[Ontbirds] Summer Tanager and other migrants on Toronto Island

2013-05-22 Thread Jay Peterson
Hello, Flying solo today I found the islands to be quite productive. Sorry for the late post as I had to go to work directly after. I managed to bird from Ward's all the way to Hanlan's and tallied 97 species. Best bird of the day was a female Summer Tanager showing well along Willow Avenue near

[Ontbirds] Whimbrels arrive in Elgin County in numbers

2013-05-22 Thread Dave Martin
This morning between 0945 and 1015 at Port Bruce, we observed 3 flocks of Whimbrel [8, 14 and 16 birds] totaling 38 individuals moving west along the shoreline. The flocks of 14 and 16 circled over the beach several times where 30 gulls were loafing but eventually moved on without landing. La

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon How Ross Pit Ottawa

2013-05-22 Thread iain . wilkes
Eurasian Wigeon still in large pond just south of Burnside gravel How Ross pit on left side of road Take 416 south put of Ottawa. Exit Fallowfield. Go west one road to Moodie and south on Moodie till the pit Iain Sent from my HTC ___ ONTBIRDS is pre