[Ontbirds] Sabine's Gull - Ottawa/Quebec

Hello Ontbirders, The juvenile Sabine's Gull is still present at Deschenes Rapids this morning.  It can clearly be seen from our balcony, feeding closely with a Bonaparte's Gull. It was there intermittently most of yesterday afternoon, and into evening. It seems to prefer the area immediately

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Sabine's Gull

Hi Everyone The juv. Sabine's Gull continues to fed below Deschenes Rapids spending most of its time on the Quebec side near the cement structure. It can be viewed from Britannia Point or Deschenes Lookout along the Ottawa River Parkway. The best viewing is from below Deschenes Rapids where it

[Ontbirds] Sandhill cranes Welland-Niagara

Following up on Jason Putnam's report from yesterday, I checked the area around 12:30 today and found two Sandhill cranes. They were in a farmer's field on the east side of Crowland Road, just north of Schisler Road. Directions from QEW: take Lyons Creek Rd. exit, go west on Biggar Rd.

[Ontbirds] Sandhill Cranes west of Cache Bay

West of Sturgeon Falls on highway 17 I took the turn to Cache Bay, where there was a Belted Kingfisher and Raven. I left Cache Bay on Levac road and turned south on Guenetta Road. South of the railway tracks there were over 100 Cranes flying, mainly on the west, so I went to Laplage Road, the

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (19 Sep 2011) Raptors

DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Unity Road Sod Farms - American Golden-Plover - Buff-breasted Sandpiper etc

This morning (Monday) before the rains came Bill Smith and I birded the Mount Hope area sod farms and saw the following birds in the sod fields behind the former school house on Unity Road. 8 American Golden-Plover - 3 juveniles the others in various stages of molt of which a couple appeared to be

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Sabine's Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Hi Everyone This evening Ben and I birded the Deschenes Rapids from 5:50pm to 7:15pm and observed 2 juv. Sabine's Gulls. A lifer for Ben. One was feeding below the rapids while a second bird flew west past us at 6:50pm. We stayed till dusk and counted 16 Lesser black-backed Gulls (various

[Ontbirds] sandhill cranes in Navan

At 5:15 this afternoon , Tom Devecseri, showed my wife Dawn and I 26 sandhill cranes intermingling with a large flock of Canada geese south of Smith Rd. in Navan. They are in great color and quite active as we saw several sparring with each other. This seems to be a roosting spot as they are