[Ontbirds] Lincoln's Sparrow - James Gardens, Toronto

This afternoon I found at least one Lincoln's Sparrow along the Humber River at James Gardens in Etobicoke. While not as conveniently subway-accessible as the College Park bird, it may still be of interest to winter listers. The bird was feeding along the partially open creek that runs south from

[Ontbirds] preliminary results St. Catharines Christmas Bird Count Sunday Dec 19th

Hi folks I still haven't received all the results but here are a few preliminary results for the St. Catharines CBC held on Sunday Dec 19th 44 participants 23,136 individuals 79 species Record high counts: Ring-necked Duck (17) Common Merganser (2156) Red-breasted Merganser (2600) Northern Harr

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings

Hello Ontbirders, At Aylmer WMA, Elgin Co. today, I found 2 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, 3 American Robins, and 4 House Finches. The shrubs here are loaded with berries for them to feed upon. Also here, I saw a NORTHERN SHRIKE holding a piece of bloody flesh in its bill. This prompted a stop at the

[Ontbirds] Linwood CBC results December 28

The fifth Linwood CBC was held today, December 28. 19 hardy observers gave the circle perhaps the best coverage yet and as a result many species were recorded in record highs. 51 species were found today (not quite beating the 54 in 2008), plus at least two count week species to-date. 3 new speci

[Ontbirds] Algonquin-Boreal Chickadee, Pine Grosbeak

Today our group found a Boreal Chickadee and a male Pine Grosbeak just before the sign for Taylor Statten Camps, about 2.5 km north of Highway 60 on Arrowhon Rd. in Algonquin Park. We also saw 4 Blue Jays, 2 Golden Crowned Kinglets and a Pine Marten at this spot, plus 2 Common Ravens. We also s

[Ontbirds] Vesper Sparrow near Wardsville On

Rayfield and I found a Vesper Sparrow at my feeder yesterday . It stayed for a few minutes and then was gone. This morning it was back foe a while. The feeders can be view from the road.. DirectionsWardsville is between London and Chatham ON From 401 take ex 129 Furnival Rd north to the

[Ontbirds] SARNIA BAY KITTYWAKE

Hello Birders. Before going to a Physio. Staff Christmas party in Sarnia today, a stop at the Centennial Park on Front St. which overlooks the Sarnia Bay I scanned the Gulls. The second bird fron the left was a !st.w. KITTYWAKE. It was quite obviously different from the oth

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - 28 Dec 10 - weekly summary

Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 28 December 2010 Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario,W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber:

[Ontbirds] Prliminary Carleton Place Chritmas Bird Count Dec 27 []

Merry Chirstmas to All On Monday Dec 27th the 60th Carleton Place CBC took place. There were nearly 40 field observers which was up from the typical 25 to 30. It was a sunny and cold day with a strong "Winnie the Pooh" north wind. Despite this we had an excellent year. The preliminary coun