again Ontbirders. The good weather we enjoyed this morning was short lived with rains starting again this evening. However, a couple of quick checks late this afternoon at the Moodie Drive Quarry Ponds produced a few interesting sightings. There were no hunters nearby, and thousands of

[Ontbirds] Greater White-fronted Goose at Terra Cotta Conservation Area.

We sighted a lone Greater White-fronted Goose among the dozens of Canada Geese and Mallards at west end of Wolf Lake late Sunday afternoon. Terra Cotta Conservation 14452 Winston Churchill Blvd., Halton Hills (2 km north of the Village of Terra Cotta), Wolf Lake is located just west of the m

[Ontbirds]Toronto - High Park Raptor Watch Oct. 20 - 26

This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch.   Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: October 20 - 26, 2008 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett, R. Carswell, C. Harte, M. Kelch, N. McHugh, N. Murr, D. Peuramaki, H. Shapiro, D. Woods GTRW Webmasters: A. Ha

[Ontbirds]Timiskaming - Fox Sparrows

Hello Ontbirders. Thought that it was worth a mention that I had three Fox Sparrows feeding in my yard under some spruce and fir trees today with a small flock of about 15 Juncos. I live "in the bush", in Timiskaming District, half way between New Liskeard (now Temiskaming Shores) and Elk Lake