[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (10 May 2013) Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: May 10, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vul

[Ontbirds] Sandhill crane, Buckhorn

I apologise for a rather imprecise location, but it was getting dark under lowering skies with occasional rain, I wasn't about to stop. Last evening while driving south on Buckhorn Road, just south of the town of Buckhorn, a sandhill crane flew at low altitude from west to east over the road. A

[Ontbirds] Rondeau Migration Report May 11, 2013 - Yellow-throated Warbler

Good morning birders, There are plenty of birds around the park again on this chilly morning. There was no significant movement of birds to or from the area last night, so most of yesterday's rarities are likely still around. The most productive trail again seems to be Spicebush, where there were

[Ontbirds] Pl. Ibis - kraft lagoons eastern ontario

Kraft road north of summerstown. Looks like white faced to me, still working on I'd in the wind. Sent from. Field, sorry for poor directions. Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Fiel

[Ontbirds] Glossy Ibis - Kraft Rd lagoons eastern ontario

Confirming the bird is actually an adult Glossy Ibis. The lagoons can be accessed off of Kraft Rd. From 401, take Cty Rd 27 (Summerstown Road) north to Gore Rd, then right (east) on Gore Road until you get to Kraft Rd, then left (north) on Kraft Rd to the lagoons on left. Bird is on berm in m

[Ontbirds] Point Pelee National Park Migration Report - May 11, 2013

Greetings Birders, The wind was out of the NW overnight but there was a fair amount of activity at various locations in the park, including a smattering of warblers. So far, we've tallied 24 species of warblers. The Tip had a good concentration of activity, with GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED

[Ontbirds] Worm-eating Warbler @ spice bush trail, RONDEAU P.P.

10 min. ago found by Blake Mann and seen by a dozen people. I left a line on trail to show where. Cheers. Andrew Keaveney 647-383-8894 uofgtwitc...@msn.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organiza

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile birds and OFO Field Trip

Greetings all, Tomorrow is the OFO Presqu'ile/Peter's Woods trip that I will be leading, so I just wanted to mention a few things to help anyone interested in coming to prepare. The forecast is for a fairly cool day so please be sure to dress in layers (and enough of them) as it will lik

[Ontbirds] Rondeau Update May 11, 2013 - Worm-eating Warbler

Hello birders, It's been a good day at Rondeau with plenty of interesting birds around to greet our weekend visitors. A Worm-eating Warbler was seen on Spicebush Trail, between boardwalk C and D. Other species on Spicebush include a Cerulean Warbler near the entrance from the road. This seems to

[Ontbirds] Yellow-breasted Chat Rondeau

I am watching the yellow-breasted chat reported earlier today at Rondeau. It is along the fenceline on the east side of the maintenance area. From the park entrance go south to rondeau ave, turn left and take the second right. The bird is in the shrubs on either side of the fence. Reuven Martin ___

[Ontbirds] are the stilts at Hillman?

Birders, Are the stilts at Hillman Marsh this evening? 6pm? Thanks for any update. Dean ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information abo

[Ontbirds] Pelee Island update May 10-11

Hi Birders, Just giving you an update on what's happening on Pelee Island. Activity has been excellent, with over 160 species, including at least 31 species of warbler (plus a hybrid) in the last 24 hours. Some of the highlights are below: Blue Grosbeak - Paul Carter found a first-alternate mal

[Ontbirds] glosssy ibis at Kraft lagoons in Williamstown

Thanks to Jacob Bruxer, Hans and Madeline VanDerZweep and myself saw a glossy ibis at the the Kraft Lagoons near Williamstown. The bird displayed blue color around the beak and a dark eye and appeared to be an adult bird. The lagoons can be accessed off Kraft Rd. From 401, take Cty Rd 27 (Summ

Re: [Ontbirds] [eobirding] Glossy Ibis - Kraft Rd lagoons eastern ontario

Great sighting. Just had a look myself at 6.00pm but no sign of ibis. Water level very high at moment so no exposed mud except a little at edges of berm where you saw it. But I did see 4 nice wood duck drakes. Robin On 2013-05-11, at 11:56 AM, wrote: > Confirming the bird is actually an adult

[Ontbirds] Unconfirmed Kentucky Warbler

At about 6:00 this evening, we identified what we believe to be a Kentucky warbler in Tilden Woods at Point Pelee, about 20 yards west of the old asphalt road. It was staying low but popped up for a clear view for about a minute. Hope someone can confirm this report in the coming days. Sent fr

[Ontbirds] OFO-Toronto Islands Trip (results)

Hello folks, Well, we were a jovial band of 29 birders today for the annual spring outing to the Islands. Weather conditions were cool with an afternoon high around 12 degrees. Winds overnight switched to a more northerly direction and so we were left a bit disappointed with overall numbers of b

[Ontbirds] Thickson's Woods

Looking at Friday nights Nexad radar it showed no south to north movement last night. Just west to east rain. So not surprisingly there were no real new arrivals. All Warblers seen on Friday were seen again, except the Blue Winged and Orange Crowned. Glenn Coady noted 3 Pine Siskin in one of th