[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, October 14th, 2011

2011-10-14 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
On Friday, October 14th, 2011 this is the HNC Birding Report: POMARINE JAEGER PARASITIC JAEGER Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Greater Scaup Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Common Loon Great Blue Heron Great Egret Black-crowned Nig

[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (14 Oct 2011) 25 Raptors

2011-10-14 Thread reports
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Ottawa - 12 Hudsonian Godwits (still) at Britannia Bay

2011-10-14 Thread Christina Lewis
Hi Ontbirds people, During a hour's visit to the mud flats at the east end of Andrew Haydon Park around noon today (14 October), Bob Bracken and I noted that a flock of 12 Hudsonian Godwits were still present, standing up to their bellies in water among the Canada Geese and common puddle ducks.

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (14 Oct 2011) 148 Raptors

2011-10-14 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu

[Ontbirds] PUGA- Yes

2011-10-14 Thread Mark Ansell
Thought I would beat the weekend weather and pending marathoners through Toronto this weekend and ventered out to see the PUGA at the below mentioned spot and located the bird at 10:00am today. >From parking car to actual bird sighting- 20 minutes. Directions borrowed from prevoius post.

[Ontbirds] Constance Bay: Nelson's Sparrow, Hudsonian Godwit, Long-billed Dowitchers

2011-10-14 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone Spent a couple of hours earlier this morning birding the shoreline at Constance Bay. There were still 2 Nelson's Sparrows on the west side of Constance Creek and it took some time to find them. The Long-billed Dowitcher flock is now up to 6 birds and there is still one Hudsonian Godw

[Ontbirds] Black-legged Kittiwake off Thickson's Woods

2011-10-14 Thread Glenn Coady
Ontbirds subscribers, This morning has seen persistent and building south and southeast winds of 25-30 km/h (gusting up to 40 km/h) off Thickson's Woods in Whitby. Twice in the last hour, a juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake has come in to the bay off of Crystal Beach Boulevard. Also seen were 2

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds to Oct. 14, 2011

2011-10-14 Thread Peter and Jane Good
Despite the spectacular long weekend when we all thought we were back in August, migration is moving along quite nicely. A White-winged Scoter on Lake Opinicon last Saturday and a concentration of 30 Common Loons in the Amherst Island ferry channel Sunday were noteworthy. Four Tundra Swans were