[Ontbirds] Golden Eagle- Merrickville, Eastern Ontario

Hello, An adult Golden Eagle (escorted by a local Raven) passed low about 40 feet and caught a thermal right over our house here in Merrickville at 12: 40 p.m. this afternoon. It lingered for a minute before moving on. Brenda managed to get outside in time to have binocular filling views. "Yard"

[Ontbirds] HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (17 Mar 2009) 328 Raptors

Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 17, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Blenheim Lagoons--ducks + Annual Permit

Happy St. Patrick's Day birders--a sunny,+ 13 C. day ! The following report is a month earlier than last year--great! Our lagoon is free of ice, winter stench is gone, ducks are here. Today found an abundance of the following: Ring-Necked ; Mallards; Hooded Mergansers; Redheads; Bufflehead; Lesser

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagle, Shallow Lake, Grey County March 17th

At about 315 this afternoon we had outstanding looks at an immature Golden Eagle near Shallow Lake. The bird was first observed perched in a tree near the roadside and we were able to approach in a car to about 30 yards distance before the bird took flight and flew low to the east. It was excit

[Ontbirds] Tundra Swans, Bluebirds, Woodcock, RS Hawk - York Region

With rising temps creating extensive meltwater ponds in the local farm fields, a substantial influx of waterfowl has materialized north of Newmarket over the past 48 hours.  At the north end of Bathurst Street near Holland Landing (less than a minute's drive from where the Great Gray Owl had

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon at Presqu'ile

An adult drake Eurasian Wigeon was in Presqu'ile Bay this afternoon, March 17. First sighted around 1.00 p.m. by Karl Wysotski, it was visible from the Calf Pasture [Atkins lane] viewing stand and seen by a number of people including myself between 1.00 and 1.30 p.m. It was frequenting the

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park: American Three-toed Woodpeckers

It appears that a late winter irruption of American Three-toed Woodpeckers, of yet to be determined magnitude, is occurring in Algonquin Park. A female was observed near the top end of the straight stretch of Opeongo Road, in the black spruce-dominated section, on March 14. Now, I have received p

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 17 Mar 09 - Trumpeter Swan, Gyrfalcon, migrants & lingerers

Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 17 March 2009 Birds mentioned: Snow Goose Canada Goose TRUMPETER SWAN Northern Pintail Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged