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,
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2008
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DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2008
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Black Vulture
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2008
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Black Vulture
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2008
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Black Vulture
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
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
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
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
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