[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Black-backed Woodpecker and migrants

Hi Ontbirders Spent the morning birding various areas on the east side of Ottawa. One of the highlights was a female Black-backed Woodpecker at the Mer Bleue. It was pecking away on a dying spruce tree at the end of the first bridge along the main trail. Over along Milton Road we observed 2

[Ontbirds] Snow Geese - Casselman

I had my first flock of Greater Snow Geese in the sod fields east of Casselman along Hwy 138 on Sunday. There were about 300 in with a few hundred Canada Geese. Brian Morin Cornwall Directions - From Hwy 417 east of Ottawa take the Hwy 138 exit and head south 1 km. The birds were on the west

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile - Ducks and Shorebirds and Eared Grebe

While not a million ducks (what a site that would be) Popham Bay off Presqu'ile Provincial Park had its first big raft of divers today. About 6000 birds in one big long raft was almost a kilometre offshore. Scope views showed most were scaup, I'm thinking Greater but I could not tell at that

[Ontbirds] Oct. 11th post Iroquois Shoreline

Oct. 12th./2010 ISRW My post from the 11th. failed to show the total for Northern Harriers, the grand total stays the same along with Hrs., but it should have also included N.Harrier = 22 Cheers Mike Williamson ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the

[Ontbirds] 2nd Gr. White-fronted Goose at Pittock Lake, Oct 12.

Ontbirders, A second adult GWF Goose has joined the previously reported bird, along the north shore of the lake, on a gravel shoal in the west end. The 1st bird has been seen, sporadically, at the lake and feeding in the cornfields just north of the park, over the past weekend. The large

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (12 Oct 2010) 2910 Raptors

Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2010 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (12 Oct 2010) 6048 Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2010 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Port Stanley Lagoons

Hi All Not sure if this is of note or not, but I counted over 125 Killdeer at Lagoons 1 2 in Port Stanley on Sunday.  Most of them were loafing and sunning on the berm between the 1st 2nd lagoons but a few were at the waters edge.  There were also a few Yellowlegs, both Lesser and Greater.

[Ontbirds] Cranberry Marsh Hawk Watch - 12 Oct 2010

9 species of diurnal raptors totaling 756 individuals were seen today, 12 October 2010, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. under moderate NW winds and clear blue sky with no clouds. Turkey Vulture: 609 Bald Eagle: 2 Northern Harrier: 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk: 57 Cooper's Hawk: 4 Red-shouldered Hawk: 1

[Ontbirds] Humber Arboretum: Thrushes, Orange Crowned Warblers, Purple Finches, and more...

Greetings! It was a nice day today at the Arboretum. In the valley there were some Orange Crowned Warblers along with a very cooperative Mockingbird. The usual White Throated and White Crowned Sparrows and a lone Fox Sparrow were also present. By the feeders were many Purple Finches, House