[Ontbirds] Blue-headed Vireo - Bayfront Park, Hamilton

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

[Ontbirds] Yellow Warbler Turkey Point

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

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings -Amherst Island Dec 16th

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. __

[Ontbirds] York Region/Holland Marsh Update

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

[Ontbirds] Update on birds at Bayfront Park, Hamilton

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.

[Ontbirds] Bald Eagles, Rouge Valley

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     ___ ONTBIRDS is pre

[Ontbirds] 35th Burk's Falls CBC -- 55 species

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

[Ontbirds] BLack-throated Gray Warbler, Bayfront Park, Hamilton

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

[Ontbirds] Great Blue Heron in Erin

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 ___ ON

[Ontbirds] Renfrew County: Rufous Hummingbird

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

[Ontbirds] South Peel Christmas Bird Count - Very Quiet

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

[Ontbirds] Upper Rideau Lake Birds

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

[Ontbirds] Kitchener CBC preliminary results

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

[Ontbirds] 2011 Cedar Creek CBC results: White-eyed Vireo

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

[Ontbirds] 78th Woodstock CBC results - 17 Dec 2011

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

[Ontbirds] Franklin's Gull, Sault Ste. Marie

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