[Ontbirds] Waterloo - White-winged Gulls

Hello Ontbirders, Good gulling this morning from 10:30-11:00am. Observed a small roost of ~50 Herring Gulls, 12 Glaucous Gulls (4 adult), 2 Iceland Gulls, 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls. No Lesser Black-backed or Ring-bills. A couple of gulls i am not sure of ID, but suspect are simply Herrin

[Ontbirds] Evening Grosbeaks, Red Crossbills, Bohemian Waxwings

Near Petroglyphs Provincial Park today 2 Red Crossbils fed on salt along the side of Co. Rd. #6 near Nephton. At house # 2711, 50 + Evening Grosbeaks sat above the feeders. On Smith 7th Line near Lakefield, at house # 1468, 28 Bohemian Waxwings fed on buckthorn alongside the road. Dave Mi

[Ontbirds] White-winged gulls at Lafleche Dump near Casselman

While admiring Snowy Owls in the St Isidore area (3 seen) I was curious to see a small flock of gulls flying over the snowy fields, a check of Lafleche environmental Inc (fancy talk for a dump) revealed a flock of 100+ gull, mostly Great Black-backed and Herring, but among them were 16 assorted

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owls (Casselman area)

Hi Ontbirders: Another great winter for owls. Took a quick spin out to the Casselman area late today. Saw 3 Snowy Owls off exit 58 via the 417. One along Concession 20 and 2 on Concession 19. On the way back to Ottawa, a juvenile Snowy Owl was perched on a lamp post right at the exit 66 of

[Ontbirds] Ottawa - Gray Partridges

Hi ONTBirders: As per David Britton's report yesterday, three male GRAY PARTRIDGES were huddled under a coniferous tree on the front lawn of the City of Ottawa facility on Maple Grove Drive today. For those attempting to locate these birds, check under the coniferous trees carefully, as the

[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl near Cobden

Hi All, This Northern Hawk Owl has been reliably seen for awhile near Cobden, in Renfrew County, including today. It has been found on the Snake River Line which runs parallel with Hwy 17 and west of Hwy 17. It is almost always seen at the top of a deciduous tree within 100 metres of civic addre

[Ontbirds] York Region Sightings

The Holland Marsh has been good for raptors in this first month of the new year.  Last Saturday Mike Van den Tillaart and I had a female/imm. Merlin along Strawberry Lane but when I looked for it yesterday I found a Northern Shrike instead.  A male American Kestrel has been present all winter,

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwing - McGregor P.P. etc.

Hi all, Yesterday - Sat. Dec.23 ~ 4 pm, as we were leaving the park, Penny spotted a small flock of birds at the top of a Poplar(?) tree almost at the NE corner of Lake Range Road and Saugeen Concession #4 - we all had great looks at 11 Bohemian Waxwings with the scope for ~ 5 mins until t

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl - Holland Marsh Area - Highway 400 & 9

There was a Snowy Owl today in the field on the east side of Aileen Street between Edward Avenue and Strawberry Line. It was seen at about 3:15 today. While observing the owl it was swooped by a Northern Harrier. A Northern Harrier was also seen on January 21 in a field off Strawberry Line. Also