[Ontbirds] Kestrel at South Lake Simcoe still in area.

2013-02-04 Thread Paul Harpley
Observed the Kestrel again on Sunday February 3 at Egypt, Ontario in the same circumstances. For those who want to see the bird. Below are the directions I sent out January 30. " An American Kestrel was observed on telephone line wires near the hamlet of Egypt on Wednesday a

Re: [Ontbirds] Western Grebe- Toronto Waterfront, Sunnyside Part 2

2013-02-04 Thread David Creelman
Robert Baumander and I saw the Grebe again around 430. I know there have been quite a few disappointed folks, so I thought I would add a bit of info for complete clarity. 1: The Grebe was very consistently off Sunnyside Beach, ranging only a couple of hundred metres east and west. He could be tric

[Ontbirds] Eastern Phoebe persists at Ingersoll, Feb 4

2013-02-04 Thread JAMES HOLDSWORTH
Ontbirders, The Eastern Phoebe, 1st seen Jan 7, was found again today along the Thames River in Ingersoll, in good health and [seemingly] set to successfully overwinter - having survived nights close to - 20 C. This bird is doing a ''Sedgewick'', apparently feeding on invertebrates coming from

Re: [Ontbirds] Western Grebe- Toronto Waterfront, Sunnyside

2013-02-04 Thread Robert Baumander
David and I saw the bird together from the end of the rickety pier around 4:30 but it is too diving and moving and it's too cold to stay out too long Sent from my iPhone Robert On 2013-02-04, at 3:25 PM, David Creelman wrote: > Spotted the Western Grebe in the same area as was reported Sund

[Ontbirds] Bald Eagle - Ottawa East

2013-02-04 Thread Geoff Stimpson
At 1:30 today, I saw a Bald Eagle flying low over the intersection of Blair and Innes Road. Possibly the same one reported earlier in the day near Gloucester Glen. Geoff Stimpson ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by t

[Ontbirds] white winged dove @ Rondeau PP

2013-02-04 Thread RIC MCARTHUR
I finally saw the dove at 4.10pm . It was sitting under a feeder, eating sunflower seeds, in the garden at the visitor centre. Ric take exit 101 off the 401 and follow the signs to the park. -- Ric McArthur PO Box B1 Morpeth, Ontario,Canada N0P 1X0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricmcarthur ___

[Ontbirds] Western Grebe- Toronto Waterfront, Sunnyside

2013-02-04 Thread David Creelman
Spotted the Western Grebe in the same area as was reported Sunday. Seen 130pm Monday Feb 4. Viewed directly out from rickety wooden pier by Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion. Bird roughly 100 feet beyond the breakwall. This is extremely close to where he was seen Sunday, so perhaps sticking around for awh

[Ontbirds] Great Gray Owl - March Valley Road

2013-02-04 Thread Marc Gravel
I was lucky to see another (or the same) Great Gray Owl along March Valley Road this morning (7:30 a.m.) though I expected them to be within the fenced area of DND. On my last pass along March Valley Road, my attention turned to several crows harassing a bird further down. When I arrived at the cor

[Ontbirds] Bald Eagle in Ottawa

2013-02-04 Thread Ursula Pace
This morning around 10 am on River Rd. around Gloucester Glen (Ottawa) I saw a Bald Eagle soaring in the sky. This is usually the hang out of a red tailed Hawk which I have seen for the last month but was not there this morning. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented