[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (01 Nov 2012) 39 Raptors

2012-11-01 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Bird Report: 1 November 2012

2012-11-01 Thread Ron Tozer
GREAT GRAY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE BOHEMIAN WAXWING NORTHERN CARDINAL Algonquin Park experienced lots of rain and a power outage this week. Not surprisingly, no apparent hurricane-related birds have been noted to date. A Great Gray Owl was reported from the Wolf Howl Pond/West Rose Lake area along M

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile to Cobourg : Nov.1st-Cave Swallows, Geese, etc.

2012-11-01 Thread dave milsom
Jerry Ball, Martin and Cathy Parker and myself enjoyed a fine day's birding despite failing to find a Gyrfalcon or Glossy Ibis.At Presqu'ile Provincial Park we saw Purple Sandpiper, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, Sanderling, Dunlin and Killdeer, as well as all 3 scoters, 4 Harlequin Ducks

[Ontbirds] Black-legged Kittiwake, Purple Sandpiper, Wolfe Island

2012-11-01 Thread Paul Martin
Hi Everyone, I spent the day on Bear Point on the sw corner of Wolfe Island. Most interesting birds were: 1 first winter Black-legged Kittiwake and 3 Purple Sandpipers. Other birds included 1 Dunlin, 6 Am Woodcock (on the walk in), good numbers of Long-tailed Ducks and Red-breasted Merganser, 5 Bl

[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Nov 2012

2012-11-01 Thread David Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/01/2012 * NYBU1211.01 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- ROSS'S GULL LEACH'S STORM-PETREL SABINE'S GULL BLACK-LEG

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - 1 November 2012 - Recent Reports

2012-11-01 Thread Bob Cermak
Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 1 November 2012 Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & tra

[Ontbirds] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] Gulls, Jaegers, Cave Swallow, Golden Eagle - Lake Erie ...

2012-11-01 Thread WilliamWatsonSr
From: jmpawl...@gmail.com To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu Sent: 11/1/2012 7:25:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: [GeneseeBirds-L] Gulls, Jaegers, Cave Swallow, Golden Eagle - Lake Erie shore in Erie County Simply an exhaustive day on the Lake Erie

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending November 1, 2012.

2012-11-01 Thread Fred Helleiner
Birders have been kept busy at Presqu’ile Provincial Park this week searching for oceanic birds that may have been blown inland by the hurricane. Though that search has not yet yielded the expected results, the effort did produce a rare bird yesterday which brought an influx of birders today in

[Ontbirds] Ross's Gull and others, Waverly Beach - Nov 1st

2012-11-01 Thread Ken Burrell
Hey Birders, Well today was quite simply an exceptional day. Brandon Holden, Ross Wood, Mike Burrell and myself stationed ourselves at Waverly Beach in Fort Erie. We arrived at 8am, staying until 3:30pm, and were joined by several others throughout the day. Activity was pretty consistent la

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (01 Nov 2012) 762 Raptors

2012-11-01 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (01 Nov 2012) 375 Raptors

2012-11-01 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu

[Ontbirds] Cave Swallows and Red Phalaropes at Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Etobicoke

2012-11-01 Thread Wayne Renaud
The good birds keep pouring in (arctic birds and tropicals). While looking for Western Grebes off the east peninsula with my 30x scope I had a group of 6 winter-plumage Red Phalaropes were seen about 400 off-shore heading east about 40 feet above the surface. I estimated they were about 200

[Ontbirds] Pine Siskins (Windsor)

2012-11-01 Thread Kelly M
Hello, I'm not sure if this is worthy of Ontbirds as this is my first year to have feeders in Windsor. Currently there are between 15 and 25 Pine Siskins at my two nyger feeders and one black-oil sunflower feeder. With AMGO, DOWO and both nuthatches, it's quite a feeding frenzy out there. Anyo

[Ontbirds] Brighton Constructed Wetland

2012-11-01 Thread Maureen Campeau
Fellow birdwatchers: It was been reported to me (today) that at least on 5 different occassions dogs were see in the wetland. Four of those occassion were reports that the dog was accompanied by a person. I tried to assure Public Works that I did not believe that any birdwatcher would enter the

[Ontbirds] fox sparrows,barred owl and turkeys at halls rd

2012-11-01 Thread alan1woods
slow wet day at the cranberry marsh hawk watch, only 1 each of red shouldered,red tail and sharpie, 17 turkeys in the east side field on the way up and 12 fox sparrows and barred owl, among many other birds at the 2nd platform. regards alan woods. dir, 401 to salem south to victoria east

[Ontbirds] Little Gulls, Forsters Terns and Brant, Long Point, 10/31/12

2012-11-01 Thread Lucas Foerster
Yesterday (10/31) on the boat ride back to Turkey Point from near the tip of Long Point, on Lake Erie (Gravely Bay specifically), I (along with M.Bradstreet, T.Bradstreet and Brett Norman of NCC), spotted: 2* Little Gulls* (in Gravely Bay and Bluff bar respectively) 3* Forster's Terns* (flying out

[Ontbirds] Constance Bay: B.L. Kittiwakes

2012-11-01 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi everyone Two more 1st winter kittiwakes just flew by end of Whistler Rd. at Constance Bay, heading down river. Good birding,Bruce Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization

[Ontbirds] Black-headed Gull, Waverly Beach

2012-11-01 Thread Ken Burrell
Our days continues to be great. An adult Black-headed Gull just flew by close with a group of Bonies close to shore. Spotted by Mike Burrell. Ken Burrell Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the On

[Ontbirds] Ross's Gull Fort Erie

2012-11-01 Thread Ken Burrell
Birders an adult Ross's Gull just flew by a group of us @ Waverly Beach, heading west. Many good birds have been seen so far (sabines, kittiwakes, pomarines etc). Just want ed to get the word out. Good birding, Ken burrell Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network

[Ontbirds] Constance Bay: Black-legged Kittiwake

2012-11-01 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi everyone Watching a 1st winter Black-legged Kittiwake flying down the Ottawa river past the end of Whistler Rd at Constance Bay. Still in sight. Good birding, Bruce Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists -

[Ontbirds] Evening Grosbeaks/Fox Sparrows in Rockwood/Guelph Arboretum (plus Gull Workshop)

2012-11-01 Thread Chris Earley
Hi, everyone, I had about 20 Evening Grosbeaks briefly visit my feeders late yesterday afternoon in Rockwood. When they took off they circled high into the air and then flew straight southeast so I don't know if they will be back. The direction they flew was towards the Rockwood Conservation

[Ontbirds] Pomarine Jaegers Fort Erie

2012-11-01 Thread WilliamWatsonSr
This morning Brandon Holden saw three Pomarine Jaegers fly past Fort Erie going down stream along the Niagara River. Bill Watson ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to