[Ontbirds] Sabine's Gull/Jaegers Point Edward (Sarnia)

2011-10-01 Thread Blake A. Mann
Hi all, Just posting some observations on behalf of those watching birds at the mouth of Lake Huron today. It was one of the better gull/jaeger days I have ever had at Point Edward, and one of the strongest NNE winds I have experienced there. I arrived before first light and noticed a lar

[Ontbirds] Cranberry Marsh- October 1

2011-10-01 Thread Rayfield Pye
Cranberry Marsh Hawk Watch Saturday, October 1, 2011 Whitby, Ontario A total of 49 species were seen or heard from the hawkwatch platform. Migrating hawks: Turkey Vulture- 635 Osprey- 2 Bald Eagle- 8 Northern Harrier- 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk- 186 Coopers Hawk- 11 Northern Goshawk- 2 Red-shoulde

[Ontbirds] Common Eider Grafton October 1

2011-10-01 Thread M. Bain
Just before 5pm today, October 1, I found a female Common Eider off Chub Point south of Grafton, the first village east of Cobourg. It was fairly close to shore, diving frequently in the company of a young Red-breasted Merganser. There was a large feeding frenzy of gulls, loons and mergansers farth

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (01 Oct 2011) 1348 Raptors

2011-10-01 Thread reports
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Toronto Islands - Red-throated Loon, Sandhill Crane,

2011-10-01 Thread Norm Murr
Good evening all. Today Alfred Adamo and I birded The Islands from Ward’s Island to Hanlan’s Point and for awhile we were joined by Peter McParland and I can safely say that today was the best day so far in this month of October. It started of with the threat of another day of rain but turned o

[Ontbirds] Common Raven and 203 migrating raptors at Turkey Point, 1 October 2011

2011-10-01 Thread Gregor Beck
Long Point Basin Land Trust is co-hosting its second annual "Autumn Eco-Fest & Hawkwatch" this weekend at Long Point Eco-Adventures, overlooking Turkey Point Marsh on the Lake Erie shore. Among other events, the Land Trust conducts all-day hawkwatching and introductory birding and wildlife hikes. U

[Ontbirds] Port Burwell - No Avocets, or little gulls this afternoon.

2011-10-01 Thread Peeter Musta
Sadly i was not able to observe either Avocets or little gulls at Port Burwell today. 100s of Bonaparte's remainand were studied closely while on the beach by a few scopes. The "dog-free" municipal beach was cleared repeatedly by off-leash dogs. When not harassed by dogs, the gulls were p

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (01 Oct 2011) 5, 071 Raptors (2, 472 Kestrel)

2011-10-01 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu