[Ontbirds] Am. White Pelican at Hamilton Harbour

2009-07-19 Thread Rob Dobos
I am relaying a message for Cheryl Edgecombe who is looking at an American White Pelican sitting on the shore of North Island along the NE shore of Hamilton Harbour. The bird is is easily viewed from the shoulder of Eastport Dr. near the base of the Skyway Bridge of the QEW highway (Burlington sid

[Ontbirds] American White Pelican @ Presqu'ile.

2009-07-19 Thread Fred Helleiner
This is a second-hand report of an American White Pelican that was on Owen Point at Presqu'ile Provincial Park late yesterday afternoon (July 18). I learned of the sighting only this morning from two observers who had been shown the bird through a scope by the person who had seen it fly in and

[Ontbirds] James Bay Report # 2

2009-07-19 Thread Jean Iron
Jean Iron called me on Saturday (18 July) evening by satellite phone from Longridge Point on southern James Bay. She is with a crew of six headed by Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) surveying migrating shorebirds, particularly Red Knots of the subspecies rufa, which is listed as enda

[Ontbirds] Am. White Pelican - at Presqu'ile PP yesterday July 18th 2009.

2009-07-19 Thread SLIMBIRD Gerard
Apologies for not being able to put the word out sooner. An adult American White Pelican landed in Presu'ile Provincial Park yesterday 7/18/09. The bird flew in at 4:10pm and landed on the spit at Owens's Point where it promptly preened and slept. It was last seen still sleeping on the spit at 8:4