[Ontbirds] Rondeau Provincial Park

2010-04-22 Thread RIC MCARTHUR
Late Wednesday heard a rusty blackbird on Spicebush Trail. Also heard a clay coloured sparrow about 1 km north of visitors centre at 8 am this morning. -- Ric McArthur PO Box B1 Morpeth, Ontario,Canada N0P 1X0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricmcarthur

[Ontbirds] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher @ Palletta Park, Burlington

2010-04-22 Thread waynerenaud1951
Last night around 6:15 pm a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher was feeding off the bridge closes to the edge of the lake. It was otherwise quiet except for an American Woodcock which was feeding in a wet sedge meadow near the east end of the other bridge over the creek about 15 from the pathway. Direction

[Ontbirds] Free Silhouette Guide to North American Hawks in Flight

2010-04-22 Thread Audrey Heagy
A new silhouette "Guide to Hawks Seen in North America" is available free from the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) at www.hmana.org. The two-page guide helps you compare the shape and key field marks of 21 species of migratory hawks seen throughout most

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (22 Apr 2010) 358 Raptors

2010-04-22 Thread reports
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 22, 2010 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vul

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending April 22, 2010.

2010-04-22 Thread Fred Helleiner
A number of birders visiting Presqu'ile Provincial Park on Earth Day were able to find plenty of spring birds. During the past week almost every day has produced something new. Every common species of dabbling duck was in the Park on Tuesday, and even the rare EURASIAN WIGEON has been spendin

[Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 22 Apr 2010

2010-04-22 Thread dfsuggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/22/2010 * NYBU1004.22 - Birds mentioned BROAD-WINGED HAWK YELLOW-THR. WARBLER LA. WATERTHRUSH WHITE-EYED VIREO Horned Grebe Tundra Swan Green-winged Teal Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Wigeon Scaup species White-winged Scoter Buf

[Ontbirds] Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory report

2010-04-22 Thread Terry Sprague
Spring continues to be a bit slow at Prince Edward Point and sometimes it seems like the trees are leafing out faster than any birds are arriving. May should be fun. COMMON LOONS continue to move through and peaked at 10 on the 21st. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on the 18th and high flying GREAT

[Ontbirds] Brown Thrashers, Chipping, White Throated, Tree, and Song Sparrows at Humber College Arboretum, Etobicoke...

2010-04-22 Thread Bernie Monette
Greetings! I kept hearing this Mockingbird call but could not see it - until it turned out to be a pair of Brown Thrashers. This was in the valley in the brambles on the north east side. At the feeders were a cooperative Chipping Sparrow, in and amongst the trees - which are coming into bloom and