[Ontbirds] Amherst Supplemental - R-B Woodpecker

Hi again: I forgot to mention, we observed a male RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER a ways off the trail leading into the Owl Woods, approximately 300 meters from the feeders at the entrance. Pat

[Ontbirds] Amherst - 4 Owl Species, Kestrels, Bald Eagle

My wife and I spent the afternoon at Amherst Island. Overall it was slow in the Owl Woods, with only singles of BARRED, BOREAL, and NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS. No LONG-EARED OWLS were observed by us or any of the other birders/photographers were spoke to. A 3rd year BALD EAGLE flew over the wood

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Bohemian Waxwings

Hello Ontbirders Today there was a flock of 35+ Bohemian Waxwings near the corner of March Road and Terry Fox Road in Kanata and yesterday I had a larger flock, 125+ near the intersection of Kinburn Side Road and Carp Road. Good Birding, Bruce Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips

[Ontbirds] King Eiders, Barnacle Goose, etc.

Today John Schmelefske and I birded from Grimsby to Etobicoke along the shore of Lake Ontario. At Grimsby Harbour at the foot of Christie the Barnacle Goose swam in and sat for a time on the ice until it flew east with a small group of Canadas at 12.30 pm. At McNeilly inbetween 50 Point Road

[Ontbirds] Ducks at Fort Erie

January 17 - The results of the January Waterfowl Count and mid-winter Bald Eagle Survey at Fort Erie at the source of the Niagara River between the ice boom and the Peace Bridge there were: Canada Geese 43 Mallard 54 American Black Duck20 Bufflehead

[Ontbirds] Male Hooded Merganser - Millhaven

Birded at the Millhaven ferry dock today, one Male Hooded Merganser and several Common Goldeneye, see links for pic of each. Directions: http://www.amherstisland.on.ca/ferry.htm Male Hooded Merganser http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4282061779_93e7402811.jpg Common Goldeneye http://farm3.s

[Ontbirds] Varied Thrush at Cold Creek (Jan. 17/10)

The Varied Thrush described below was again present about 10:50 am when I arrived, and showed up again about 30 minutes later, feeding on the same stump as shown in the original photograph. It gets a bit wary/skitish when there is a group of birders. Apparently the red-bellied woodpecker was see

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile "white-winged" Gulls

Ontbirders, Today, among several thousand gulls roosting on ice north of Gull Island at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, I saw six Glaucous, three Iceland and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Directions to Gull Island, which is west of Owen Point, are available in a tabloid available at the Park gat