[Ontbirds] Ontario Eastern Whip-poor-will Project - participants and observations wanted.

Hi Everyone Eastern Whip-poor-wills are now back on their breeding territories and we have already received several observation reports from last year's Ontario Whip-poor-will Project participants. The peak period for hearing the iconic call of the Eastern Whip-poor-will is coming up soon, as

Re: [Ontbirds] Ontario Eastern Whip-poor-will Project - participants and observations wanted.

Hi Everyone - I resent because the links were duplicated in plain text -- sorry; the links below will be easier to work with. Eastern Whip-poor-wills are now back on their breeding territories and we have already received several observation reports from last year's Ontario Whip-poor-will

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending June 2, 2011.

Most of the birds at Presqu'ile Provincial Park in the past few days are summer residents, but there has been a good number of shorebirds and flycatchers, as well as one surprising rarity which would not normally occur this far north and not normally this late in the spring. The moult

[Ontbirds] Unusual Canada goose at McKee Park, Windsor

Today, Thursday June 2, at approximately 2:30pm I observed an unusually marked Canada goose at McKee Park in Windsor. Everything about it was normal except for the presence of two large white areas above each eye, making it look as if it had big bushy eyebrows. It didn't come close enough to

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds to June 2, 2011

With most passerine migrants already gone and the shorebird migration on the wane, there were still some good birds locally this week. High water levels have reduced habitat at the usual spots but flooded fields have been a bonus. Near Amherstview there were 3 Whimbrel, 5 Red Knots and a