[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 14 Jan 09 - Gray Partridge, Lapland Longspur, Hoary Redpoll, winter lingerers

Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 14 January 2009 Birds mentioned: Barrow's Goldeneye GRAY PARTRIDGE Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Northern Shrike American Robin Northern Mockingbird Bohemian Waxwing Song Sparrow LAPLAND LONGSPUR Snow Bunting Red-winged Blackbird White-winged

[Ontbirds] Red-bellied Woodpecker and Pine siskins north of St. Thomas

Hello all, The Red-bellied woodpecker has been visiting my suet feeder on and off all day all week and since Monday, I have had about 10 Pine Siskins arguing with the American goldfinches about who gets to sit on the sunflower seed feeder. My feeders are located at the main Kettle Creek

[Ontbirds] Amherst Island birding

Hi Everyone, Spent the past two days birding Amherst Island. Weather conditions were highly variable including snow, wind and extremely cold tempuratures. Despite all of that, the birding was excellent. Yesterday, January 13th we observed 6 Northern Saw-whets, 3 Boreals, 9 Long-eared and 4

[Ontbirds] Obituary for a Boreal

I braved the below 0 (Fahrenheit) temperatures this morning along with Bruce Di Labio and Marilyn MacIvor and her husband. The south approach is still open but just barely. By the time we got separated we had found 1 Boreal Owl and 5 Saw-whets and Bruce had counted at least 19 Long-eared