[Ontbirds] Prince Edward County: Aug. 7 - Aug. 9

Hello Ontbirders! Mira Furgoch and I spent the weekend birding the county. Sightings from the weekend include: The Black-Bellied Whistling Duck was seen on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Gull Pond on Saturday: 1 Semipalmated Plover 5 Least Sandpiper 1 Common

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Whimbrel

Hello Ontbirders Yesterday evening I observed a Whimbrel flying over Shirley's Bay at 7:00p.m. It flew over calling and heading south. There was a good number of shorebirds, 350+, with 260+ juv. Least Sandpiper, 22 juv. Semipalmated Sandpiper, and smaller numbers of Lesser and Greater

[Ontbirds] 3 great egrets at north reesor pond

this morning 9am there were 3 great egrets in reesor pond, also 3 red neck grebes. location, just south of hwy 7 west side of reesor rd in markham. regards alan ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Great Egret

With all the Great Egret sightings, one more may not be that exciting except that this bird is hanging around a storm water pond smack in the middle of a construction site in the town of Bradford, not the most esthetic habitat! It can be seen on the 8th Line where it meets Prof. Day Drive in

[Ontbirds] No grebe Cobourg harbour August 10

The Eared Grebe was seen yesterday morning, Monday, August 9th, swimming among the moored sailboats in Cobourg's inner harbour but has not been found so far today in spite of a thorough search by several birders. I will post again should it return. Margaret Bain mjcb...@sympatico.ca

[Ontbirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - update

Several birders fom far and wide were happy to find the Scissor-tailed Fycatcher at Luther Marsh this morning between 10.30 11.30 am. It perched and flew continually from from the wires alongside the south side of [County Rd 15] Concession Road 11 - about half-way between Sideroad 21-22

[Ontbirds] Adult Bald Eagle at Moodie Dr. quarry pond Ottawa

Today at noon I checked for the reported Imm. Little Gull but did not see it. There were approximately 10 imm. Bonaparte's Gulls present. There was an Adult Bald Eagle sitting in the same spot as the Imm. from a few days ago. It flew south and landed in a dead tree straight across from the

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Baird's Sandpiper

Hello Ontbirders Shorebird migration continues throughout the Ottawa area with lots of juvenile shorebirds. Saw my first juv. Baird's Sandpiper of the fall at Constance Bay this evening. There was a small fallout of shorebirds due to the brief heavy rain shower at 5:30pm. Around 150+ shorebirds

[Ontbirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Luther Marsh - Tues Aug 10 eve

Birders, We tried (family in tow) for the second time, this time successfully. A bit distant view for me then it disappeared after I watched it just sit there for 30min. A scope may be beneficial if the bird stays out there while you are there - keep scanning bushes/treetops etc. The bird was