[Ontbirds] WHIP-POOR-WILL

2012-04-18 Thread Gary Ure
I woke up this morning, 5:36am to a WHIP-POOR-WILL singing out my window behind my house at Buck Lake in South Frontenac, 7345 County Rd 10. Gary Ure Enviado desde mi iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the

[Ontbirds] Red-headed Woodpecker Turney Woods Mississauga

2012-04-18 Thread William Corrigan
Since 9:50 this morning there has been a Red-headed Woodpecker in Turney Woods Park Mississauga. My house backs on to the park and the woodpecker has been feeding from my suet but is currently in the ravine area (middle of forest). Should not be hard to find as the forest is only 5 acres (with

[Ontbirds] Grasshopper Sparrow - Algonquin Park

2012-04-18 Thread Justin Peter
Hi birders, There is a Grasshopper Sparrow at the east end of the Old Airfield along Lake of Two Rivers. I stumbled upon it yesterday evening in the alders/Viburnum at the northeast-most corner. Others re-found it just now, in the same spot. It flushes from the grass/blueberries, where it

[Ontbirds] White-eyed Vireo - Hillman Marsh

2012-04-18 Thread Todd Pepper
The Holiday Beach Migration Observatory (HBMO) started our usual spring bird banding season at Hillman Marsh Conservation Area today. While the majority of birds banded were Red-winged Blackbirds and American Robins we had two birds of note: the first was the first ever Wilson's Snipe banded by

[Ontbirds] Rondeau PP yellow throated warbler

2012-04-18 Thread RIC MCARTHUR
The yellow throat was heard by Scott Taylor at the visitor centre and seen by one birder also at the vc. Both were in the afternoon. It was not seen at 17372 Lakeshore. Ric -- Ric McArthur PO Box B1 Morpeth, Ontario,Canada N0P 1X0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricmcarthur

[Ontbirds] Whooping Crane report from Ingersoll area, April 17

2012-04-18 Thread JAMES HOLDSWORTH
Ontbirders,   I received a credible report of an apparent adult Whooping Crane from Al Driedger of Ingersoll yesterday. The bird was reported soaring fairly low and calling constantly over his property at 7.30 in the morning. He watched the bird for 15 minutes, as the bird continued to gain

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (18 Apr 2012) 996 Raptors

2012-04-18 Thread reports
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 18, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[Ontbirds] Rondeau PP yellow throated warbler

2012-04-18 Thread RIC MCARTHUR
Evening The yellow throated showed up at the cottage at 7.10 It was working over a feeder stand and ended up on a peanut feeder it shared with a downey woodpecker. This feeder is on the lake side of the cottage. Please stay on the path. 17372 Lakeshore. The bird seems to be working north and south

[Ontbirds] Dead birds, Road kill, Ring-necked pheasant Canada Goose

2012-04-18 Thread Saw-whet
Today about 6.45 pm, return home, north bound on Hwy 35, north of Lindsay at Naylor Rd. we found a lady carrying a dead Ring-necked pheasant off the highway. Yesterday while returning home from Home Depot in Whitby found another road kill. This one was Canada Goose. I found it just west of

[Ontbirds] Little Gulls and Ross's Goose

2012-04-18 Thread Michael Runtz
Today Jon Ruddy and I birded the eastern side of Prince Edward County and recorded 102 species including a white morph Ross¹s Goose, and 3 and possibly 5 adult Little Gulls (two that flew in later may have been part of the three that left with approximately 400 Bonaparte¹s Gulls) and in the pond