[Ontbirds] White-winged Crossbills Carleton Place []

While trying to catch sight of a raptor cruising back and forth across our backyard this morning we noticed 4 White-winged Crossbills. 1 Female and 3 juveniles. This is the 3rd time in nearly fifteen years they have stopped at our spruce trees. They are gone now. We live on Herriott St nea

[Ontbirds] King Eider Cobourg harbour Saturday Feb.26

A first-year male King Eider has spent the afternoon today Saturday, February 26th in and around Cobourg harbour. It was first found about midday near the short middle pier, later flew out into the lake to the west of the harbour but most recently has been back at the mouth of the harbour. Directi

[Ontbirds] Leslie Street Spit - King Eiders, Tundra Swan, etc.

The two King Eiders that were found last Saturday by Ed O`Conner and were seen again on Sunday and Monday are still out there. They were in the East Cove which is beside Pipit Point which is the furthest point out on the southwest part of The Spit (take the left hand road at the Quonset Hut). Th

[Ontbirds] Northern Shrike seen in Saddington Park, Mississauga

Hello all, While walking along the waterfront trail in Saddington Park, Port Credit we were very excited to have spotted a Northern Shrike with it's most recent catch still wriggling in it's bill (a tiny field mouse!). We had the spotting scope on it for over 5 minutes and were thrilled to

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Saturday, February 26th, 2011

On Saturday, February 26th, 2011, this is the HNC Birding Report GRAY PARTRIDGE Snow Goose American Wigeon Canvasback Redhead Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Horned Grebe Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl and other birds in Newmarket/Bradford area

Frances and I saw a Snowy Owl at 1:30 today near Bradford, thx to Ron Fleming's post and directions a few days ago. The owl was at the end of Emma road, which runs west from Dufferin near the top end of Dufferin. Once at the end of Emma road, we scanned the fields to the south and southwest and saw

[Ontbirds] Northern Shrike Ottawa

There has been a Northern Shrike hunting in the fields on March Valley Rd, Ottawa for the past few days. It is usually fairly close to the road. Cheers, Ben ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organ