[Ontbirds] Brighton Constructed Wetland

2009-04-05 Thread Joan Kelbrick
Greetings: The Osprey have returned to the Wetland. Hopefully, they will produce another surviving chick this year. Last year the Osprey returned April 6, 2008. June 1, 2008 three of us (Tiny, myself and Donna Fano) saw the first of what would be three babies. Only one survived. There were

[Ontbirds] Fox Sparrow in St. Catharines

2009-04-05 Thread Jean and Bob
Hello All, For those interested, my wife and I observed Fox Sparrow, for the third year in a row, on the Green Ribbon Trail in St. Catharines this afternoon (4/05) at 3:30 PM. We observed 1 Fox Sparrow on the trail, north of the pedestrian bridge. Bob Highcock and Jean Hampson Directions:

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose near Richmond, ON (Ottawa)

2009-04-05 Thread Christina Lewis
Hello Ontbirds people, The Ross's Goose discovered on 03 April along Eagleson Rd. near Richmond, ON has been subsequently seen by several observers - on the 4th along Barnsdale Rd. between Twin Elm and Eagleson Rd., and on the 5th along Brownlee Rd. west of Eagleson Rd. and then in the flooded

[Ontbirds] Gyrfalcon Amherst Island

2009-04-05 Thread Peter Jane Good
A white phase Gyrfalcon has been seen along the south shore of Amherst Island both yesterday and today. It could be the same bird that was on Wolfe Island earlier this year but that bird hasn't been reported since March 14th. Amherst Island is reached by ferry from the village of Millhaven west of

[Ontbirds] Richmond Hill - activity

2009-04-05 Thread Glenn Steplock
A good but cool morning watching the busy nesting activities at the GBH Rookery on Leslie, its hard to get a good count with all the activity, but easily 2 dozen nesting Great Blue Herons as estimated by myself and another fellow birder who I spent an enjoyable morning with.  Down on Major

[Ontbirds] Fw: snow geese

2009-04-05 Thread Hans van der Zweep
Hi birders. While driving thru the L.S. Parkway we watched 21 snow geese heading north quite high @ 6:45p.m. to-nite.There were also 2 bald eagles on the ice on the north side of Philpott Island which we were looking at just then.Lots of regular water-fowl and a nice Sharp-shined hawk on

[Ontbirds] HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (05 Apr 2009) 623 Raptors

2009-04-05 Thread reports
Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 05, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture