[Ontbirds] Common Yellowthroat - Cobourg

2010-11-24 Thread Bill/Nancy Logan
While watching the Pine Siskins on the back yard feeder, we were surprised to see a Common Yellowthroat join them momentarily. It makes a good addition to the Feeder Watch count. Bill/Nancy Logan Cobourg ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (24 Nov 2010) 4 Raptors

2010-11-24 Thread reports
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 24, 2010 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Cranberry Hawk watch - Golden Eagle and more - Nov. 24th

2010-11-24 Thread Geoff - Birds
Today was gorgeous at Cranberry Marsh! Lots of great company at the hawk watch. Doug Lockrey even came by for a visit thx to Alan Woods and the miracle of Doug's wheel chair - what a great treat for all of us! A few late straggling hawks came through to brighten the day as well. Totals for

[Ontbirds] MIGRATING SANDHILL CRANES in LAMBTON .

2010-11-24 Thread Alf Rider
Hello Everyone. Yesterday it was thousands of CANADA GEESE. Today it was the turn of SANDHILL CRANES. Cynthia Cook down Glendale Beach Rd. had 4 flocks of SANDHILL CRANES totalling 325 birds moving SW down the shore of Lake Huron. By 3pm. the movement was over.

[Ontbirds] American Avocet-Schomberg

2010-11-24 Thread dave milsom
At 4.50 pm today I happened to be passing Schomberg Sewage Lagoons, located on Proctor one street south of the intersection at Highways 9 and 27, when I noticed the main gate was open. A quick scan of the 2nd pond resulted in an American Avocet feeding in the shallows. If the bird stays

[Ontbirds] Barnacle Goose not seen today in Port Elgin

2010-11-24 Thread Beverly Carlisle
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[Ontbirds] Sandhill Cranes and other migrants in Huron County

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Martin
Ross Snider, James Holdsworth and I had a great day of late fall migrant watching along the Lake Huron shoreline in southern Huron County between Grand Bend and Bayfield. The weather forecast was for moderate E winds at Goderich and NE winds at Kincardine, farther north along the lake which

[Ontbirds] Cave Swallow near Port Colborne

2010-11-24 Thread Diane and Kayo Roy
Jean and Blayne Farnan just called to say they observed a single Cave Swallow with a Northern Rough-winged Swallow in flight over Lake Erie at Morgan's Point in Burnaby. The two birds flew low and close to the shoreline around the rocks at the foot of Morgan's Point Road. Directions: From

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (24 Nov 2010) 36 Raptors

2010-11-24 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 24, 2010 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Late Cave Swallow-Monarch Landing-Port Burwell

2010-11-24 Thread Aaron Allensen
Greetings Nature Watchers: The incredible warm and sunny November we have been enjoying here in the south-west was bound to bring a few surprises. Snow and Ice are most certainly soon to be upon us. But today was fairly uneventful for birds