[Ontbirds] Godwits still at Mitchell

The Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits are still the Mitchell Wetlands this morning. Cheers Barb Directions to Mitchell (West Perth) Wetlands: From the East (Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, GTA) - take Hwy 8 thru Stratford heading west to first lights in Mitchell (Wellington St) and turn left (south)

[Ontbirds] Mitchell Wheatland Birding.

Hi Birders, Marienna and I spent the morning hours at the Mitchell Wheatland area between 7: 45 AM till 11:00 AM. We found most of the birds reported yesterday with the exception of White-rumped Sandpiper and Red-necked Phalarope. No matter how hard we and others were searching nobody seem to

[Ontbirds] Mitchell Wheatland Birding.

Sorry I forgot to mention the two Godwits; Hudsonian and Marbled Godwit. Good Luck, Karl and Marienna Egressy ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing

[Ontbirds] Adult Bald Eagle

My son Carlos and I were lucky enough to see and adult Bald Eagle swoop down and catch a fish in front of us at Lac La Peche in Gatineau Park today around 1pm. Lac La Peche is approximately 60km from downtown Ottawa. From Ottawa take the Macdonald-Cartier bridge to Quebec and take Highway 5

[Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Aug 2010

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/19/2010 * NYBU1008.19 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit email to dfsuggs localnet com --- BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK YEL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON Great Egret Green Heron Wood

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Weekly Report

Greetings Ontbirders HIGHLIGHTS WHIMBREL RED KNOT BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER PEREGRINE FALCON OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER CAROLINA WREN The clear cool night air and the Perseids Meteor showers in the sky created perfect conditions for a mass exodus of songbirds on Friday the 13th. Songbird's and

[Ontbirds] 3 Godwits - Mitchell Wetlands

During my visit today from approx. 5:15 - 6:45 p.m., 3 Godwit were present; 2 Marbled, 1 Hudsonian. Of the Marbled, one was larger than the other with a longer bill. I attribute this to sexual dimorphism with the larger bird being the female. The Marbleds were assocoating together in the SW

[Ontbirds] Beeton Sod farms and Scissor-tailed Flycacther

Well I finally gave in and made the trek to see these wonderful birds. At Beeton Sod farms - 2 juv. Buff-breasted Sandp. 10+ Baird's Sandp. 15+ Black-bellied and 5 Golden Plovers + 2 Semi-palmated Plover and 15+ Least Sandpipers. The flycatcher finally showed itself at about 4 p.m. - it was SW

[Ontbirds] Beeton and Mitchell Shorebirds

Hello Birders, Yesterday (August 18th), myself and Sonje Bols irrupted southward from our Algonquin haunt for a few hours to do some shorebirding in the Beeton Sod Farms. We managed see the following species - 4 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 8 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 9 BAIRD'S

[Ontbirds] Beeton Sod Farms

Robin Lawson and I checked the fields north and south of the 11th Line about 1Km east of C.R. 10/Tottenham Road this evening from about 6:50 to 8 p.m. We had 30+ Black-Bellied Plovers, 50+ Killdeers, 19 Least Sandpipers, 5 Baird's Sandpipers.  By about 8 the birds seemed to disappear into the

[Ontbirds] Black-crowned Night Heron (Windsor)

A Black-crowned Night Heron flew over and circled the Lakeview Park Marina at dusk tonight. The marina is at the intersection of Riverdale and Riverside Drive East. It is directly across from Peche Island. You can get to the marina by taking the Manning Road exit from the 401. Go