[Ontbirds] Greater White-fronted Goose @ Presqu'ile.

At 8:05 this morning a Greater White-fronted Goose flew in and landed among the ice floes off 186 Bayshore Road at Presqu’ile. Follow the signs to the Park from Brighton and continue on the residential road to #186. - Fred. Fred Helleiner 186 Bayshore Road Brighton, Ontario K0K

[Ontbirds] Near Adult Slaty-backed Gull at Niagara Falls

We are looking at this gull from the Control Gates at Chippawa above the Falls. 12:04 p.m. It's on the island in the middle of the river. A group of us here have studied all the field marks. Jean Iron and Ron Pittaway Sent from my iPhone ___

[Ontbirds] St. Catharines Snowy Owl

Hello Ontbirders A Snowy Owl (probably mature male) has been found in a field behind the new St. Catharines hospital. Its been there for three days at least, despite harassment by photographers. QEW southbound to St. Catharines, exit at 7th St. Louth, turn right onto 7th until you reach 4th Ave

[Ontbirds] Juvenile Bald Eagles in Kanata and Ottawa

I returned to Riddell Drive before sunrise this morning try and get some images of the ravens and bald eagles that I reported on yesterday along Riddell Drive between March Valley and 6th Line Roads in Kanata. Despite a long, cold 90 minute wait hiding under the branches of a spruce tree

[Ontbirds] Western Tanager

The Western Tanager was present again today at Durham Court Pk. At 1pm. Today's light allowed for great views as it perched out in the open at the west end of the park close to the fence by the tracks, allowing for great photo ops. Directions as previously posted. Peter Sent from my iPhone

[Ontbirds] 39th Algonquin Park CBC: Saturday, December 29.

The 39th Algonquin Park CBC was held on Saturday, December 29. Conditions for observing were excellent: minus 18 to minus 10 degrees C., light cloud and calm all day, and snow depths from 10 to 38 cm. Not needing snowshoes to get around made it easier for participants to cover more areas. The

[Ontbirds] Lapland Longspur - Brantford Airport

A single Lapland Longspur was seen amongst a large flock (25) of Horned Larks. The birds were moving around a lot along Robinson Rd. Near #135 and on the airport property. Take Hwy 403 west to Brantford. South on Rest Acres Rd. Turn left onto Robinson Rd. On the north boundary of Brantford

[Ontbirds] Slaty-backed Gull above Niagara Falls on Niagara River

A group of nine birders from Ontario and NY found a SLATY-BACKED GULL just before noon today. We had a lengthy study of it perched and doing short flights, seeing all of the field marks. It was too distant for flight shots but we got some digiscoped images of it while perched. It appears to be

[Ontbirds] Fish Crow - Fort Erie

I found a single Fish Crow in a large flock of crows gathering to roost in Fort Erie this evening. This was fairly close to where the Fish Crows were last winter, but not in the exact same location. The crows were gathering around Sugarbowl Park and the adjacent large (abandoned?) industrial

[Ontbirds] Hall's road Barred Owl and Greater White-fronted Goose

The Barred Owl was extremely accommodating today, perching at the (South) trail side in a bare tree with the sun full on it. Off shore there were a kazillion Canada geese, with a lone Greater White-fronted cruising back and forth along the edges. Gene Denzel

[Ontbirds] Bald Eagle, Canvasback, and White-winged Scoter at Presqu'ile Bay

Hi all, The mouth of Presqu'ile bay was teeming with waterfowl today - all of the usual suspects plus a few Canvasback, White-winged Scoters, Tundra Swans, the juvenile Greater White-fronted Goose that Fred Helleiner reported, plus I saw an adult Bald Eagle flying along the edge of the ice

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon and Pipits at Thickson's Point

The Eurasian Wigeon was there today and as previously reported, it was relatively close to shore. However, it was on the EAST side of the point today, as that is where the calmer waters were - in contrast to most previous reports that had it just west of the point. Go to the south end of

[Ontbirds] 5 Bald Eagles, C. Loon, Glaucous Gulls etc. - Parry Sound

Yesterday at the McDougall township dump there were 5 Bald Eagles, 4 Glaucous Gulls, 56 Herring Gulls and about 75 Ravens. The McDougall township dump is on McDougall Road, 6 km east of Hwy 400/69 at Parry Sound. If the gate is closed, drive a few hundred metres further east to Haines Lake

[Ontbirds] Gray Partridges near Kinburn (Dec 30, 2:45 PM)

My brother and I located five cooperative males near where 20 (mainly females) were reported recently by Kevin Shakleton, near Kinburn. These five were on Carry’s Sideroad (on west side), a few hundred metres from Mohr’s Road). From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west towards Arnprior and exit at the

[Ontbirds] (no subject)

Hello, This is the summary (unofficial) of the Hamilton Christmas Bird Count held on December 26th. 2012. Counters in the field including bird feeder watchers totaled 103. Weather on the day was dominated by strong easterly winds and a temperature of a steady -2 C.

[Ontbirds] Linwood CBC results December 30th

The seventh Linwood CBC was held today, December 30th. Unlike many of our previous counts, weather today was quite favourable. Temperature ranged from a low of minus 4 to a high of minus 8 degrees Celsius. Winds were generally light (20km/hr) and were for the most part out of the west.