[Ontbirds] Winter Finch Forecast 2011-2012

2011-09-23 Thread Jean Iron
WINTER FINCH FORECAST 2011-2012 This winter’s theme is that cone crops are excellent and extensive across much of the boreal forest and the Northeast. It will not be a flight year. Finches will be spread thinly over a vast area from western Canada east across the Hudson Bay Lowlands into Quebec an

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (23 Sep 2011) 4 Raptors

2011-09-23 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (23 Sep 2011) Raptors

2011-09-23 Thread reports
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, September 23, 2011

2011-09-23 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
On Friday, September 23, 2011, this is the HNC Birding Report: SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER American Wigeon Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup White-winged Scoter Red-breasted Merganser Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plove

[Ontbirds] Presqui'le Point Shorebirds - Red Knot - White Rumped Sandpipers etc.

2011-09-23 Thread Peter McParland
Wednesday and Thursday Bill Smith and I birded Presqui'le Point. The shorebirds were concentrated at Owens Point and Gull Island in several large mixed flocks which were kept on the move both days by a very active Merlin. Viewing conditions were ideal, sunny and warm with a light breeze. We saw th

[Ontbirds] Long Point Update - September 23 - Purple Sandpiper

2011-09-23 Thread Stu Mackenzie
Ontbirders, The latest sightings from Long Point are now available on the LBBO Sightings Board available at http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight &lang=EN . Highlights from this past week in

[Ontbirds] Peregrine Falcon, Ivy Lea

2011-09-23 Thread John Haig
There was a peregrine hanging out around the Canadian span of the 1000 Islands Bridge at noon today. I watched it soaring between the suspension towers and perching on the top of the North suspension tower. There are ample rock pigeons that roost on the structure so it may well be sticking around.

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Sabine's Gull

2011-09-23 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone The juvenile Sabine's Gull was still present this morning at 9:50am off Britannia Point spending most of its time loafing on the water. Good birding, Bruce Directions: Britannia Point is accessible from Britannia Water Filtration Plant Deschenes Rapids: Take Champlain Bridge north

[Ontbirds] Osprey, Merlin...Lansdowne ON

2011-09-23 Thread John Haig
This morning I watched an osprey hunting over the St. Lawrence River at the Glen House Resort, 9km east of Gananoque on the 1000 Islands Parkway. On the 21st I watched a Merlin chase an unidentified passerine over Charleston Lake, a couple of km north of the Charleston Lake PP boat launch (County

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds to Sept. 23, 2011

2011-09-23 Thread Peter and Jane Good
Warbler migration continues with good numbers and variety, although the number of Yellow-rumped is on the increase. Lots of vireos were seen this week with Blue-headed being the most abundant and widespread. Ruby-crowned Kinglets were reported from four different locations and sightings of spar