Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 09, 2012
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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
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The Annual Point Pelee Bird Report --- for 2011 --- has just been published.
The report is 9 pages long and incl
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
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
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
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
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
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 10, 2012
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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
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
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
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