[Ontbirds]California Gull-Orillia Landfill-Nov.1st

Hello: Sorry about the late post but I had no computer access yesterday. I was in Orillia yesterday visiting my father and as I usually do I checked out the Orillia Landfill at the end of West St. At about 1030 I noted a medium sized first year gull with a brightly bicoloured pink and black bill

[Ontbirds]Toronto - High Park Raptor Watch Oct. 27 - Nov. 2

This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch.   Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: October 27 – November 2, 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 Webmaster

[Ontbirds]Amherst Island birding & Eurasian Wigeon

Hi Everyone Spent another interesting day birding Amherst Island. The "Owl Woods" again hosted 2 Northern Saw-whet Owl, 1 Barred Owl and 1 Long-eared Owl. There were still a number of White-winged Crossbill, Pine Siskin and Purple Finch in the woods. A late lingering "Western" Palm Warbler and C

[Ontbirds]HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (02 Nov 2008) 398 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds]Brant in Cambridge

Yesterday on November 1st several of us observed a Brant at the confluence of the Speed and Grand River just off Riverside rd. in Cambridge. It was also seen today in the early morning but when I went to find it in the afternoon it was not present. Directions:From Toronto area head on the HWY-4

[Ontbirds]Ottawa - Brant, Snow Goose, Cackling Goose, Black Scoter

Today Martin Mallet, Jamie Morris-Pocock and I birded along the Ottawa River from Remic Rapids west to Shirley's Bay, as well as the Deschenes Rapids from the Quebec side and the Moodie Drive Quarry Ponds. The weather was lovely and clear but the sun produced a lot of haze and shimmer at long rang

[Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (02 Nov 2008) 256 Raptors

Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 48

[Ontbirds] Leslie Street Spit - Pacific Loon, Purple Sandpiper, Pine Siskins and Purple Finches, etc.

Good evening folks Today Ian Cannell, Margaret Liubavicius and I birded The Spit and a good choice Sunday rather than Saturday turned out to be. Around 8am as we walked along the entrance causeway checking the passing small flocks of Pine Siskins I looked up to see a small Loon flying low off

[Ontbirds] GOLDEN EAGLE, GOSHAWK among 73 raptors at Cranberry--Nov.2/08

CRANBERRY MARSH RAPTOR WATCH, sw Whitby, ON Sun.,Nov.2/08 Observation time: 0900-1400 Coordinator: Doug Lockrey Official Counters:Doug Lockrey,Greg Stuart Observers: Rayfield Pye, Brian Steele, Greg Stuart, Jim McKnight,

[Ontbirds]Amherst Island birding

Hi everyone Spent most of the day birding Amherst Island. It was a nice day with lots of activity. Highlights included 3 Northern Saw-whet Owl and 1 Barred Owl in the "Owl Woods" . A walk out to the KFN property at the east end produced 10+ Northern Harrier, 6 Rough-legged Hawk, 5 Tundra swan, 5

[Ontbirds]Iroquois Shore Line Raptor Watch Nov. 2nd/2008

ISRW HeberDown C.A. North Whitby,Ontario,Canada Nov. 2nd/2008 Well back to earth today! Totals DayYear Turkey Vulture 01911 Osprey 032 Bald Eagle 0

[Ontbirds]Fort Erie Sabine's Gull - YES

After completing our section of the Hamilton Fall Count, Brian Ahara, Scott Watson and I raced to Fort Erie to look for the juvenile Sabine's Gull. We had little trouble finding it. We started by looking for birders on the U.S. side of the river. Once we got past the fishermen, we observed 4

[Ontbirds]Cackling Goose, Dunlin, Waterfowl - Andrew Haydon Park

Greetings ONTBirders: I spent much of today at Andrew Haydon Park, searching for some previously reported goodies. The day consisted of large numbers of CANADA GEESE, with a raft of about fifty SCAUP (they were too far away to ID greater or lesser). There were approximately 20+ BUFFLEHEAD, 1

[Ontbirds]Osprey, Etobicoke

1 Osprey was seen by myself and Ellie Kubisz about 1:30 P.M. flying near the Humber River in Pine Point Park. Pine Point Park is at the foot of Allenby Ave., the first street off Islington Ave. north of Hwy 401 in Etobicoke.

[Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (01 Nov 2008) 1187 Raptors

Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 476

[Ontbirds]Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Revised Nov.1st/08 Totals

ISRW HeberDown C.A. North Whitby,Ontario,Canada Nov. 1st/2008 This is a revised report on our totals as Martin Bence & Alfred Adamo put in an additional 2.5 hours after I left & the winds shifted pushing migrating Raptors over our site !I'm most grateful they put in the extra time !!! Totals