[Ontbirds] Mr. Fred Bodsworth-Rare Bird at Monartch Landing

Please indulge my narrative. . .Mr. Cranford . . .maybe Ill slip it through at 2:00 a.m. That sliver of moon has set, out in our cool air. Ursa major is dunking the big dipper out over my heard . I'm beggin the indulgene of our server arbotrator. This is late

[Ontbirds] Red Crossbills Ganaraska Forest

This morning Mark Peck and I went looking for Red Crossbills. Did not take long to find one. There was one adjacent to the parking lot when we first arrived. We had a total of 35 Red Crossbills. While they were loosely scattered throughout the forest, most were either foraging on the cones of

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (09 Apr 2011) 611 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 09, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[Ontbirds] Nothern Goshawk at Rondeau Provincial Park

Folks, On Thursday April 7 I saw an immature Northern Goshawk in the forest on the Tulip Tree Trail in Rondeau Provincial Park. I also found my first Field Sparrow and Fox Sparrow of the year. Both were with flocks of Song Sparrows along the Marsh Trail. The forests had abundant

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (09 Apr 2011) 629 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 09, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[Ontbirds] Caspian Terns, Greater Yellowlegs at Reesor Pond

This morning at Reesor Pond I re-found the Greater Yellowlegs as reported yesterday by Stan Long. It was stepping along the shore in the far south-eastern corner of the pond. A nice surprise was a pair of Caspian Terns on the north sand spit. They were courting, or perhaps already paired

[Ontbirds] Long Point area today - Lots of birds

Today Ian Cannell, Jay Peterson, Margaret Liubavicius and I birded the Long Point area and though we missed the White-fronted Geese reported as being at the Lee Brown Sanctuary and the Eurasian Wigeon we made up for them with the variety of birds we did find and following are some of the 90

[Ontbirds] Blue Winged Teal Saddington Park Mississauga...

Greetings! In the pond were three Blue Winged Teal - two drakes and a hen. They were there yesterday as well. An uncommon bird for me. In the harbour was one Horned Grebe, some Buffleheads, and a Long tailed duck. Saddington park is in Port Credit: take the QEW to Hurontario, head south to