[Ontbirds] Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch - Broadwings on the move

Hi All, A quick update from the Cliff today since the flight was again very good for early September. Total birds tallied for the day 837 Today the bulk were Sharpies (362) with a good count of Kestrels (178) and our first hint of the Broadwing flight (191), An excellent flight of Osprey (

[Ontbirds] Hilliardton marsh migrants on the move

Greetings birders had a wonderful day at the Hilliardton marsh bird wetland research and education center today. Amidst a steady stream of southern v's of geese overhead and constant well want do we call the call of sandhills we witnessed a good movement of songbirds be banded. Perhaps of greates

[Ontbirds] Nature Canada survey on naturalists' views of Environment Canada's protected areas - S ondage de Nature Canada des impressions des natural istes concernant les aires protégées d'Enviro nne

[Message français suivra] Dear naturalists, Nature Canada is conducting a survey of naturalists and nature enthusiasts to learn their collective views on the state of Environment Canada's protected areas. These protected areas are better known as National Wildlife Areas, Marine Wildlife

[Ontbirds] 13 red necked grebes at Samuel Smith Park, Etobicoke

Hello: Today, Friday September 10th, there were 13 red necked grebes scattered about Lake Ontario seen from Colonel Samuel Smith Park. Also seen were 2 white rumped sandpipers. Directions: In Etobicoke take Kipling Ave. as far south as you can go, parking available, grebes were in a variety of

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (10 Sep 2010) 145 Raptors

Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2010 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, September 10th 2010

On Friday, September 10, 2010, this is the HNC Birding Report: Ring-necked Pheasant Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Egret Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Broad-winged Hawk Merlin Sandhill Crane American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Gre

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds to Sept. 10, 2010

Warblers and vireos continue to move through in good numbers both on the islands and north of the city. As well as the warblers there was a good variety of flycatchers on Amherst Island last Sunday. That same day 2 Yellow Warblers and 1500 Tree Swallows on Wolfe Island were noteworthy. Palm war

[Ontbirds] American White Pelican- Oshawa

American White Pelican- 1 September 10 at 7 PM Oshawa Second Marsh (It was swimming arround in the middle of the marsh. Day 77 for this long staying visitor) Directions:Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd (exit # 419) Go south on Farewell St. to Colonel Sam Drive. Go east on Colonel Sam Drive to

[Ontbirds] 200 Broad-Winged Hawks, Bowmanville

I just came inside from watching a flight of at least 200 Broad-Winged hawks fly over my yard in north Bowmanville, at 5:00 PM Sept 10. Jim Yaki Bowmanville, ON jim_y...@rogers.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the pro

[Ontbirds] Pt. Stanley, Laughing Gull

While looking for all the other gulls mentioned this week, I found a Laughing Gull on the main beach at Port Stanley at 10 am this morning. It was a definitive basic, with some streaking on the head, fairly large black beak with a little coloring at the end, but no white showing on the prima

[Ontbirds] Ottawa & East - Shorebirds & Waterfowl, Red-necked Phalarope

I returned to Andrew Haydon Park this morning and spent several hours trying to relocate the BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER I reported yesterday afternoon, with no luck. With the strong northernly winds today, it has likely moved on. However, there were shorebirds to be found, with SANDERLINGS (9),

[Ontbirds] CRANBERRY RAPTORS--519 on Thursday; 191 on Friday, Sep.9 and 10

Thursday's NW winds and cloud-cover spelled 519 migrating raptors over 8 hours. Many of the birds flew in low. Then Friday--the N wind was great, but the clear blue sky made it difficult to spot the very high-flying hawks-- we had to concentrate to identify, managing to ID 191 over the first 4 hour

[Ontbirds] Buff-breasted Sandpiper

The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is still at the sod farm at Quyon as of 10.25 am DIRECTIONS: From Aylmer , Quebec take Hwy 148 west towards Quyon and look  for the signs for Mountainview sod farms on your right. Take Hammond Rd. right (north) and very shortly turn left (west) on a dirt track that ru

[Ontbirds] Adult Bald Eagle, Downtown Toronto

At 9:00am this morning I spotted a migrating adult Bald Eagle from my east-facing office window at 20 Bay St. (confirmed it with binoculars and drew confused stares from my colleagues). A nice way to start the Friday as well as fall migration. The bird was circling high over the lakeshore just