[Ontbirds] Slaty-backed Gull - Niagara River - Tuesday

2011-12-07 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter
Sorry for the late post but Rich Fried and Rob Bate saw the adult SLATY-BACKED GULL late on Tuesday afternoon. It was on the large flat rock island that is in the middle of the river below the control gates. They were viewing from Goat Island, just upstream from Three Sisters Islands. They were

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl in Niagara Falls

2011-12-07 Thread Dave Van de Laar
this is second hand information but a person where I work said they saw a Snowy Owl perched on the old Police Station at the NE corner of Zimmerman Avenue and Park Street in Niagara Falls, Ont. yesterday evening at 4:30. You may want to keep your eyes open

[Ontbirds] winter list

2011-12-07 Thread DONALD PERKS
To whom it may concern Late in November I had an adult chipping sparrow at my feeder anmd again on Dec. 4 th this bird again visited the feeder Talkming to John Lamey he had a blue-winged warbler in early December at St Catherines area. Don Perks ___

[Ontbirds] Slaty-backed Gull still in Niagara

2011-12-07 Thread Barbara Charlton
Ontbirders: Determined to add the Slaty-backed Gull to my year's list, I parked myself at pull off near the Control Gates in Niagara at 12:15 p.m. today. I set up my scope and scoured this section of the river for hours. Birders came and went. Finally at 3:35 p.m. I spotted the Slaty-backed Gull

[Ontbirds] Franklin's Gull Kincardine

2011-12-07 Thread James Turland
24 Bruce Birding Club members found 31 species of birds in the Kincardine area today. The highlight being a 1st winter Franklin's Gull at the Kincardine harbor. The Franklin's pleased the audience with several flybys and eventually alighting right in front of us all. Meanwhile all over the harbor

[Ontbirds] Snow Geese East of Ottawa (East of Casselman - West of St. Isadore)

2011-12-07 Thread Connie Denyes
From noon today (December 7th) until mid afternoon, we saw thousands of Snow Geese (perhaps 20 thousand plus) in the area between Highway 138/417 and St. Isadore. Our first sighting was of thousands of Snow Geese landing to join others in a field on the South side of Lafleche Road. As we drove