[Ontbirds] Hoary Redpoll part of big flight of redpolls in Scugog Twp today

This morning, I watched the biggest influx of redpolls in my area this winter. My property is surrounded by extensive mixed forests with lots of cedars, hemlock, larch and spruce. Starting at about 7a.m. redpolls moved through my yard from north to south. At first it was only one or two

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings, red crossbills et al: Eardley-Masham Road (Western Quebec near Ottawa)

This morning on the Eardley-Masham Road that traverses the Gatineau Park, three of us observed 14 red crossbills (5 males, 9 females) in 2 different groups, 9 pine siskins, 1 ruffed grouse (that sat quietly in a tree while we observed it), and --the highlight-- a flock of about 25 Bohemian

[Ontbirds] Northern Pintail, Rouge Valley

In keeping with the recent sightings of northward migrating waterfowl, 2 Northern Pintail (a male and a female) were seen late this afternoon on Staines Pond, visible from Morningside Avenue just south of Staines Road. Thanks to Al Wormington's excellent post for alerting us to the timing and

[Ontbirds] Withrow Park: test message

With the approval of Mark Cranford, and apologies to the approximately 2800 subscribers to this mailing list, this is a test sent from my custom iPhone app for Ontbirds. Please disregard, or feel free to fill my Inbox by replying! :-) Cheers, Ivor Location