[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (20 Apr 2013) 37 Raptors

2013-04-21 Thread reports
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 20, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vul

[Ontbirds] Pectoral sandpipers and yellowlegs - Mississauga/Milton border

2013-04-21 Thread Dorlisa Robinson
There are about 15 pectoral sandpipers and 10 greater yellowlegs in the flooded field at 8th line and Britannia. 8th line is one road west of the 407. The area is in Milton but it is just west of the Mississauga border. In addition there are a variety of ducks - blue-winged teal, pintail, shovell

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose - Schomberg

2013-04-21 Thread Wayne King
Watched the Ross's Goose late this afternoon in the restoration pond next to= the Trisan arena in Schomberg until about 6:00 pm. It then flew south to t= he grain fields along Aurora Rd in Pottageville with all the Canada Geese to= feed. Just before dark it returned with the flock of Canada Geese

[Ontbirds] Amherst Island: Sandhill Crane, Little Gull, Snowy Owl

2013-04-21 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Ontbirders Spent the day birding Amherst Island. Overall a beautiful sunny day with lots of bird activity. The Owl Woods had a nice variety of land birds including 12 Eastern Towhee, 3 Brown Thrasher, 2 Hermit Thrush, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 3 Pine Warbler, and 3 Ring-necked Pheasant were h

[Ontbirds] Smythe Park and Eglinton Flats, Toronto

2013-04-21 Thread Jacek Pawlikowski
Hi Birders, Smythe Park: Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (1), Winter Wren (1). Directions: Toronto, the entrance to the park is from Scarlett Rd. just south of Black Creek on the East side. Eglinton Flats: Brown Thrusher (2) – first time since 2002; White-Throated Sparrow (1), Hermit Thrush (1),

[Ontbirds] Rondeau PP yellow throated warbler

2013-04-21 Thread RIC MCARTHUR
The yellow throat is back, actually there are two of them. They were at the suet and peanut feeders at the visitor centre most of the afternoon. Take exit 101 off the 401 and follow the signs to the park. Ric -- Ric McArthur PO Box B1 Morpeth, Ontario,Canada N0P 1X0 http://www.flickr.com/phot

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings Mississauga

2013-04-21 Thread Bradley Bloemendal
Hello all, There has been about 50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS feeding on a fruit tree near my place at Clevedon and Woodington drive. Been here the past two days if anyone is interested in checking them out. We are located near Hurontario and Robert speck parkway. Head east on Robert Speck, and continue u

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (21 Apr 2013) 275 Raptors

2013-04-21 Thread reports
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 21, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vul

[Ontbirds] 2 Ross' Geese East of Ottawa

2013-04-21 Thread Rob Pinilla
Hi Everyone, I'm currently on Frank Kenny road at bearbrook creek, between Russell Rd and Colonial south of Navan. There are 2 Ross' geese close to the road in the creek amongst a loose flock of 500 Snow geese. Rob Sent from my iPhone On 2013-04-21, at 1:34 AM, Robert Alvo wrote: > The wate

[Ontbirds] Hudsonian Godwit Innisfil

2013-04-21 Thread Bruce Wilson
Nigel Shaw and I had a Hudsonian Godwit about an hour ago (15:00) on the 11th Line of Innisfil just east of old Highway 11 north of Bradford. In a partially flooded field on the north side of 11th line. Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and a Dunlin also present. We only had bins so a scope might

[Ontbirds] Reesor Pond - 1st Dunlin

2013-04-21 Thread Stan Long
21.04.13 - 3pm - !st Dunlin showed this afternoon : North spit - also a pair of Caspian Terns -Reeosr Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham - cheers - Stan Long ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the O

[Ontbirds] Short-billed Dowitcher- Grey-Bruce

2013-04-21 Thread Angela Vanderheyden
On April 21st at 3:34p.m, at the intersection of Arran Concession 2 and Grey Bruce Line, a Short-billed Dowitcher was in a flooded field with many yellowlegs and a few Pectoral Sandpipers. Orange Dowitcher overall, with no white edges on it's scapulars, eliminating Long-billed. It's a busy road

[Ontbirds] White Eyed Vireo still at Leslie Spit Toronto

2013-04-21 Thread cver
I birded The Wet Woods at Tommy Thompson Park this morning. The White Eyed Vireo was still there. As well as 4 warbler species. Pine, Yellow Rumped, Palm and an Orange Crowned Warbler. Also a Great Horned Owl being chased by a Peregrine Falcon. Rusty Blackbirds as previously reported and many

[Ontbirds] Worm-eating Warbler @ Point Pelee

2013-04-21 Thread Todd Pepper
At 1:10 pm I re-found the Worm-eating Warbler reported earlier by Mike Tate. The bird was working the cedar trees on the north side of the Botham Woods east of the Woodland trail at Point Pelee National Park. Todd Pepper Leamington, Ontario Sent from my iPhone _

[Ontbirds] Say's Phoebe (Toronto Island) no

2013-04-21 Thread Jay Peterson
Hello ontbirders, Just an update to the bird Norm and I found yesterday. Ian Cannell had gone over this morning and just called me to say despite a good search; the bird was not refound. At least by him. The bird could very well still be there or be sheltering at another location nearby such as

[Ontbirds] Blue Grosbeak at Ojibway Nature Centre

2013-04-21 Thread Pratt, Paul
The male Blue Grosbeak continues to visit the nature centre feeders today (April 21). The best viewing is from inside the centre where it has put on a great show for park visitors. The Ojibway Nature Centre is located at 5200 Matchette Road about 1 km south of EC Row Expressway in Windsor. Pau

[Ontbirds] Worm eating warbler @ Pelee

2013-04-21 Thread Michael Tate
Found this am by Matt Timpf and seen well by a number of birders. Located at the Woodland trail and Botham. Just south of VC Michael Tate Michael Tate 1-613-863-8455 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial bir

[Ontbirds] rusty blackbird, towhees TommyThompson

2013-04-21 Thread hugh mcneil
Sunday morning in the wetwoods. Also yb sapsuckers, b creeper, winter wren, hermit thrush, house wren, song sparrow,n flickers, rt hawks, killdeer, fox sparrow. TT Park is at the base of Leslie st on Lake Ontario in Toronto. The wet woods are just behind the parking lot.

[Ontbirds] Fw: Ross's Goose, Schomberg

2013-04-21 Thread kevin . shackleton
The goose is present at 7:40 a.m. On the east side of the "wetland". See below for directions. Kevin Shackleton Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. -Original Message- From: Wayne King Se

[Ontbirds] East of Ottawa waterfowl spectacle almost finished, and Mud Lake Britannia

2013-04-21 Thread Robert Alvo
The waterfowl spectacle east of Ottawa seems to be nearing its end, with much less land flooded than last week, both in the Milton Road area and the Cobb Lake/Creek area. No *Snow Geese* were present today along Milton Road, but there were 200 along Frank Kenny Road 3 km north of Russell Road, a fl

[Ontbirds] Fw: Besides Say's Phoebe a good number of other birds - Toronto Islands

2013-04-21 Thread Norm Murr
I am not sure if this email went through yesterday as I can not find it on my Hotmail so I am re posting it with an apology to Ontbirds and Mark if it is a duplicate. Norm Murr From: Norm Murr Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 8:32 PM To: ONTBIRDS Subject: Besides Say's Phoebe a good number of o