[Ontbirds] Goatsuckers on the Barrens

After sunset last night on Torrance Barrens my wife and I had ringside seats to performances by 5 Common Nighthawk, 20 Whip-poor-will and one American Woodcock. Because of the elevation on the barrens we could follow the Nighthawk's curious flight for some distance and see, and then hear their

[Ontbirds] Good whimbrel flight this morning at Ajax

Between dawn and 6:15am I observed 200+birds in 5 flocks passing westward along the lakeshore. One flock of 34 birds went inland over carruthers marsh in southeast Ajax to avoid dark clouds to the west. Tyler Hoar ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the On

[Ontbirds] Piping Plover absent

25.05.12 - as of 6.30 am the Piping Plover was absent from Reesor Pond - 1 White-rumped Sandpiper remained as a consolation prize - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham - cheers - Stan Long

[Ontbirds] Mission Marsh, Thunder Bay shorebirds

Stilt Sandpiper, Dunlins, Least Sandpipers, Semi-palmated Sandpipers, 2 Whimbrel, Lesser Yellowlegs, Black-bellied Plovers harassed by a Peregrine Falcon at 10:30 a. m. Peter Lyons, Jim Miller, Iain Wilkes, Ric Muise and Kevin Shackleton and Ryan LeBlanc. Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry devic

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds for the Period May 19-25, 2012

No rarities to report but a diversity of shorebirds were arriving in good numbers this past week. Landbird migration has slowed down considerably but some birds are still moving through. In particular, late-migrating species such as COMMON NIGHTHAWK, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, ALDER and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagle South end of James st near CN swing bridge Thunder Bay

Iain Wilkes, Ric Muise, Ryan LeBlanc and Kevin Shackleton had an adult Golden Eagle soaring near Mt McKay. Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. ___ ONTBIR

[Ontbirds] Whimbrel, Red Knots at J.C. Saddington Park

Ontbirders: This morning from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. I watched for Whimbrel from the edge of the Hamilton Study Area at J.C.Saddington Park in MIssissauga. I was delighted to have three, similarly sized flocks of Whimbrel, totaling 199 birds. I also had a flock of 16 Red Knots and two flocks of sm

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl - Casselman

This is a late report that I received last night. On Saturday, May 19 a mostly white Snowy Owl was observed just south of Hwy 417 at the Hwy 138 exit east of Casselman. The bird was on the ground atop a mound of topsoil south of the offramp at dusk. There had not been any Snowy reports from thi

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, May 25th, 2012

On Friday, May 25th, 2012, this is the HNC Birding Report: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN MISSISSIPPI KITE FISH CROW ACADIAN FLYCATCHER Tundra Swan Northern Shoveler Canvasback Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser

[Ontbirds] Mills Block Forest, Thunderbay

About 500 metres from the parking lot in the flooded area with dead-tree spires 2 Olive-side Flycatchers. Canada Warbler, singing Connecticut Warbler in the poplars on the "bulge" of the "B" on the trail, Black-throated Warbler, Ovenbirds and Nashville. A soaring Broad-winged Hawk over the for

[Ontbirds] Fw: Mills Block Forest, Thunderbay

Sorry, should be Black-throated Green Warbler. Kevin Shackleton Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. -Original Message- From: kevin.shackle...@rogers.com Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 21:53:10 To:

[Ontbirds] Whimbrel, DC Cormorant Rondeau Bay

Hello Ontbirders - Continuing the thread on Whimbrels, I observed approx. 150 Whimbrel and 1 Willet wheeling around Rondeau Bay at 4pm on May 23; also (attn Chip W.) there are 8 Herring Gull nests and 45+ Double-crested Cormorant nests on the small crescent islands in Rondeau Bay located approx

[Ontbirds] American White Pelican - MacGregor Point Provincial Park

The most interesting bird sighted during the Huron Fringe Birding Festival's first day was an American White Pelican making a fly-over of the south-end of MacGregor Point Provincial Park. The Huron Fringe Birding Festival is running from May 25 to June 3, 2012.  Festival Headquarters are at the

[Ontbirds] durham birds - whimbrel + yellow-bellied flycatcher amd more

Nighthawks are still drifting through Scugog Twp in small numbers as are Blackpoll Warblers. Today at Thickson Woods/Meadow I had an adult male Peregrine Falcon and a very late Hermit Thrush. At Oshawa Second Marsh I had a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and at Darlington Beach I had 14 Whimbrel and

[Ontbirds] 769 Whimbrels at Colonel Samuel Smith Park: Day 7 of Toronto Ornithological Club Whimbrel watch results

Tim McCarthy and I (with the help of Linda Wells and John Stirrat in the morning) undertook 13 hours on todays watch, starting at 5:30 am and ending at 6:30 pm. We had fairly good luck on shorebird today, the best day so far for Whimbrels with 769 in 18 flocks. They were highly concentrated

[Ontbirds] Curlew sandpiper hillman marsh

I am currently looking at a curlew sandpiper in the shorebird cell at hillman marsh. Dean Ware Sent from Samsung Mobile ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdaler