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2011-08-26 Thread WilliamWatsonSr
On August 25 the Black-bellied Whistling Duck was again seen at 8:15 to 8:30 AM and again at 3:24 PM near Randolph, NY. (about 70 miles south of Buffalo, NY and Fort Erie, Ontario) Bill Watson From: rhettbutle...@hotmail.com To:

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds to Aug. 26, 2011

2011-08-26 Thread Peter and Jane Good
Shorebird migration started locally with both yellowlegs reported on July 7th. Since then it has been steady but not spectacular. Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher and Semipalmated Sandpiper have been seen on several occasions and there have been lots of Least

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Parasitic Jaeger

2011-08-26 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Ontbirders This morning at 8:30 a.m. I observed an adult light morph Parasitic Jaeger flying along the Ottawa River at Deschenes Rapids. The jaeger flew in from the east, spooked all the gulls that were resting on the exposed rocks at Deschenes Rapids than continued west and disappeared. I

[Ontbirds] Point Pelee Area Birds - August 26, 2011

2011-08-26 Thread Todd Pepper
Point Pelee was quite active today compared to reports from yesterday. In 6 hours of birding the Park today Dave and Maureen Harvey from Maryland and I recorded 14 species of warbler including: Nashville; Yellow; Magnolia; Cape May (5); Pine; Prairie; Bay-breasted (3); Blackpoll (2);

[Ontbirds] Niagara Falls Egret Colony

2011-08-26 Thread WilliamWatsonSr
August 26 - I observed the Great Egret Colony above the Horseshoe Falls from Three Sisters Islands, Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York. At 10:50 AM, I could see as many as eight in active Great Egrets. At 11:00 AM one had left, but I found two more to the far left (upstream) in

[Ontbirds] Franklin's Gull at Wawa Sewage Lagoons

2011-08-26 Thread Nigel Jackett
Hi everyone, Apologies for the delayed posting, I seem to have sent the original email to the wrong address. Firstly, I would like to thank everyone that has provided us with specific birding sites and contacts in Northern Ontario. It is great to know of such a knowledgeable and helpful

[Ontbirds] Common Nighthawk over Exeter

2011-08-26 Thread rickt...@sympatico.ca
Folks... This afternoon, at 17:15, while sitting on the porch watching the world go by, I had a Common Nighthawk fly East to West over the south end of town at quite a distance. Having run inside to get the bins, I lost the bird. After 10 minutes of patient porch sitting, the bird was spotted

[Ontbirds] Prince Edward Point Bird Report for week of Aug. 19-25

2011-08-26 Thread tsprague
REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD POINT for the week of August 19-25, courtesy of David Okines The MALLARD numbers in the harbour are slowly increasing and up to 33 can be found there now. An OSPREY has been fishing in the harbour since the 22nd and single BALD EAGLES were seen on the 20th and 25th,

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, August 26th, 2011

2011-08-26 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
On Friday, August 26th, 2011, this is the Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report Green-winged Teal Scaup sp. White-winged Scoter Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey Bald Eagle Merlin Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated

[Ontbirds] Chimney Swifts and Common Nighthawks

2011-08-26 Thread Bill Read
Hi Everyone I spent from 7.35 pm to 8.25 pm tonight -August 26, 2011 at Dickson Public school in Galt monitoring a Chimney Swift roost site. The school is located at 65 St Andrews Street in Galt- Cambridge. This is 1 block west of the Southworks mall which is along the Grand River. A large