[Ontbirds] Ottawa Area: Great Gray Owls

2009-01-31 Thread bruce.dilabio
Hi Everyone At dusk today 3 Great Gray Owls were observed along March Valley Road and 3 along Greenland Road NW of Thomas Dolan Parkway. Good birding, Bruce Directions: GGOwls: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to March Road exit. Follow March Road to Dunrobin Road and turn right. Follow Dunrobin

[Ontbirds] Amherst Island birding

2009-01-31 Thread bruce.dilabio
Hi Everyone Birded Amherst Island today. Despite the -20 C temperature this morning, birding was good. Due to snow conditions,we parked along the South Shore Road and walked in to the "Owl Woods". We observed 5 Northern Saw-whet Owls and 6 Long-eared Owls. On our walk out we observed one Northe

[Ontbirds] Male Barrow's Goldeneye - Ottawa

2009-01-31 Thread Josh V
Hello all, The male Barrow's Goldeneye was present in the open water just south of the Hurdman Bridge. I observed the bird around 11:00 this morning. DIRECTIONS: From 417, take exit 117 and turn onto the Vanier Parkway. Turn left onto Donald Street and follow to the end of the road - parking

[Ontbirds] Mid winter report from the Sault-"Grren morph Siskins, Robins.Rusty Blackbird, Owls and BB Woodpecker , Hoary Redpolls

2009-01-31 Thread Kirk Zufelt
Ontario Birders; I thought I might update people on the what is happening bird wise in the Sault Ste. Marie Area. It has been a relatively good winter locally. Obviously the most dramatic story is the absolutely massive numbers of Pine Siskins. The numbers are still growing and I have literally

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park - Birds and Wolves

2009-01-31 Thread Jean Iron
I was just talking to Ron Tozer at the Visitor Centre in the Park. Further to his report on Thursday (copied below), he said that excellent birding continues with a good chance to see Eastern Wolves (Canis lycaon), a newly described species more closely related to the Red Wolf (Canis rufus) tha

[Ontbirds] Pelee Spotted Towhee

2009-01-31 Thread Bob and Glenda
Ontbirders Yesterday Kevin McLaughlin, Rob Waldhuber and I went to Pelee in search of the Spotted Towhee. Arriving at the 42 N sign we were dismayed to find it looking like the surface of the moon. A westerly gale was blowing off L. Erie and we waded through knee-deep snow for an hour not see