[Ontbirds] Northern Mockingbird and more...Richmond Hill

Wrapping up a hike through Headwaters Community Park, we spotted a Northern Mockingbird fly to a rooftop and put on a song list that spanned the likes of 10 species. Very entertaining, we introduced several folks to birding as many stopped to listen. The white patches on the wing really stood o

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending May 12, 2011.

Birding at Presqu'ile Provincial Park this week has been typical of early to mid-May. Some days are rich in migrants while others are relatively slow. Even on slow days, however, newly returned birds can always be found, albeit in smaller numbers. On Monday of this week, the BRANT migration

[Ontbirds] Rondeau Update

Good evening Ontbirders, Our final tally of warblers at Rondeau today was an impressive 31 species plus one hybrid. Highlights not mentioned in my earlier post included a late Pine Warbler on South Point Trail, a Hooded on South Point Trail, a Mourning on Spicebush Trail and a Brewster's on Spice

[Ontbirds] Pelee Island May 12th

Hey Birders, It was another great day on the Island, with some nice activity between the thunder showers. Here are today's highlights: Prothonotary Warbler - 1 male at Fish Point Hooded Warbler - 2 males at Fish Point, including 1 that flew south with a moderate flight of birds this m

[Ontbirds] Fallout of Warblers in N Oakville this afternoon

With the weather threatening around 5 pm this afternoon, I noticed a small fallout of warblers in my spruce trees in my Upper Middle Road and Sixth line, Oakville, neighbourhood: 4 Blackburnian, numerous yellow Rumped, 1 Bay Breasted, 1 N Parula, 2 B&W. Directions: Oakville- Upper Middle

[Ontbirds] Brighton Constructed Wetlands

Hi everyone, since we are still up and running I would like to invite all who wish entry to come to the wetlands on the May long weekend, I will have the wetlands open to the public for free for the following days. Saturday May 21, 2011 From 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Sunday May 22, 2011 from 11:

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (12 May 2011) 8 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: May 12, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vul

[Ontbirds] Red-headed Woodpecker - Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station, Toronto

Hey Folks, I was about to leave the station today when I got word that a TRCA field crew spotted a Red-headed Woodpecker this morning along the dirt road which leads to the banding station. Mark Field and I decided to drive slowly up the road and keep an eye out for it, and BAM there it was! We wa

[Ontbirds] Chaffey's Locks - Cerulean & Golden-winged Warblers, Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Hi ONTBirders: I spent the morning birding along Opinicon Road, both at the Skycroft campgrounds and further south on Opinicon Road near the QUBS tree swallow study area. YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS can be found in good numbers, pretty much anywhere along Opinicon Road. I observed 11 species of w

[Ontbirds] is it a long or short-billed dowitcher?--Whitby-May 11

A number of us have watched a feeding dowitcher this Thursday, May 11, morning. We need someone to decide which species it is.Hopefully it will hang around. It is in the northwest corner of the big Sobey's pond, north of Victoria St. west of the Iroquois Sports Centre. Exit the 401 onto Brock St./

[Ontbirds] American White Pelican; Baie du Dore

Hi Ont birders; Three White American Pelicans were observed this morning at around 9:00 AM at Baie Du Dore. Two birds standing on the rocks with many Cormorants and one paddling in the bay. The birds where originally found by Dave, Jean + Gayle Schaus of Walkerton at 6:30 PM yesterday. The Schaus's

[Ontbirds] Fort Erie - Cerulean plus 17 species of Warblers thursday morning

Hi We had a productive morning at Erie Beach in Fort Erie. We saw 18 species of warblers with the highlights being 1 singing Cerulean Warbler 1 singing Blue-winged Warbler 1 singing Hooded Warbler Tennessee Warbler (6+) Cape May Warbler (2 males and 1 female) Also a female Cardinal feeding a fl

[Ontbirds] 6 Tennessee Warbler at Rattray Marsh Conservation Area birding/12 May 2011

I complete forgot to add the Tennessee Warblers (6) on the last posting, which makes 17 species of warblers. Original Message From: waynerenaud1...@aol.com To: birdalert@ontbirds.ca Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 12:50 pm Subject: [Ontbirds] Rattray Marsh Conservation Area birding/12 May 2

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Cape May Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, etc

Hi Ontbirders, Today was a good day for birding at Mud Lake. There were lots of warblers at the west end of the ridge and in the secondary growth area south of the road and west of the lake. In total I tallied 14 species of warbler, among them: Tennessee Warbler (at least 3) Bay-breasted Warble

[Ontbirds] Connecticut Warbler, many migrants, Beachville, May 12

Ontbirders, There was an excellent fall-out of migrants along the Beachville River Trail this morning, as good as any local day in years. I had 21 species of warblers, about 300 individuals, most noteworthy was a persistently singing Connecticut. [my earliest record by 10 days]  The protracted

[Ontbirds] Rondeau Migration Report - May 12

Hello Ontbirders. A Yellow-throated Warbler continues to be seen near the Rondeau Visitor Centre. The most recent sighting was at 12:30 at the feeders there. It has also been seen nearby, e.g., at 11:30 am just north of the VC on Lakeshore Road. There was an excellent variety of warblers sighte

[Ontbirds] Rattray Marsh Conservation Area birding/12 May 2011

I spent from 8:00 to 11:00 am doing most the trails and marsh area. The morning was fairly quiet with some loose pockets of migrants. On my way back to where I parked (corner of Watersedge Road and Old Poplar Row) the stretch of woodland and small marsh just east of parking area were teami

Re: [Ontbirds] Point Pelee Migration Report May 12, 2011

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Friends of Point Pelee < i...@friendsofpointpelee.com> wrote: > *Friends of Point Pelee provide guided birding hikes throughout the > Festival of Birds at Point Pelee National Park of Canada. Proceeds from > hikes support the Friends of Point Pelee and Point Pelee

[Ontbirds] LeConte's Sparrow - Point Pelee

Just found a Le Conte's Sparrow moving north along West Beach from the first access to the beach north of White Pine off the bike path at 1225. Bird was walking on the sand halfway to the water from the shrub edge. Chris Kimber ___ ONTBIRDS is presented

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (11 May 2011) 46 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: May 11, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vul