[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

On Sunday April 3rd, 2011, this is the HNC Birding Report: ROSS GOOSE BLACK VULTURE BOHEMIAN WAXWING Wood Duck American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Ring-necked Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Blue

[Ontbirds] Great Egret at Van Wagners Beach, Hamilton

This morning, at 722, there was a Great Egret at the north end of Van Wagners Beach. In all likelihood, this is the same bird that Kevin McLaughlin reported to Hamilton Birders yesterday; he saw it there at 830 Saturday morning. I was also at the High Level Bridge, in Hamilton, with Peter

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon in Waterloo

Ken Burrell just phoned to say that he just found a male Eurasian Wigeon at Laurel Creek reservoir in Waterloo. This is the first record for the region in a very long time and likely only the second record ever. Also present was a single white Snow/Ross's Goose(Ken figured Snow but hadn't

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagle at Long Point

On Saturday April 2 I spent much of the day in the Long Point area. Attached is a few of the better sightings. 1) There was an immature Golden Eagle moving along the forest edge of the Big Creek National Wildlife Area. It could be observed from the top of the sand dunes at the end of

[Ontbirds] Some Graster Snow Geese still along St. Lawrence

Hi Ontbirders: Just back from trying to view the Greater Snow Geese along the St. Lawrence River. As Brian Morin mentioned from his posting of yesterday, most of the geese have flown. All of the ice near Wesley Point is now gone so I guess the birds left with the ice. However, in travelling

[Ontbirds] Evaluating...:

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[Ontbirds] Male Harlequin at Humber Bay

There is a beautiful male Harlequin feeding in the pebbled bay between Humber Bays East and West in Toronto. Seems to be keeping company with a female Bufflehead. Good birding, Skip Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (03 Apr 2011) 555 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 03, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[Ontbirds] Fox Sparrow, Towhee and more at Ojibway Prairie, Windsor

This morning (April 3rd) I birded the Black Oak and Ojibway Prairie areas in Windsor. Black Oak had my first Wood Ducks of the year, but little else of note other than a lot of people walking dogs. Ojibway Prairie, on the other hand, had two singing Field Sparrows, a singing Eastern Towhee and

[Ontbirds] Sandhill cranes - Tara, ON

This afternoon I saw two sandhill cranes in a field near Tara, west of Owen Sound. They were at the edge of a field with corn stubble on the west side of Bruce County Road 10 and just south of Conc. 12 Arran-Elderslie. From Owen Sound, go west on Hwy 21 and turn left (south) at Allenford onto

[Ontbirds] Huge number of Red-necked Grebes at Col. Samuel Smith Park, Toronto

I birded the park for a couple of hours in the mid to late afternoon. In first hour I found 719 Red-neck Grebes in the bays and near-shore water of the peninsula include two pairs in same locations where they attempted to nest on wood platforms last year in the inner bay. Just as I

[Ontbirds] Parasitic Jaeger, Col. Sam Smith Park, Toronto

Hello Birders. There was a juvenile Parasitic Jaeger harassing gulls within the yacht club docking area at Col. Samuel Smith Park, Toronto on Fri. Apr. 1. Sorry for the late posting. Also present: the usual early spring ducks such as Common Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Goldeneye,

[Ontbirds] hug number of Red-necked Grebes at Col. Samuel Smith Park, Toronto

I birded the park for a couple of hours in the mid to late afternoon. In first hour I found 719 Red-neck Grebes in the bays and near-shore water of the peninsula include two pairs in same locations where they attempted to nest on wood platforms last year in the inner bay. Just as I was

[Ontbirds] Greater Snow Geese in Eastern Ontario - St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers

In addition to the positive post this evening from Peter Hall about the large flock still near the Quebec border in a bay along south service rd. east of Lancaster, another flock of 5000+ was seen on the Ottawa River at L'Orignal on Saturday and Sunday as noted by Jacques Rochon, Président

[Ontbirds] Correction - Ring-necked ducks not scaup at Sam Smith Park

Sorry, a correction to my previous posting ... Ring-necked Ducks not Lesser Scaup. Carol Parafenko GuelphFine Art ~ Birding Blog: http://www.carolparafenko.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Correction #2 - Horned not Eared Grebe, Sam Smith Park, Toronto

Sorry again, Horned not Eared Grebes at Sam Smith Park, Toronto. Never pays to post late at night. Carol Parafenko GuelphFine Art ~ Birding Blog: http://www.carolparafenko.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by