Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:32:30 -0400
To: Ont Birds
From: Alf Rider ari...@xcelco.on.ca
Subject: SARNIA to GRAND BEND BIRDING.
Hello Everyone.
Starting at 8.00am. at the Point Edward
Lighthouse, a group of us located the PEREGRINES, one sitting on a
blue light
Hello Birders,
After several hours of searching for the Godwit yesterday and coming up
unsuccessful, at 7:00 AM this morning the Godwit was openly feeding in the
mud flats in Duffin's Creek.
I also spent about a half hour looking for the six Brant near the Water
Treatment Plant at the end of
There appears to be a good migration going on along the Ottawa River today. We
are stuck in the yard doing yard work, but nonetheless managed to see a flock
of 400 Brant and a subadult Golden Eagle go over. There was an albino Brant in
the flock with the others.
Constance Bay is west of
Sharon and Jeanne Skelly reported seeing the Sabine's Gull today. It was
downstream of the Canadian Falls, but not quite even with the American Falls
- flying and sitting with a couple large groups of Bonies. They had one
adult Little Gull and one adult Lesser Black-backed Gull there as well.
A family outing to Oshawa's Second Marsh yielded the 8 American
Avocets, 4 sitting/sleeping to the west of the viewing platform
(between the leftmost log island and the cattails) - look to the
right from the platform. The other 4 were actively feeding further to
the right/north, 3 in a group and
Birders
I had a good look at a Western type Grebe at about 1130 today (Nov.
1/09) off the small park on Haviland Bay about 35km N of Sault Ste.
Marie on Hwy. 17. This bay is the first place you hit Lake Superior
after leaving the Sault. You can scope from the small park as well as
a
Hello Ontbirders,
Evan Timusk and I birded the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton early
this afternoon. The highlight of the outing was an immature GOLDEN
EAGLE that was spotted soaring over the trail to Bull’s Point
traveling southwest. The other notable raptor sighting was an adult
male
Hello Ontbirders,
On a beautifully sunny day in the Capital region, Tom Hanrahan and I decided to
try our luck. We had 7 Bohemian Waxwings at Constance Creek. They were very
active in the trees along the waterway. Having not seen a posting for this
species yet this fall I thought I would
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2009
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Black Vulture
Hello Ontbirders
There was a good movement of birds along the Ottawa River this morning as
earlier mentioned by Jeff Skevington. We birded from Shirley's Bay to
Britannia. Off Andrew Haydon Park we observed 9 Cackling Geese, 56 Brant and
75+ (mainly males) Long-tailed Duck. All 3 scoters were
Alas, we had reasonable weather at the Cranberry platform, albeit no
thermals.
Light westerly wind brought 50 or more people to enjoy the hawks and the
non-raptors,
such as 3 FOX SPARROWS, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, CEDAR WAXWINGS,
PURPLE FINCH, etc.
We had wonderful views of a light morph
ISRW Heberdown C.A.
North, Whitby,Ont.,Canada
Nov. 1st /2009
Totals Day Season
Turkey Vulture 0 1458
Osprey 0 33
Bald Eagle0 39
The Little Gull was seen around 8am this morning on the water from the
Loyalist Parkway (Hwy 33) west of the Cairns Winery and Vineyard in the NW
section of the lagoon. There were also ~30 Bonaparte's gulls in that area.
Also present in the same general corner: 3 tundra swans. ~400 greater Scaup
Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2009
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Turkey Vulture
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2009
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Black Vulture
About 35 OFO members enjoyed a cool but dry day of birding the 'West
Coast of Ontario'. During the first hour at the beach we saw many waterfowl,
including all 3 Scoter species, both Common and Red-breasted Merganser flocks
mostly flying downlake, ~40 Common Loon in various groupings of
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