[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose in Whitby - March 14

Ontbirds subscribers, Saturday morning I observed a white morph Ross's Goose among several hundred Canada Geese in Lake Ontario just east of Thickson Road, off of Crystal Beach Blvd. This flock floated and flew slowly west until it rounded Thickson Point to the west and was eventually lo

[Ontbirds] Long Point to Townsend - Snow Geese, Ross's Geese, etc.

Today Ian Cannell and I decided on an early in the season trip to Long Point and again we made a wise decision. It will be hard for us to beat some of the personal Southern Ontario Spring records that we set today for ourselves. At Long Point among the 22 Waterfowl species we did find were a c

[Ontbirds] Near-adult Male King Eider - Vineland, Ontario

At the foot of Victoria Avenue (Hwy 24) on Lake Ontario, I found a third-spring male King Eider today (Saturday). The bird was seen from the road along the lake a couple of hundred yards to the west of Victoria. It was with White-winged Scoters, of which there were many, along with lots of other

[Ontbirds] Woodcocks west of Exeter

Ontbirders... This evening at 7:45pm, at the corner of Ausable Line and 83 highway just west of Exeter, several Woodcock peenting in the NW quadrant of the intersection. A lovely sound of spring Exeter is 30 miles north of London on highway #4. Good Birding, Rick Thornton Exete

[Ontbirds] Barrow's Goldeneye, N. Pintail, Glaucous & Iceland Gulls - Ottawa

Greetings ONTBirders: This evening my wife and I visited the Hurdman area to check up on the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, which is still in its regular location near the Hurdman footbridge. Along the riverside male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS can be heard staking out their territory for the imminent

[Ontbirds] Cackling Geese - Reesor Pond

This afternoon at 3pm, a flock of 9, vocalising, Cackling Geese flew in to join a much larger gaggle of Canada Geese on the ice at Reesor Pond and immediately went to sleep. The pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham. ___ ONTBIR

[Ontbirds] Western Grebe still there - Ashbridges Park, Toronto

Hello all, I had the Western Grebe this morning (approx. 0915 hrs) at the SE part of Ashbridges Park. It was quite far out, so a scope is recommended. Make sure to scan each bird closely, as when this bird rests with its head tucked in, it can appear like a sleeping Long-tailed Duck, when view

[Ontbirds] Black Vulture Rondeau P.P. - March 14

Birders, I just received a call from Ian Richards that he found a Black Vulture just north of Rondeau Provincial Park this morning (Saturday March 14). It was feeding on a Virginia Opossum carcass in the ditch along Rose Beach Line, which runs along the lakeshore. He didn't have a camera

[Ontbirds] HSR:revised Beamer Conservation Area (13 Mar 2009) 433 Raptors

Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 13, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture