[Ontbirds] Niagara River - Kittiwake, Purple Sandpipers, Dunlin, Harlequin Duck, 3 Falcons

Kim Hartquist and Steve Daniel met Betsy and me for a successful day of birding the river. The number of gulls was incredible. At the Adam Beck overlook (power plants), we had: 15-20 Iceland Gulls 2-3 Glaucous Gulls 2-3 Thayer's Gulls 1 adult Herring X Glaucous Gull 1 adult hybrid gull - pro

[Ontbirds] American wigeon at Wellington

A pair of American wigeon was the reward for birding in outrageously windy conditions today at Wellington harbour. Directions: take highway 33 east from the center of Wellington and turn right at the LCBO. The dock is straight ahead. The wigeon are hiding among the Canada geese east of the dock

[Ontbirds] Red-headed Wdpr., Harlequin Duck - Pickering-Whitby

My father and I saw the Red-headed Woodpecker beside north Road north of Whitevale within about 15 seconds of getting out of the car this morning. Thanks to Doug Lockrey for telling me about this bird, and to birders who posted directions on ebird. The Harlequin Ducks were close to shore and all

[Ontbirds] OFO Ottawa Trip Report

I was joined by about a dozen dedicated birders this morning for the annual January OFO Ottawa trip. A snowfall overnight had left the roads in poor shape and the snow continued for most of the morning impacting visibility. Nevertheless we had some good birds. We started in the eastern envi

[Ontbirds] Townsend's Solitaire near Kendal

Erica Barkley and I just had the previously reported Townsend's Solitaire on Langstaff Road. We searched for about 20 minutes before it came in and landed in a tall deciduous tree on the east side of the small ravine across from number 8712. It looked like it came in from behind the barn. After