I saw a greater white fronted goose at St Johns Conservation Park. It is alone
in the pond socializing with canadian geese. It was 8pm Sunday the 22nd.To get
to st johns conservation park, get to Highway 406 in the niagara region get off
at Highway 20. Go right towards fonthill. When in fonthil
23.05.11 - 7am at Reesor Pond, the 1st Whiterumped and 1st Semipalmated
Sandpipers : a flock of 23 - touched down this morning, stayed a while and left
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yesterday saw the 1st Solitary SP - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on
Reesor Road in Markham.
Hello Ontbirders,
The best bird at Rondeau this morning was a Hooded Warbler on the South
Point Trail about 1 km south of the West parking lot, on Gardiner Ave. Note
that this is a different site than the parking lot accessed from Lakeshore
Road.
Cerulean Warbler was the bird of the afternoon at
Good morning Birders:
Saw a male Mourning Warbler at 6am this morning at Colonel Samuel Smith Park.
Low in the area just east of open field and ball diamond.
Samuel Smith Park is at the foot of Kipling Ave in Etobicoke.
Regards
Lloyd Paul
Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell networ
Sunday, May 22, 2011
The Whimbrel Migration Count at Col. Samuel Smith Park in Toronto, recorded
306
Whimbrel today, May 22. Medium fog and scattered showers persisted all day.
Migrations count numbers should build up to peak counts expected on May 24 and
25. Observers today were Wayne Re
The usual feeder birds at my neighbour's feeders were a bit upset today
having to share with a summer tanager. This bird has been in the Carter
Lane area for the past several days.
Bob Cunningham
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Hi all
For those of you who haven't caught up with a Yellow-throated Warbler this
spring, there is a lovely male warbler currently being seen just along the
main road of the park. The bird was signing up a storm and found
approximately 200m south of White Pine picnic area, in a large sycamore
Greetings Ontbirders
Today at noon there were 50+ Whimbrel at Owen Pt. Also on the beach there were
3 Ruddy Turnstones, 6 Black-bellied Plovers, 30 Dunlin, 1 Red Knot, 30+
Semipalmated Sandpipers and smaller numbers of Least Sandpiper,Semipalmated
Plovers, Killdeer and Spotted Sandpipers in sm
Two immaculate Glossy Ibis's dropped into the shorebird cell about 1:05 this
afternoon.
Actually they dropped into my field of view while I was scanning!
Hillman Marsh Directions: From Windsor take Highway #3 to Leamington. Take
Oak Street approximately 7 km east of Leamington. The main entranc
A late morning birding walk around Rattray Marsh in Mississauga was very
quiet today but on our way back to the waterfront parking lot at Jack
Darling we spotted and had extended good views of a small group of
approximately a dozen Red-necked Grebes just off the beach. Referencing
Kaufman's Field
59 Whimbrel were counted by Don Barnett, Wayne Renaud, Jean Iron and many
others at the Park between 4:15 am and 12:30 Eastern Daylight Saving Time.
This day 5 of the Whimbrel Watch. Also seen were 3 flocks of Black Bellied
Plover totalling 21; one flock of 14 Dunlin and 14 flocks of Calidris
Original Message
Subject: Whimbrels, Ruddy Turnstones Cobourg
From: Robert Lonsberry
To: birdal...@ontbirds.com
CC:
I saw 40+ whimbrel and several Ruddy Turnstone leave the Cobourg pier heading
west at 3:45.
Rob Lonsberry___
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Hi all,
Whitby Harbour:
42 Whimbrel were observed circling low over the mouth of Whitby Harbour today
at 2:50 PM before continuing their journey westward along the north shore of
Lake Ontario. A big thank you goes to Rayfield Pye for letting us know there
were shorebirds present at this loca
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