[Ontbirds] EVENING GROSBEAKS in Stirling

For first time in over a decade at this location, small flock of evening grosbeaks appeared Sun Oct 28 -Tues Oct 30 at feeder - on property 10 miles north of 401 from Belleville on Highway 62 - 9632 Highway 62 on east side of Ross' Pond - not seen today Oct 31. Robert Mound RR4 Stirling _

[Ontbirds] Yesterday at Van Wagners in perspective

All, As Barb Charlton commented, yesterday will go down as one of the best “sea watch” days ever if not the best at VWB. Black-legged Kittiwake (88): beats the old record; on 5 November 1983 during an easterly gale several birders including Ian Jones, Ron Ridout and Don Sutherland counted at l

[Ontbirds] Fifty Point and Waverly Beach, October 31st

Hey Birders, Haven't really seen many posts from today, so I thought I'd share some sightings from the aforementioned locations. Brandon Holden, Peter Burke, Dave Don, Ross Wood, Barb Charlton and I toured these two spots before splitting up at 3:30pm. Fifty Point Road - we arrived at 8am, st

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Red-throated Loon and Black Scoters

Hi Everyone After all the excitement on Lake Ontario with hurricane Sandy, Ben and I decided to spend the day birding along the St. Lawrence River. Our first stop was at Prescott. We worked our way along the river to the Cornwall Power Dam. Overall, very quiet, highlights included 60+ Black Scot

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (31 Oct 2012) 201 Raptors

Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (31 Oct 2012) 104 Raptors

Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu

[Ontbirds] Presquile Gyrfalcon

I just had the Gyrfalcon in a tree on Gull Island for around 10 minutes before it flew and disappeared from view. See Doug McRae's earlier post for directions. Gavin Platt Toronto, ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - t

[Ontbirds] Finches at Thickson's Woods

Ontbirds subscribers, Despite good morning coverage, there have been no further hurricane waifs found along the lake off of Thickson's Woods today and very little movement with the exception of Long-tailed Ducks and small numbers of scoters. This afternoon there have been several mixed flock

[Ontbirds] Gyrfalcon at Presqu'ile

Greetings all, This morning while sea-watching from the High Bluff Campground at Presqu'ile around 8 a.m. I had a stunning dark morph Gyrfalcon flying out over Lake Ontario. It came from the east, flew around Gull Is. making passes at a some gulls and ducks, then vanished. Several of us

[Ontbirds] Ibis & Godwits @ Gosport.

The previously reported Hudsonian Godwits and Glossy Ibis were at Gosport at 11:15 this morning. >From # 401, go south to Brighton on # 30, which becomes George St. At traffic lights in town, go straight through ( do not turn right towards Presqu'ile Prov. Pk.). When you reach the Brighton Constr

[Ontbirds] Wolfe Island yesterday

Yesterday afternoon Rory MacKay and I birded the east and south end of Wolfe and Simcoe islands hoping that there might be some fallout birds in the east end of Lake Ontario. However, as suspected the rarities seem to be all concentrated in the west end of the lake. However there 19 Black-bellie