Just a small update for Ontbirders that the Blue-headed Vireo was seen at
Bayfront Park again late yesterday in addition to the Gnatcatcher. In order
to see all of these great birds, be prepared to spend some time!
Bayfront Park is at the north end of Bay street in Hamilton.
I will try to upda
Winter Listers:
Bob Curry, Rob Dobos and I just had a Yellow Warbler at Turkey Point beach. The
bird was in vegetation at water's edge across from house hunber 185. Follow the
path behind a "No Lifeguard" sign to the beach. Not much beach there. Also
there; Marsh Wren and Swamp Sparrow.
Barb
Having not seen reports of Bohemians yet this winter (apologies if I've
overlooked any), Simon Lunn and I had a flock of 18 on Amherst Island
yesterday. The Red-bellied Woodpecker was in the area of the owl woods bird
feeders.
Good birding,
Gerard Phillips
Merrickville.
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I had the pleasure of finding a "lifer" Snowy Owl for Shita Prativi this
morning in the Holland Marsh. She is visiting birder from Indonesia
who contacted me via Ontbirds about seeing this "dream bird" before flying out
to Halifax this afternoon.
The owl that has been observed recently by se
Here is a wrap of things seen this morning at Bayfront:
As of noon there were NO sightings of the Black-throated Gray or
Black-throated Green Warbler
The Wilson's Warbler was seen on the slope at the high level bridge end of
the path.
A Blue-headed Vireo showed well at about 11:30 a.m.
Two sub-adult Bald Eagles were seen soaring eastwards today over the Rouge
Valley at Sewell's Road at about 3:30 P.M.
Sewell's Road runs south from Steeles Ave., about 1 km east of Ninth Line,
Markham.
Mark Kubisz
Toronto, ON
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The 35th Burk's Falls CBC was held on Friday, December 16 and covered on the
area from Burk's Falls to Sundridge and west to Magnetawan along Highway 11
between Huntsville and North Bay.
A total of 55 species were found -- a new count high. The previous high was
45 species in 2001. This year
The Black-throated Gray Warbler was relocated this afternoon at the same
location it was seen yesterday at about 3 p.m. It was found at the 1400
meter marker in cedars along both sides of the path working back towards the
outhouse. This was at 3:30 p.m. around the same time as yesterday. Thanks
A great blue heron flew over Main Street in Erin at about 4:15 pm today. It was
flying very low, heading west, and possibly towards the large pond and marshy
area located just behind the Value Mart and Busholme Inn.
Good birding.
Paloma Plant
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Hi Everyone
The Rufous Hummingbird continues to visit the hummingbird feeder of Lorna and
Dennis Peterson in Eganville. Ben and I observed the hummer around 11:30a.m.
today, temperature -10c. The hummer appears in good health and is feediing at
20-30 minute intervals. Please do not call or visi
Preliminary results indicate low numbers, average species diversity with
no reportable birds. Best animal - a leucistic grey squirrel - no
directions (I didn't ask)
The South Peel CBC circle aka Halton-Peel is along the Lake Ontario
waterfront from Burloak Drive in Oakville to Hurontario St. i
Had a (chilly) boat trip on the Upper Rideau Lake this morning (near the
Narrows Locks, at the opposite end of the lake from Westport)
Saw the following: 7 Common Loons, 1 Red Necked Grebe, 1 Great Blue Heron,
2 Trumpeter Swans, 6 Black Scoter, 14 Long Tailed Ducks, 39 Common
Goldeneye, 115+ Common
The 77th Kitchener CBC was held today (December 17). 65 species have been
recorded on count day, nicely above the twenty year average of 59. Total
individuals were about 29 000, well above the twenty-year average of 22
800. No new species were added to the official count list.
There are still a
The 27th annual Cedar Creek CBC (central Essex County) was held on December 17
and tallied 88 species and 17,155 individuals.
We recorded a good variety of water birds on the count as there is no ice on
Lake Erie or any of the local creeks and ditches. The best bird of the count
was a White-ey
Hi Ontbirders,
We had a record count in Woodstock today with 70 species recorded. Our
previous high was 67 species on two occasions. There are feeder counts
still to come in so this is not yet finalized.
We had two new birds for the count:
Sandhill Crane 46 - moving along the Thames River west of
Birder's
John Ralston and myself had a winter plumage Franklin's Gull at the Sault Ste.
Marie Landfill today while taking part in the local CBC. I was dumbfounded when
I came across this bird roosting in with 500 or so Herring Gulls. Just as i
realized what it was it flew off to the garbage pil
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