[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl (Low, Quebec)

Hi Ontbirders! Just to let you know that Joel Nordenstrom & I saw the Northern Hawk Owl just west of Low this morning (Friday) at 10h.15. Location as in previous postings. E-mail me privately if more details required. Low-Poltimore Road & Eardley-Masham Road extremely quiet. Good birding, Ro

[Ontbirds] Harlequin at Ashbridges in Toronto

Spent a very nice afternoon birding Ashbridges Bay Park in Toronto with Bruce Kirkland. We manged to refind the female harlequin off the southeast point of the park. Also - Hermit Thrush near west point of the park, Peregrine Falcon dive-bombing gulls, 4 x Kumliens Iceland Gull and a small floc

[Ontbirds] Kingfisher - John Lawson Park - Ingersoll

I had a quieter outing yesterday to the Lawson Tract where winter feeders abound, amply and regularly stocked by the dedicated Ingersoll Nature Club. Trying to capture pics of darting nuthatches, downies,  juncos, tree sparrows etc is always a challenge and despite a racket of crows at the back

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagle

Gerald Donnelly who lives near Mono Road in the north end of Peel County, reports seeing a Golden Eagle on his farm today. The bird has been seen locally for a few days, at one time feeding on a Wild Turkey. Reinder Westerhoff ___ ONTBIRDS is presented

[Ontbirds] SNOW BUNTINGS AND HORNED LARKS, OAKVILLE

TIME: 1:00 PM FRIDAY> There is a flock of about 200 snow buntings with about 20 horned larks in a field at Wyecroft Road off Burloak in Oakville. Directions: South from QEW to Burloak Drive. East on Wyecroft to a field on the south side with a large barred gate. It's between the Silver City and th

[Ontbirds] LBB Gull at Whitby Harbour

I'll state flat out that the bird on the ice is a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Both the bill and the legs are solid yellow. Rick Lauzon Scarborough ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. S

[Ontbirds] Possible Slaty-backed gull / Proible Lesser BB Gull - Whitby harbour

all though the Slaty-backed gull on the ice in Whitby harbor. Dos have Streaking on the head and neck, pink legs(???) and about equal size to herring gulls. it wood seem to be lacking the under wing markings !! as seen in some great photos that wear tackin today .. this is not saying it is a LB

[Ontbirds] Whitby Dark-mantled Gull

Eight birders studied the gull at Whitby harbour over the past hour. It was much closer than the day it was first observed, but still spent most of its time sleeping and behind other gulls. However it eventually came out into the open and offered good looks. Some of the features being observed m

[Ontbirds] SNOW BUNTINGS,LAPLAND LONGSPURS,EASTERN BLUEBIRDS

Hi birders, On Wed, Jan. 26 around 2:00 p.m., we saw a mixed flock of 50 Horned Larks, about 100 Snow Buntings and 12 Lapland Longspurs in a field eating corn. Directions: QEW Hamilton take Centennial Parkway, Hwy 20 south, go straight onto Reg Rd 56, until you come to Empire Corners. Turn righ

[Ontbirds] Possible Slaty-backed gull - Directions to Whitby harbour

There is a good candidate for Slaty-backed gull on the ice in Whitby harbour. Streaking on the head and neck, pink legs and about equal size to herring gulls. Could be a hybrid but it is currently one of two dark-mantled gulls in the flock and thus easy to spot. Directions to Whitby harbour fo

[Ontbirds] Harlequin duck - Whitby

The harlequin duck is currently east of the pier at Whitby harbour. Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information ab

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds to Jan. 28, 2011

The winter listers locally are finding some good birds despite the deep snow and some very frigid temperatures. There was a Great Blue Heron at the Kingston ferry dock on Wednesday, 10 Rusty Blackbirds near the Glenora ferry on Monday, 15 Red-winged Blackbirds on Amherst Island and 10 Am. Robin

[Ontbirds] Black-legged Kittiwake still at Lakeview Marina (Windsor)

Hello Birders, Just to follow up on recent reports of the Black-legged Kittiwake in Windsor, I saw it yesterday at 4pm. It was about 30-40m from the shore. I managed to take a few photos (in poor light). I did not see the King Eider but didn't really scan for it. Photos can be seen at: http: