Re: [Ontbirds]Eastern Ontario: Johnstown: Cave Swallows

2008-11-15 Thread SLIMBIRD Gerard
Congrats to Bruce on his Canadian first re: Cave Swallow. Regarding the 3 Cave/Cliff swallows on the 12th. I was personally willing to bet (if I were a gambling man) they were Cave Swallows, BUT (ah, the but) shadowing at that distance was just off enough for me NOT to be able to clinch the ID. I

[Ontbirds]White Dove in Elk Lake On. Timiskaming Dist. North

2008-11-15 Thread Paul & Gert Trudel
Hello Fellow Birders, I was called about a White Dove in the sister Community 43 Km East of Gowganda. I e-mailed Michael Werner who tracked it down and got some good pictures. Please follow the link below to the Timiskaming Bird Forums for info and pictures. Cheers, Gert Trudel ""Thanks

[Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (15 Nov 2008) 1 Raptors

2008-11-15 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 15, 2008 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture 0

[Ontbirds]Point Edward Pelagics

2008-11-15 Thread Blake A. Mann
Birders, An unexpected brutal north wind came up for Saturday, so I headed to Point Edward (Sarnia) on Lake Huron. All birding was done from the car as it was too windy (50 k) with driving rain, to stand outside! Jaegers: 1 juv unidentified at distance (likely Parasitic) early morning.

[Ontbirds]Ottawa: Snowy Owls

2008-11-15 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Ontbirds Snowy owls are in the south in small numbers. Yesterday, Nov. 14th at least 3 juvenile individuals were observed in the Ottawa area. All birds appeared in good health, flying and perching. One was in the Fallowfield/Greenbank Road area, one in the Shirley's Bay area, and another in

RE: [Ontbirds]Eastern Ontario: Johnstown: Cave Swallows

2008-11-15 Thread Langis Sirois
Congratulations Bruce for this great find and thanks for posting. I tried for those birds yesterday, with Tom Hanrahan; we met Gerard Phillips who arrived about the same time as us, around 11:00AM; we checked the facilities from the road, in front of the auto propane dealer,

[Ontbirds]Eastern Ontario: Johnstown: Cave Swallows

2008-11-15 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone Just a quick update on the Cave Swallows that were at Johnstown near Prescott. Yesterday, November 13th I observed 3 CAVE SWALLOWS flying around the large grain elevators just west of the international bridge. The swallows spent most of the time fly-catching and occasionally would di