[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Barrow's Goldeneyes

2009-11-03 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hello Ontbirders At around 9:00a.m. this morning there were 2 adult male Barrow's Goldeneye feeding in a mix flock of diving ducks off Andrew Haydon Park . The flock of 100+ ducks included Common Goldeneye, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, White-winged Scoter and Surf Scoter. Good birding, Bruce D

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (03 Nov 2009) 438 Raptors

2009-11-03 Thread reports
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] NO Brant, Colonal Sam Smith Park, Etobicoke

2009-11-03 Thread Andrew Keaveney
I did not refind the Brant. I looked along most of the rocky waterfront in the park. I don't think they are still around... perhaps they moved on to Marie Curtis Park or beyond... Ratray's Mash? There would be little point to looking for them in the morning to those of you whom emailed askin

[Ontbirds] further to "Lesser" Canada Goose post Sunday at Long Point

2009-11-03 Thread Andrew Keaveney
Hello Ontbirders. I am sure that many of the excellent Ontario observers are already aware of this but I wanted to share with everyone what I found out from a few folks that emailed me about the "smaller" Canada Geese in Ontario. I can honestly say that I was UNAWARE that not all of the sma

[Ontbirds] Golden and Bald Eagle, Brant - Ajax

2009-11-03 Thread Geoff - Birds
Today I did a bit if "Chawking" (you will recall this is pretending to do yard chores while actually hawkwatching ... 200+ Brant flew over at 10:00 a.m. (new yard bird - wahoo!) Golden Eagle - 3 immature together at 11:20 Bald Eagle - one adult at 1:10 Red-tailed Hawk - 59 Sharp-shinned Hawk -

[Ontbirds] GOLDEN EAGLE among 161 migrating RAPTORs at CRANBERRY in SW Whitby, ON--Nov3/09

2009-11-03 Thread Doug Lockrey
With medium NW winds, rising BP and light thermals as many as 12 observers thoroughly enjoyed spotting raptors coming in high and low on several flyways over a period of 5 hours, interrupted by a brief shower. During the first hour we had great views of a very dark morph adult Red-tailed Haw

[Ontbirds] 2 Brant Geese, Colonal Sam Smith Park, Etobicoke

2009-11-03 Thread Andrew Keaveney
Hello, I just got a phone call from Dave Hallet, my resident Sam Smith know it all, and he's watching 2 Brant in the eastern most bay. I am on my way out to see the birds now. Directions: Colonal Sam Smith Park is at the bottom of Kipling Ave. Walk to the waterfront and then east to t