[Ontbirds] Carp: White-faced Ibis

2011-07-12 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone The White-faced Ibis was present again in Carp until 6:54p.m. feeding and preening. 3 lucky observers got to see it before I watched it take flight and slowly drift southeast in large circles before loosing sight if it. I'll check tomorrow morning and post if it returns. Good birdi

[Ontbirds] Carp- White-faced Ibis

2011-07-12 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Ontbirders, The White-faced Ibis is back at the Carp river flood plains in Carp as of 4:30p.m. My dad just phoned and informed me of this sighting. Good birding, Ben Di Labio Directions: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Carp Road exit. and turn right (north) and follow Carp Road to the v

[Ontbirds] Ivanhoe River area July 6-9

2011-07-12 Thread Ken Burrell
Hey Birders, I returned late Saturday night from a few days of camping along the Ivanhoe River. Apologies for the tardiness of this report. My co-worker Jess and I canoed/boated a 44km section of river north of Foleyet from an area known as the "Chutes' to the "Third Falls". We came across som

[Ontbirds] bobolink missing Bruce Mines

2011-07-12 Thread Pat and Dan Kerr
We had about 10 bobolinks regularly sighted in the low shrubs on the north side of McPhail Rd from late May till about 2 weeks ago. The disappearance of the bobolinks coincided with the local hydro company clearing shrubs under the power lines. This was a shrubby area between farm fields not a tree

[Ontbirds] Plegadis Ibis - Ottawa (Britannia)

2011-07-12 Thread Tony Beck
Good Morning Ontbirders At exactly 6:00am this morning, from my Ambleside balcony, Nina Stavlund and myself saw a plegadis Ibis make a brief appearance at the mouth of the sewage outlet, east of Britannia, and west of Deschenes lookout! The view was too short and too far to confirm facial charac