Talking about godwits, a Marbled Godwit was at the Powassan lagoon,
northerly cell, to-day. It, along with a dozen or so Lesser Yellow-legs and
gulls, was temporarily disturbed by a soaring Red-shouldered Hawk from
neighbouring woods.
This lagoon is just north of Powassan, on the westerly side
Folks:
In talking to someone at work, it turns out they saw a 'large striking dark
bird with very delineated white wingtips and white elsewhere on the body. We
googled BlackBilled Magpie and without hesitation they pointed out the flying
bird.
Please be aware that the bird was spotted sometime
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Bobolink have returned. Last year they were in the scrubby grass to the
north of McPhail Rd. close to 638 and around the barn in the tall grasses at
the corner of McPhail and Chapman. So far I've only seen one this year, near
the barn.
The sandhill cranes haven't been seen for over a week.
Hello Ontbirders.
Despite the early showers, birding at Rondeau was busy this morning on
South Point Trail and on the Maintenance Loop.
Our warbler tally was 24 species for this morning. Highlights
included the Yellow-throated, Orange-crowned, Northern Parula,
Cerulean, Mourning, Hooded,
Hello Birders,
On my way home from a meeting in Orillia this past Monday, I checked out Wylie
Road and was pleasantly surprised to find a Yellow Rail on the new Bluebird
Ranch, in the sedges, just south of the Windmill Ranch sign. I clocked the
distance of the location and it is just 4/10ths
Hi Ontbirders,
Mike Runtz and I saw the colour-banded Piping Plover at water's edge
between Beach 2-3 at Presqu'ile Provincial Park this morning. We also
looked for the Harlequin Duck that Bill Gilmour found yesterday at
Chatterton Pt., but had no luck despite excellent calm conditions -
Hey Birders,
Mike and I just found an adult Neotropic Cormorant at the extreme tip of Fish
Point. It was resting with the flock of Double-crested's and seen well.
Most of the flock has since flown NE and has disappeared from view. There's
usually a large concentration of cormorants resting on
Good evening Ontbirders
It’s Always an adventure at Rondeau! A Blue Grosbeak female was
discovered on South Point Trail today near km post #5 at 3:00 pm.
This is a short distance south of the South Point Trail parking lot
(the lot at the end of Lakeshore Road). Sorry for the late posting –
I
At about 5:00 PM I saw a Marbled Godwit feeding in a shallow pond just north of
the intersection of Highway 9 and
County Rd. 27 near Schomberg.
The pond is on the left side of the road just before the big bend in the road
and the birds was accompanied by a few Least Sandpipers and a
Hey Birders,
Overall migration has been slow, but steady. Nevertheless a number of ‘good’
birds have
been found on the island. At least 22 species of warblers were found on the
island today.
Highlights:***Neotropic Cormorant - the bird previously posted on Ontbirds. We
haven't seen
Hi Ontbirders:
At Mud Lake, in the pond just off Casssel's Road at the main entrancethere
were 4 pairs of Wood Ducks and maybe a straggler or two as well. As you walk
along the main trail further onthe first open water area on the left side,
I see a Black-Crowned Night Heron on a
It's been a long day but we had extended views from a distance of 10-15
meters of an actively calling Acadian Flycatcher around noon today on
the 6th Concession (aka the Sand Road) behind the former St. Williams
Forestry Station. The bird was flycatching and calling on the south side
of the
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