[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (05 Nov 2012) 630 Raptors

2012-11-05 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (05 Nov 2012) 623 Raptors

2012-11-05 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu

[Ontbirds] Toronto Islands - Golden Eagle, Red-headed Woodpecker, Pine Warbler

2012-11-05 Thread Norm Murr
Today Ian Cannell and I birded Ward’s Islands to Gibralter Point on the Toronto Islands and though it was a dull day almost all day we did do okay with a fair number of the birds along the boardwalk. Some birds seen were Pied-billed Grebe, 6 Black and 104 White-winged Scoters, Hooded Mergansers

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (05 Nov 2012) 947 Raptors

2012-11-05 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Ross' Goose- YES, Purple Sandpiper- Double YES!

2012-11-05 Thread Len M
Ontbirders, Lukian, Zakhar, and Danusia Husak and I just got in from a good afternoon of birding. The recently reported ROSS' GOOSE, at the Lakefront Promenade in Mississauga, was still present this afternoon at 3:30. It was feeding with 183 Canadas at the fenced in baseball diamond near the

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Gyrfalcon, Cliff Swallow and Bohemian Waxwings

2012-11-05 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone The Ottawa River continues to be the place for birds. This afternoon at 2:00pm, while searching for the Cave Swallow, I observed a dark morph Gyrfalcon flying over the river at Remic Rapids heading south over the city. Didn't see Ottawa's first record of Cave Swallow which was last

[Ontbirds] Tundra Swan - Thickson's Point

2012-11-05 Thread klinton
At around 10am, there was a single Tundra Swan preening on a rock 20ft from shore directly off Thickson's Point proper. It was smaller billed and bodied than the Trumpeters, and only slightly bigger than the CAGOs. Nearby Mutes were larger. It had a very small yellow spot on the back corner of

[Ontbirds] Iroquois Shoreline Season Total to Nov. 5 2012

2012-11-05 Thread Mike Williamson
ISRW North Whitby, Ontario, Canada November 5 2012 Season Totals Turkey Vulture = 1448 Osprey = 17 Bald Eagle = 24 N/Harrier = 36 Sharp-Shinned = 423 Coopers = 26 N/Goshawk = 3 R/Shoulder = 81 Broad-Winged = 5519 R/Tailed = 578 R/Legged = 6 Golden Eagle = 33 A/Kestrel = 69 Merlin = 4 Peregrine = 8

[Ontbirds] Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Nov. 5 2012

2012-11-05 Thread Mike Williamson
ISRW North Whitby, Ontario, Canada November 5 2012 Day Total N/Harrier = 1 Sharp-Shinned = 9 Coopers = 3 R/Shoulder = 13 R/Tailed = 79 R/Legged = 3 Golden Eagle = 3 Total = 111 Hrs. = 3.5 Report submitted by Mike Williamson ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by

[Ontbirds] Gosport Update - Hudsonian Godwit - Yes, Glossy Ibis - no

2012-11-05 Thread Bree, David (MNR)
Hi Stopped for 15 minutes at the Gosport site. Saw Hudsonian Godwit - 1 Dunlin - 61 Mute Swan 71 Mallard - 6 Green-winged Teal - 12 Bonaparte's Gulls - 40 Ring-billed Gulls - 3 I did not see the Ibis. I did hear what I believe was a Trumpeter Swan out in the outer bay but I coul

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings still near Camlachie Nov. 5

2012-11-05 Thread Barry Christian
This morning I watched 50+ Bohemians flying around the juniper/mix woodlot at the corner of Queen St. and Bonnie Doon Rd. There are a few Cedar Waxwings mixed in. There was a Coopers hawk in the area causing some disturbance. Directions: Lakeshore Rd. north from Sarnia, thru Camlachie. Turn w

[Ontbirds] Carolina Wren, Ottawa

2012-11-05 Thread Don Wigle
A Carolina Wren visited our feeders several times this morning. See photos at link below https://sites.google.com/a/ontariobird.com/ontario-birds/Home/recent-photos Beth Wigle Ottawa ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the

[Ontbirds] Toronto - High Park Hawk Watch - Oct. 29 to Nov. 4

2012-11-05 Thread Howard Shapiro
This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: Oct. 29 - Nov. 4 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Counters & Observers: Anne Marie Leger, Joe Venturi, Ian McNeil, Ian Mahione, Hugh Currie, Lynne Freeman. Ivor Williams, Naish McHugh, Do