[Ontbirds] Belted Kingfisher Mississauga

2013-01-06 Thread Jacek Pawlikowski
Hello, Belted Kingfisher is still present at Credit River, Pine Cliff Park. The park is located North od Britannia Rd. W. and West of Creditview Rd. Good birding, Jacek Pawlikowski ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the pr

[Ontbirds] Dunrobin-Breckenridge CBC January 5, 2013 Results

2013-01-06 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone The 32nd Dunrobin,On-Breckenridge, P.Q. Christmas Bird Count took place on January 5, 2013. Weather conditions varied from a very comfortable start at -4C while owling at 4:30a.m. to -9C in the late afternoon. Throughout the day, it varied from sunny to partly cloudy with varying

[Ontbirds] Great Gray Owl, Ottawa

2013-01-06 Thread Don Wigle
We saw a Great Gray Owl this morning north of Kanata. It was actively hunting during a fairly heavy snowfall. Pictures shown at https://sites.google.com/a/ontariobird.com/ontario-birds/Home/recent-photos Don Wigle Ottawa Directions: this map shows the general area where the bird was seen h

[Ontbirds] American Pipit at North Beach Park

2013-01-06 Thread Terry Sprague
While birding on the west side of Prince Edward County, John Blaney and I found an AMERICAN PIPIT near North Beach Provincial Park. The bird was travelling with a small group of Dark-eyed Juncos and American Tree Sparrows and appeared twice as the group moved from where they were initially seen,

[Ontbirds] Peregrine Falcon in Burlington/Hamilton

2013-01-06 Thread Paul FJ. Eagles
Folks, Today, I did some birding in the Hamilton Harbour/Burlington/Flamborough area. At the Burlington Ship Canal there was a Peregrine Falcon flying back and forth from the QEW skyway bridge and the canal lift bridge. At that location there were also many thousand Long-tailed Ducks and hundre

[Ontbirds] Harlequin Port Weller

2013-01-06 Thread jeblack
A male Harlequin was observed on the Port Weller end of the Seaway today during the Mid-winter Waterfowl Count. It was first seen beside the wharf at the coast guard station on the west side of the canal. It gradually swam about 100 yards north of the station and then returned to the vicinity o

[Ontbirds] York Region addendum

2013-01-06 Thread RON FLEMING
PS - Celine and Brian Gillett jogged my memory about some flocks of WILD TURKEYS just northeast of Holland Landing yesterday. They (the turkeys, not the Gilletts) were out in the fields east of the 2nd Concession (which is the northern extension of Main Street out of Newmarket) about 1.5 kms nor

Re: [Ontbirds] : Northern Pintail Humber Bay East

2013-01-06 Thread Robert Baumander
Apparently the iOntbirds App does not work as advertised and send the location information. Humber Bay East is at the foot of Parklawn in Toronto. Sent from my iPhone Robert On 2013-01-06, at 11:55 AM, Robert Baumander wrote: > Sue and I birded Humber Bay East and found the Northern Pintail

[Ontbirds] CORRECTION: Meadowlark and Bluebird, Amherst Island

2013-01-06 Thread Keith Linton
The post yesterday of the sightings in the subject line listed the Bluebirds as being in the "northeast quadrant" of the island. That should have read "northWEST." The actual road directions were also given but I appologize for any inconvenience. Keith Linton Orono, ONT _

[Ontbirds] : Northern Pintail Humber Bay East

2013-01-06 Thread Robert Baumander
Sue and I birded Humber Bay East and found the Northern Pintail in the pond on the north side of the entrance road on the left side of the bridge. The NOPI was swimming quite close to the banks. This is my first post using the Ontbirds App and the GPS location is included below. Very cool. Tha