[Ontbirds] Greater White Frtd Geese, Lasalle

The geese were on River Canard viewable from Canard Lane this morning 8:30 AM, same place as Paul Pratt reported them yesterday. Refer to previous message from Paul for directions. I counted 31 GWFG and there were also the 2 Snow geese. Please be mindful of parking. Happy Holls. Len Jones ___

[Ontbirds] Greater White-Fronted Geese and Snow Geese Carp []

At 7:30 am I arrived back at Carp Rd just south of the town to see if I could get the White-fronted that I missed last night as I left before they returned at the end of the day.I was soon joined by two other birders staring at the hundreds of geese hundered down combined with the bitter wi

[Ontbirds] Ruddy Turnstone, Purple Sandpiper - Erieau; Wilson's Phalarope - Blenheim

Winter Listers: A stop at Erieau at 11:10 this morning yielded a Ruddy Turnstone (found by Alan Wormington Dec 1st) and a Purple Sandpiper. The birds were difficult to see as they were mostly on the leeward side of the rocks until a fishing boat flushed them. They then landed out of sight behi

[Ontbirds] Turkey Vultures, American Pipits - Flamborough, Black-legged Kittiwake, King Eider (yesterday), Fifty Point

Winter Listers: Just a few goodies that people have dug up today for winter listers who are out. 1) Dave Don just phoned to advised that there are 5 Turkey Vultures at the same roost as last year on Concession 5 just west of Woodhill Road near the Patterson Tract. Earlier today, I ha

[Ontbirds] Possible Coopers Hawk in Downtown Lindsay.

Hi Birders: Last Friday, while parking in the northeast end of the Bank of Montreal parking lot on William Street, I spotted what appeared to be a Cooper's Hawk, perched on the top of the big chimney at the back of the Canada Services Building. It remained perched there for about 5 minutes, be

[Ontbirds] Great Egret, Embro CA, Dec 5

Ontbirders, Ross Snider and I saw a Great Egret this morning in the pond adjacent to the Embro Conservation Area. This bird was 1st found by Stefan Labonte on the 4th and provides Oxford with a latest ever record and our 2nd Dec. record. The Egret can easily be seen from Road 84, at the north e

[Ontbirds] Yellow Warbler and Ross' Geese at Erieau

After looking for the Turnstone today (which we did not see), my dad and I were heading out of Erieau when I noticed a yellow bird along the side of the road. Knowing it was something good we stopped right away and it turned out to be a Yellow Warbler! We watched it for several minutes just work

[Ontbirds] Brant at Sarnia, St. Clair River

Hi all, A Brant Goose was at Sarnia this morning with Canada Geese near the freighter Capt. Henry Jackman at the north slip. Apparently it was seen yesterday on the Michigan side and again this morning as it moved to the Ontario side. An adult Iceland Gull was near the Sidney Smith dock at t

[Ontbirds] King Eider off Thickson's Woods in Whitby

Ontbirds subscribers, At 2:15 this afternoon I found a first year male King Eider off Thickson's Woods just to the east of Dennis Barry and Margaret Carney's house (338 Crystal Beach Boulevard). I was able to show it to Dan Kaczynski. Others are trying to find it in a large raft of Greater Sc

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings, Belted Kingfisher west of Newmarket

Driving west of Newmarket this morning I had a small flock of Bohemian Waxwings (8) on the south side of the Lloydtown-Aurora Road, just east of Jane Street in the south end of Kettleby.  The Lloydtown-Aurora Road is also known as the 18th Sdrd.  It runs east-west from Hwy. 400.    Yesterday I

[Ontbirds] Eastern Ontario: Bohemian Waxwings and Common Redpolls

Hi Ontbirders Bohemian Waxwings continue to move through/around eastern Ontario. Today I observed a flock of 35+ near Perth and yesterday there were 100+ near the corner of Carling Ave. and Moodie Drive feeding in a crabapple tree. Also, had a flock of 40+ in Almonte and two small flocks of Comm

[Ontbirds] Lake Ontario shoreline-OFO trip-Dec. 5

15 OFO members attended today's outing. The weather forecasts probably disuaded many but the sun shone throughout the day and it was warm in sheltered spots off the lake. 50 species included 25 species of duck. Best finds were White-winged and Surf scoters in rough waters off Millen in Stoney C

[Ontbirds] Iceland Gull, Conestogo Lake; Bohemian Waxwings, Belwood Lake

Greetings -- I took a rewarding trip on the backroads north of Waterloo today. Conestogo Lake yielded 1 1st-winter ICELAND GULL at the dam. The fields in the vicinity of the lake yielded two separate flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS, totalling approximately 300 birds. Belwood Lake hosted a mixed floc

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagle west of Cambridge

This morning at about 9:30am I observed an adult golden eagle flying westward at tree-top height in the area of Dickie Settlement Road and Roseville Road. I followed it in my vehicle for several kilometers until it went into a soar and drifted to the south west near the village of Ayr. Directi

[Ontbirds] Purple Sandpiper, Gulls on Niagara River; Cackling Goose in Fort Erie

Hi On Saturday Peter BonEnfant and I saw 1 Purple Sandpiper on the moss covered rocks to the south of the barge. We also saw a California Gull. Thanks to Kevin McLaughlin and Ron Pittaway for pointing these birds out to us. At the same location on Sunday Tim Seburn and I saw the California Gull