[Ontbirds] Townsend's Solitaire still in Parry Sound

2008-12-22 Thread The Sinclairs
Ted Krug saw the bird again today near the beach parking lot on Prospect Street. The message from Ted is pasted below. this morning we found the bird in the same tree but on the first visit there was a large wild turkey in the tree which I chased away so it would not eat all the berries. An

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagle near Bolton Dec. 22nd

2008-12-22 Thread dave milsom
This afternoon I saw a 1st-year Golden Eagle hunting along Concession 11 at 17th Sideroad, north of Cold Creek, near Bolton. At one point, it dove down into a gully and flushed up 9 Wild Turkeys. I have 4 distant photos of the eagle below. Also saw a dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk in the

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl in Whitby

2008-12-22 Thread Mark Cresswell
This morning at 9am I spotted a Snowy Owl sitting on the chain link fence beside the Westbound 401 ramp at Thickson Rd. in Whitby. There is a vacant field at that spot, however I obviously don't know if he is staying there or just passing through. I know I will be looking for him again in that