[Ontbirds] Redheads, Coldeneyes, and a Grebe...Humber Bay West Etobicoke...

Greetings! If you are like me then these birds are often tough to get close to. But today they were quite close to shore at Humber Bay West. There was a group of 5 Redheads and a couple of Goldeneyes. Along with a Red Necked Grebe, an American Wigeon, and a huge raft of what is probably Scaup (in

[Ontbirds] Black-tailed Gull, No -Port Stanley

I thought that I should report that I did not see the gull at Port Stanley harbour today. We arrived at 1PM and left just before 5PM. During that time 2 fishing boats came in off the lake with few gulls in pursuit. Seven other gull species were present including Little (2), Lesser Black-bac

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (27 Nov 2009) 3 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2009 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Phainopepla update

Good morning fellow birders. Sue spotted Mr. P feeding (in the adjacent backyard at 20 Ascot)on the multiflora rose at approx. 07:30 where it stayed until approx. 8:15 when it was driven off by the mockingbird. Where Mr. P went, we don't know. I watched the mockingbird as it devoured the same

[Ontbirds] York Region- Barred Owl

I observed a Barred Owl yesterday around 4pm on the edge of a wooded area along Queensville Side Rd. It landed a low branch of a poplar tree out in the open and stayed there for about 5 min. before flying off into the deeper woods into some pines and spruce trees. Good Birding, Sigi Aurora, ON __

[Ontbirds] Eastern Screech Owl Cannington

Hello Birders, The Eastern Screech-Owl is back on his perch in an old branch cut in a Maple tree at the corner of Gibb and Laidlaw St. in Cannington. The tree is on the south west corner on the lawn of 98 Laidlaw. The home owners Jack and Wanda Owen are happy to welcome birders

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Barrow's Goldeneyes, Glaucous Gull, Iceland and LBBGulls

Hi Everyone Yesterday at noon the two male Barrow's Goldeneye were still frequenting the Rideau River north of Hwy 417 near the Rideau Tennis Club. There in a flock of 60+ Common Goldeneye. Spent an hour towards dusk observing gulls coming in to roost on the Ottawa River off Andrew Haydon Park.

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds to Nov. 27, 2009

The KFN ran a field trip to Wolfe Island last Sunday. There are lots of waterfowl, nothing unexpected, but a flock of 1500 Redheads in Button Bay was quite impressive. Also there are good numbers of Tundra Swans in almost every bay in the Kingston area. Raptors were conspicuously absent; no Rough-l