[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Saturday, March 2nd 2013.

2013-03-02 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
EASTERN PHOEBE BOHEMIAN WAXWING HARRIS'S SPARROW Snow Goose Cackling Goose Wood Duck American Wigeon Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Killdeer Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Barred Owl Horned Lark Tufted Titmouse Brown Creeper Winter Wren Eastern Blueb

[Ontbirds] Richmond Great Grey

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Law
In a failed attempt to relocated the Richmond Northern Hawk Owl, a Great Grey owl was discovered. It was in originally in the wood lot at the end of Richland Driver (just past the gate on the left). It flew west towards the tree line by the open field where I was then able to photograph the in

[Ontbirds] Western Grebe at Humber Bay, Toronto

2013-03-02 Thread jimwatt
The bird is still here at Humber Bay West about 200 meters out where the lake meets the bay. There is a Pied-billed Grebe at Humber Bay East. QEW to Park Lawn to Lakeshore Rd. Good luck Jim Watt jimw...@cogeco.ca Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil pa

[Ontbirds] Today on Amherst Is./ Jeff haffner

2013-03-02 Thread Jeff Haffner
The waterfowl viewing on the South side of the Island was outstanding! Hundreds of Scaup,Goldeneye,plus a scattering of Buffleheads and Redheads mixed in. A number of raptors plus two Kestrel and one Snowy owl just south of the village. Access to the owl woods is slill only by 4 wheel drive o

[Ontbirds] Harris's Sparrow continues at Cambridge

2013-03-02 Thread Wayne Renaud
Tim McCarthy and I spent over 2 hours searching for the sparrow and finally found it feeding under or near the bird feeders at the front of the house just east of 6547 Ellis Road (this latter address is where it apparently has been seen in recent day or weeks). As per previous report this

[Ontbirds] Kingston Region Birds - Feb 23-Mar 1, 2013

2013-03-02 Thread Mark Conboy
The biggest surprise of the week was an OSPREY on the Cataraqui River. The was a big influx of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, while finch observations were limited mainly to COMMON REDPOLLS. City of Kingston A very early returning OSPREY was seen flying over the Cataraqui River at the Highway 401 bridge. The

[Ontbirds] 2012-2013 final winter bird list update

2013-03-02 Thread Josh Vandermeulen
Ontbirders, Since the last update to the 2012-2013 Ontario winter list on February 6, 4 new species have been added, giving us a total of 217 species. This is the second highest total in the 6 years that we have been keeping track of Ontario's annual winter list (a period running from December 1

[Ontbirds] Cedar Waxwings - Richmond Hill Redstone and Princeton

2013-03-02 Thread Glenn Steplock
Late post. 24 Cedar Waxwings, identified by White tertials.  Seen exactly at the intersection of Princeton and Redstone in the trees at the entrance to Headwaters Park (Rouge River) Richmond Hill.  Leslie Just north of Major Mac you will hit Princeton turn left and follow to the first stop