[Ontbirds] breeding yellow billed cuckoo old mill toronto

2012-06-01 Thread Dave Langford
Yesterday the 31st i chanced on a pr of yellow billed cuckoos constructing a nest in Old mill park west toronto. I observed the birds from a public footpath for some time. the nest was at the end of a horizontal branch about15 feet high. The assumed male was very busy providing nesting

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds for the Period May 26-Jun 1, 2012

2012-06-01 Thread Mark Conboy
The highlight of the week was a PIPING PLOVER on relatively inaccessible Salmon Island. Landbird migration has slowed, but shorebirds continued to push through, though in fairly small numbers. Pretty well all of the usual breeding species had settled back on territory and breeding was well

[Ontbirds] Belted Kingfisher Aurora

2012-06-01 Thread Glenn Steplock
Had some great views of a Belted Kingfisher despite driving rain.  Bayview Road North of St. John's Side Road and South of Wellington. There is a small creek on the east side of Bayview that backs onto Magna's property. The Kingfisher is sitting in the tree on my way up and was sitting right on

[Ontbirds] Sandhill Cranes with at least one chick Hwy 17 E of the Sault and 1km west of Hopper Rd

2012-06-01 Thread kevin . shackleton
The Old Timers Co-operative Big Year Team said goodbye to Bruce Brydon at the Thunder Bay airport yesterday. We dipped on American Three-toed Woodpecker at Ney's PP this morning. We had Bald Eagle and Osprey on the hydro pilons east of the Sault. East of Bruce Mines we had a drive by

[Ontbirds] 2 Artic Terns, Britannia Point, Ottawa

2012-06-01 Thread Richard Waters
2 Artic Terns, Britannia Point, Ottawa.  Observed at 4pm, from the Water Filtration Plant/Britannia Point.  Also, 1 Common Tern and many hirundines.  Note: it is currently raining and windy here. A scope is required. Directions:  (from downtown Ottawa): Courtesy of Christina Lewis Britannia

[Ontbirds] Arctic Tern at Ottawa

2012-06-01 Thread Michael Tate
One Arctic Tern circling mainly on the Quebec side with occasionsal trips to mid river. I.e. Ontario at 6 pm. Seen from the north side of the Filtration plant at Britannia Michael Michael Tate 1-613-863-8455 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club BIrding Report - Friday, June 1st, 2012

2012-06-01 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
On Friday, June 1st, 2012 this is the HNC Birding Report: FISH CROW NELSON'S SPARROW Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal White-winged Scoter Bufflehead Common Loon Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Whimbrel Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone

[Ontbirds] FW: eBird Report - Lake St Clair Angler Line Rd, May 31, 2012

2012-06-01 Thread Paul Carter
_ From: Eric Marcum [mailto:emwarb...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:10 PM To: Alf Rider; Carol Churchman; genny Houghton; George Macdermid; Paul Carter; Randy Van Hooren; snetherc...@cogeco.ca; Tyler Brandon; Anne Goulden Subject: FW: eBird Report - Lake St Clair