[Ontbirds] Hawk Cliff ...great flight today Oct 14th 2009

Hi Folks, Just got home after a meeting in London...following a busy day at the Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch and didn't get time yet to enter the numbers for today. So...here's a quick summary for those who are interested The winds were NE and moderate building to strong. These winds almost always

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Ross's Goose , Gr.W.F. Goose, Cackling Goose

Hello Ontbirders Goose watching continues to be productive in the Ottawa Area with a total of 6 species today. At 1:15 p.m. there were 2 adult Ross's Geese feeding on the west side of Milton Road just north of Perrault Road in a flock of Canada Geese. Near St. Albert 5 Snow Geese and 2 Cackling

[Ontbirds] Greater White-Fronted Goose (Ottawa)

Hi Ontbirders: A late day stop at Andrew Haydon Park turned out to be a good idea. Ran into 2 people photographing at one of the ponds. Barb Robertson and Colleen Murray directed my attention to a Greater White-Fronted Goose just to the left. It was feeding with many of

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach (13 Oct 2009) 7569 Raptors

Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture6788

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (14 Oct 2009) 4692 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (13 Oct 2009) 5524 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Algonquin P.P. - Black-backed Woodpeckers, Am. Tree Sparrows

Hello everyone: I arrived early at Algonquin (around 7:30am) and was delighted to find a pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS boring into a telephone pole between Kilometers 54-55. Judging by the number of holes in most of the poles there, I would say the woodpeckers frequent this area. Next I

[Ontbirds] 1501 RAPTORS at CRANBERRY in SW Whitby, ON--Oct.14/09--incl. 1 GOLDEN EAGLE, 530 RED-TAILEDS

Medium N wind and great thermals were greatly appreciated by up to 10 observers at CMRW over 6.5 hrs. on Wednesday,Oct.14. Geoff Carpentier, as counter, was kept alert. He and his team enjoyed identifying many high-flying TVs and RTs as they flew in from Thickson Pt. right over our heads. Later

[Ontbirds] Reesor pond: upper and lower, Peeps, Coots, and lots of Sparrows...

Greetings! We went to both Reesor ponds today. Upper Reesor was clear and cold. We saw the Sandpipers: I don't know if one was a Dunlin...I will bow to wiser heads but two of the Sandpipers were much the same size. Whether the bill was down-curved I will have to check my, very distant, photograph

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 14 Oct 09 - weekly update

Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 14 October 2009 Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National

[Ontbirds] Retraction - Reesor Pond posting

Forgive me folks, but my usual problem with perspective interfered with my calling a Dunlin a Western sandpiper. Though the hallmarks of a Western SP were apparent even to the fine rufous edging of the primaries, in juxtaposition with a Least Sandpiper, the bird was too large to be what I th

[Ontbirds] Western SP - Reesor Pond

Today at 8.30am - 1 Western Sandpiper in winter plumage : black legs, long, down-curved, black bill - at Reesor Pond - also 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, both Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs 2 Coots - Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham

[Ontbirds] Swainson's Hawks, Mississippi Kite - Holiday Beach C.A. (Essex Co.) - 13 Oct 2009

Dear Ontbirds, Strong Northwest winds produced a remarkable day of raptor migration along the Lake Erie shoreline in sw. Ontario. Among the impressive flight of Turkey Vultures at Holiday Beach Conservation Area in Amherstburg, were 2 light morph SWAINSON'S HAWKS and a MISSISSIPPI KITE. I d