[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - 16 Aug 11 - recent reports

Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 16 August 2011 Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario,W. Quebec Compiler transcriber:

[Ontbirds] Plegadis ibis Port Hope (briefly) August 16

Gary Little found a Plegadis ibis in the northeast section of the lakefront marsh in Port Hope about 3pm this afternoon, Tuesday August 16. It was not identifued to species, and unfortunately could not be refound when several local birders, including myself, arrived to look for it. Cattail cover

[Ontbirds] Toronto Islands - Migration begins

Good Evening. Just got home from a hot day on The Islands and it turned out to be a good day for Naish McHugh, Margaret Liubavicius, Bill Smith, Peter McParland and myself. We took our time and beat the bushes and came up with 71 species of birds including the following: Black-billed Cuckoo,

[Ontbirds] Nighthawks and bobolinks - Uxbridge - Aug 16th

There have been a steady stream of bobolinks going over my new home in Scugog Twp just outside Uxbridge for the past three days. Tonight, at least 12 Common Nighthawks were hawking for insects as they slowly drifted south over the house. Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com

[Ontbirds] Common Nighthawks north of Gananoque

I had 9 Common Nighthawks hunting insects over my farm 5 miles NE of Gananoque this evening at dusk. John Haig ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to

[Ontbirds] Whooping Crane- Opasatika

Today I heard a Whooping crane calling in with a small flock of Sandhils around 4pm outside of the hamlet of Opasatika hwy 11 in Northern Ontario. Dean Ware Wheatley ON. peleeisbir...@hotmail.com