[Ontbirds] Spotted Sandpiper at Reesor Pond

2013-04-17 Thread Stan Long
17.04.13 - 7.30am - 1st Spotted Sandpiper showed this am. Pied-Billed Grebe - Ring-necked Ducks - Lesser Scaups -Shovellers - Green-winged Teal etc added to the scene.[Monday 15th am : 1st Mocking Bird + 1st Barn Swallow + 1stEastern Phoebe + 1st Double Crested Cormorants showed plus1st 2

[Ontbirds] Pine Warblers at Tommy Thompson Wet Woods

2013-04-17 Thread anthony glenesk
At 9am this morning 3 very active and approachable Pine Warblers were seen east of the road at the end of Leslie st. at the lake. Also present were at least 5 Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Ruby Crowned Kinglet, Woodcock in the wet woods. Anthony Glenesk ___

[Ontbirds] Eastern Phoebe

2013-04-17 Thread Ursula Pace
This morning on my walk on the old train tracks, which now are a bike/skidoo/dog walking trai I heard the first Easter Phoebe. i could not locate the bird. Location: between Doyle and Flagstation road in south Manotick /Ottawa Sent from my iPad ___

[Ontbirds] Bonaparte's Gull Mallorytown Landing

2013-04-17 Thread Josh . VanWieren
A flock of roughly 100 Bonaparte's Gulls were actively foraging close to Chimney Island near Mallorytown Landing this morning. They were mixed in with Hooded merganser, bufflehead, common merganser, ring-necked duck and common golden-eye. Directions: Exit 401 at off-ramp #675, go south until

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - 17 April 2013 - Recent Reports

2013-04-17 Thread Bob Cermak
Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 17 April 2013 Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler

[Ontbirds] pine warbler in the city of kawartha lakes!

2013-04-17 Thread Eric Davis
A pine warbler and a white-throated sparrow showed up today at my feeder in Woodville. Woodville is about half-way between Lindsay and Beaverton on County Rd 46 Eric Davis ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial

[Ontbirds] Fish Crow and Forester's Terns at Bronte Heritage Park, Oakville, Ontario

2013-04-17 Thread Wayne Renaud
Today Barry Cherriere, Tim McCarthy and I located two terns resting on two adjacent wharfs in Bronte marina. One was in juvenile winter plumage; the other close to adult plumage. After studying the two terns for about 30 minutes through two scopes at rest and in flight, Barry did the

[Ontbirds] Brampton: Eastern Towhee

2013-04-17 Thread ray . vanderkooy
This evening there is a male Eastern Towhee feeding with the ever present House Sparrows beneath my feeder along with a White throated Sparrow. A Northern Flicker stopped by briefly late this afternoon. The Towhee is a first here in the middle of suburbia. Cheers, Ray Vander Kooy Brampton

[Ontbirds] White-eyed Vireo at Tommy Thompson Wet Woods?

2013-04-17 Thread Paul Reeves
At 4:00pm today I think I saw a White-eyed Vireo in the Tommy Thompson Park Wet Woods. I am still new to birding so I am not sure of my ID. However I did get a couple of photos and posted them on my website. Sorry about the quality; the bird refused to come out into the open for me to

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (17 Apr 2013) 776 Raptors

2013-04-17 Thread reports
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 17, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[Ontbirds] Waterfowl and Shorebirds - West Perth Wetlands (Mitchell)

2013-04-17 Thread The Browns
Hi folks, I wanted to provide a quick update on the West Perth Wetlands here in Mitchell now that spring is clawing its way into the area! Water levels look good so far and the overgrowth of plants from last year has been nicely knocked down by heavy winter snows and a good amount of rain