[Ontbirds]Bohemian Waxwings at Ottawa

2008-12-10 Thread PETER HALL
Hi Ontbirders:   A flock of about 20 Bohemian Waxwings was present near Billings Bridge on the Rideau River at 3:30 this afternoon. The flock was moving about in the tops of large trees just to the west of the bridge at the corner of Wendover Avenue and Warrington Drive.   Only four duck specie

[Ontbirds]Killdeer - Kingston

2008-12-10 Thread Bruce Ripley
Around noon today there were 2 KILLDEER along the shoreline of Lake Ontario in Heritage Park in Bath. There was also 1 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and 2 AMERICAN ROBINS in amongst the Red Cedars. At Lemoine Point in Kingston there was 1 immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK which allowed good observation as

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Barrow's Goldeneye, N. Mockingbird and Yellow-rumped Warbler

2008-12-10 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Ontbirders Today, December 10th, despite the wintery conditions I spent a couple of hours birding around the Ottawa area. There was a female Barrow's Goldeneye present on the Rideau River near the Rideau Tennis Club. It was in a mixed flock of male and female Common Goldeneye. Watch for the d

[Ontbirds]Bohemian Waxwing, C. Redpoll Lakefield

2008-12-10 Thread Anne Anthony
Run into Tony Bigg at the Marshland Centre in Lakefield and while we were standing around talking Tony pished in a Common Redpoll that we heard. A very large flock (~200) of Pine Siskin were also there. At the very south end of the Old Young's Point Road, there was a flock of about 40 Cedar Wax

[Ontbirds]grey jay south of Peterborough

2008-12-10 Thread Pat Kerr
A grey jay rested on my bird feeders at Cedarvalley Rd just south of Peterborough 9am this morning. to reach Cedarvalley travel south on county rd 28 from Peterborough. Turn right on Cedarvalley. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Orn