[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, January 9th, 2009

On Friday, January 9th, 2009 this is the HNC Birding Report: Wood Duck American Wigeon Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Northern Goshawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Peregrine Fa

[Ontbirds] White Winged Crossbills in Brampton

A flock of approximately 50 white winged crossbills was seen in a single spruce tree at approximately 3:30 pm Friday afternoon. The crossbills were in the company of slate coloured juncos, and enjoying a feast of spruce cones. The tree is located on the front yard of a property on the corner of Bur

[Ontbirds] Varied Thrush Fenwick Update

Carole Chapman wrote: Hi John I thought you might want to know what happened today. We had 19 visitors and the thrush showed up at least 13 different times. Not one birder went away without a viewing. Carole -- John Black President Ontario Field Ornithologists bl...@brocku.ca ___

[Ontbirds] Winter Finches - Ottawa

Hello ONTBirders: I birded a couple of places across the Ottawa region, starting in Kanata. On Gourlay Lane I spotted 14 PINE SISKINS and 8 COMMON REDPOLLS. No sign of the red-shouldered hawk that traditionally overwinters there and was reported earlier this week. The NORTHERN HAWK-OWL ma

[Ontbirds] Hawk Owl on Monck Road, east of Orillia

The Hawk Owl was still present at 9:30 this morning at its usual spot on Monck Road east of Orillia, on the north side of the road a few hundred metres west of Sideroad 20. The bird is easily visible from the road, at the top of a large tree in the open field. Unfortunately, when we arrived at

[Ontbirds] Northern Shrike in Omemee

Spotted and photographed a Northern Shrike at windy ridge conservation area (Jan 9). At the lookout point. Not much action otherwise Anna Visconti ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Se

[Ontbirds] Spotted Towhee - Point Pelee National Park

Hi All! I wanted to give a little update for the park...it's been a while! I went down and finally caught up with the Spotted Towhee early this afternoon. It was immediately south of the washroom building at the Tip today. There is a small patch of leaves that are not snow covered (this may ch

[Ontbirds] Spotted Towhee Point Pelee YES

The Spotted Towhee was still present at the 42nd Parallel sign at the park. It was feeding with the Fox Sparrow and several American Tree Sparrows in a spot clear of snow just behind the display pavillion just north of the sign. Also found was a flock of about 400 Snow Buntings in the Onion