[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (09 Mar 2012) 19 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 09, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vul

[Ontbirds] Tundra Swans @ Stayner Sewage Lagoons

Birded the Collingwood/Stayner area this morning, @ Stayner Sewage Lagoons NE cell were 14 species of waterfowl, the highlight being the16 Tundra Swans which came in late yesterday, also new today were F N Shoveler, possible Cackling Goose, pair of Wood Duck, & 1 Pied billed Grebe. New @ Colling

[Ontbirds] Point Pelee Annual Bird Report for 2011 --- Now Available

This message has been approved by the OntBirds coordinator. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Annual Point Pelee Bird Report --- for 2011 --- has just been published. The report is 9 pages long and incl

[Ontbirds] Smew @ Long Point

At around 7Am. this morning I observed the male Smew briefly in flight before I lost it amongst the many other waterfowl flying about. Some friends and I spent the rest of the morning trying to relocate the bird with no success. I observed the bird from the observatory tower near the Sandboy M

[Ontbirds] Greater White-fronted Geese at Ridgetown

Ridgetown Lagoons had a total of 12 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE today. Six were swimming in the north back pond, and another six were on the east dike of that pond. Those on the dike were mainly visible, by scope, from the viewing stand. Also present was a total of 22 SNOW GEESE (6 of blue for

[Ontbirds] Tundra Swans Hooded Mergs

The Pitts North on Adelaide St and 15th Mile have been very good in the early morning & dusk 1000 plus Tundra Swans start flying in at 4:30pm and stay till early morning, but this morning (Saturday)the cement plant was closed and they were still there late morning when I passed again so they

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon - Lower Brewer's Mills, North of Kingston

Philina English and I saw a male Eurasian Wigeon above the locks at Lower Brewer's Mills today at 3:00 pm. It was at the western extreme of the large raft of swans, geese and ducks. I recommend bringing a spotting scope, as he was a couple hundred metres from shore. This duck was first found and

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose (2) - Onion Fields North of Point Pelee

This afternoon at 1:30pm, Sarah Rupert and I found 2 Ross's Geese in the Onion Fields near Point Pelee National Park at the intersection of Road 19 and Concession D. The 2 birds were in a large puddle northeast of the intersection amongst a flock of Ring-billed Gulls. We were eventually joined

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (10 Mar 2012) 137 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 10, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vul

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagle, Eastern Towhee, American Pipit etc Long Point area

South Peel Naturalists' Club had their annual Long Point field trip today and a great day was had by all participants. Highlights were Juvenile Golden Eagle flying north up the causeway at Old Cut, also Eastern Towhee singing at Old Cut and Swamp sparrow seen among the usual chickadees, nuthatch

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon - Grand Bend Sewage Lagoons

Sending an excerpt of a post from Sean Jenniskens Hello OntBirders! Today I visited Grand Bend Sewage Lagoons and got quite the surprise! The Trumpeter was with a group of Tundra's, slightly larger, with straighter bill. Seemed to have a yellow-ish tinge to back/top of head. It was found in

[Ontbirds] OFO Trip Report - Long Point Area

Approximately 40 people participated in today's OFO trip to the Long Point area led by Diane Salter and me. Between 9:00 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. we tallied 62 species plus 2 additional taxa, highlights of which included Little Gull, Great-horned Owl, Eastern Meadowlark and White-winged Crossbill. A Gol