[Ontbirds] Great Egrets roosting west of Demorestville, Price Edward County

2013-09-20 Thread Weseloh,Chip [Ontario]
Hi Ontbirders, Friday night at approximately 1850 hrs, I observed 14 Great Egrets roosting in small (7m) trees in a small shallow wetland/swamp in a pasture setting approximately 200m off Hwy 14 west of Demorestville, Prince Edward County. Most birds were quite difficult to see (due to the distan

[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (20 Sep 2013) 4 Raptors

2013-09-20 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (19 Sep 2013) 17 Raptors

2013-09-20 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (18 Sep 2013) 51 Raptors

2013-09-20 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, September 20, 2013

2013-09-20 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE SABINE'S GULL POMARINE JAEGER PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT WESTERN TANAGER Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Greater Scaup White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Black-bellied

[Ontbirds] Long-billed Dowitcher at Sobey's Pond, Whitby

2013-09-20 Thread Steve LaForest
Hello Birders, I found a juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher feeding at close range at Sobey's Pond today in Whitby. Also present were several other shorebirds, including: 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Pectoral Sandpipers 1 Dunlin The LB Dowitcher was still present at 5:05 pm, when I lef

[Ontbirds] Lost Birding Bag

2013-09-20 Thread cvardy2
Hi Birders, On Tuesday, Sept. 17, at about 12:00 noon, I left my small shoulder bag containing a camera and two field guides at the North platform at Cranberry Marsh. I checked back about 2 and a half hours later and it wasn’t there. I’m hoping that someone may have picked it up for safe keep

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (20 Sep 2013) 18 Raptors

2013-09-20 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] ** LEAST TERN ** at Point Pelee

2013-09-20 Thread Alan Wormington
An immature **LEAST TERN** flew west to east past the Tip of Point Pelee this morning at 8:40 a.m. It came down the west side before veering off to the SE when reaching the Tip (a typical flight path for terns and Bonaparte's Gulls at Point Pelee in fall). The bird was flying at full tilt, in

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds - Sep 14 to 20, 2013

2013-09-20 Thread Mark Conboy
The best bird of the week was a JAEGER (species undetermined) off Prince Edward County. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, SWAINSON'S and GREY-CHEKED THRUSHES, AMERICAN PIPIT, RUBY-CROWNED and some GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS were all on the move. Warbler numbers seem to have dropped off, but

[Ontbirds] Ottawa- Black-backed Woodpecker at Britannia CA

2013-09-20 Thread Heather Pickard
A Black-backed Woodpecker was seen and photographed yesterday, Thursday September19th just before 1pm at Britannia Conservation Area ( Mud Lake). It was seen from the gravel path that leads from Cassel's Road into Britannia Woods a short distance from Cassel's Road at the point where the path mak