[Ontbirds] American Avocet, just south of Peterborough

The American Avocet found by a Peterborough birder yesterday (June 10) was still present this morning (June 11) at 8:30 a.m.   Directions:  From Peterborough, take Monaghan Road south, under the bypass.  It becomes Johnson Dr. when it swings west and follows the bypass.  Johnson jogs left,

[Ontbirds] Prairie Warbler - Currie Tract, Halton Regional Forest - Thur June 11

Birders, I decided to head out to the Currie Tract and try for this Prairie Warbler. The bird sang as soon as I hit the clearing, just after having passed two birders leaving the area who had not found the bird. It sang several times and as I got closer it stopped. I found the small clearing

[Ontbirds] Peterborough avocet June 10

The breeding-plumaged American Avocet was still actively feeding among a flock of male Mallards in shallow grassy ponds south of Peterborough just after 1pm today, Thursday, June 10th. Probably a female by the strongly upcirved bill - a strikingly beautiful bird. Copied here are John Geale's

[Ontbirds] Quinte Area Bird Report forweek ending June 11, 2009

WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR THE WEEK ENDING Thursday, June 11, 2009 Prince Edward County's first confirmed MARBLED GODWIT leads the Quinte Area Bird Report this week. The bird was observed - where else, but at the Kaiser Crossroad flooded fields.

[Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 11 Jun 2009

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/11/2009 * NYBU0906.11 - Birds mentioned -- Please phone in rare sightings for update. Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David --- YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER Pied-billed

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending June 11, 2009.

The migrants northward fly their weary way, and leave the Park to residents and to me. These words, adapted from Gray's /Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard/, come to mind in the past week when birding in Presqu'ile Provincial Park. There is a sense of loss that very few of the migrants