[Ontbirds] Brown Pelican at pelee tip

2013-09-29 Thread Mike Burrell
755 brown pelican sitting at tip 740 adult or subadult light Parasitic Jaeger off west side of tip. Found by Kevin McLaughlin, Tim Lucas and Mike Burrell Mike Burrell mike.burrell...@gmail.com http://mikeburrell.blogspot.ca ___

Re: [Ontbirds] Brown Pelican at pelee tip

2013-09-29 Thread Mike Burrell
Brown Pelican still at tip with gulls for those that are interested. Will post if it flies before I leave. Mike Burrell mike.burrell...@gmail.com http://mikeburrell.blogspot.ca -Original Message- From: Mike Burrell mike.burrell...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013

[Ontbirds] Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Sept. 28th.

2013-09-29 Thread Mike Williamson
Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch North Whitby Ontario, Canada September 28th. Species Totals Turkey Vulture = 9 Sharp-Shinned Hawk = 6 Coopers Hawk = 1 Northern Goshawk = 1 Red-Shoulder Hawk = 2 American Kestrel = 2 UR = 1 Total = 24 Hours = 3.5 Observers = 4 Mike Williamson, Martin Bence,

[Ontbirds] Buff breasted sandpiper near Aylmer, Ontario

2013-09-29 Thread Earthquest Canada
Greetings fellow birders: An adult Buff breasted sandpiper was observed yesterday around 3:00 pm at the Aylmer National Wildlife Area (NWA) on the north side of the pond. It was weaving in and out of the vegetation on the edge along with Killdeer. Also present at the pond was Northern

[Ontbirds] Brown Pelican -NO- Point Pelee NP

2013-09-29 Thread Mark Field
Unfortunately the Brown Pelican flew off from the Tip in a SE direction at 10:25 a.m. Cheers, Mark Field ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca

[Ontbirds] Sabine's Gull, Lac Deschenes from Britannia Yacht Club, Ottawa

2013-09-29 Thread Richard Waters
The adult Sabine's Gull was relocated in the middle of Lac Deschenes. Observed from Britannia Yacht Club, at the West end of Cassels, Ottawa. -- Richard Waters Ottawa Home 1613 422 0088 Cell 1613 710 8897 http://www.pbase.com/rwaters ___ ONTBIRDS is

[Ontbirds] Deschenes Sabine Gull

2013-09-29 Thread Gary Milks
At noon, the adult Sabine Gull was observed flying back and forth along the foot of Deschenes Rapids. Observed from Britannia Point which is at the eastern end of Cassells Road. Gary Milks ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists

[Ontbirds] Sandhill Cranes - Navan (Ottawa east)

2013-09-29 Thread tom devecseri
Hello at 1:35 pm there are 14 Sandhill Cranes at Smith rd and Milton, Navan. Go west on Smith from Milton look just south of the 1st corn field in the open patch near the fence line. Tom Devecseri - Navan ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (28 Sep 2013) 180 Raptors

2013-09-29 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Laughing Gull at Hillman Bridge

2013-09-29 Thread Jean Iron
Back at its favourite spot north of the bridge near main entrance to Hillman Marsh 2:25 p.m. Jean Iron and Ron Pittaway Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send

[Ontbirds] update. Brown Pelican at Wheatley Harbour

2013-09-29 Thread Marcie Jacklin
Hi The Brown Pelican was sleeping on the rocks at the harbour entrance when we left at 3:15 Marcie Jacklin From: ONTBIRDS [birdalert-boun...@ontbirds.ca] on behalf of Jean Iron [jean.i...@sympatico.ca] Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 1:16 PM To:

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (29 Sep 2013) 20 Raptors

2013-09-29 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Hudsonian Godwit - Humber River, Toronto

2013-09-29 Thread Iain Fleming
Today at around 10am I found a Hudsonian Godwit along a section of mudflats at the southern end of the Humber River; link to photo below. It was feeding with two Least Sandpipers. The location is only accessible by canoe/kayak and is located roughly 400 meters north of where the Queensway

[Ontbirds] 12 Great Egrets at the Boat Launch at Jeanette's Creek (Essex-Kent Counties)

2013-09-29 Thread Weseloh,Chip [Ontario]
During the evenings and/or mornings of the last 3 days I have been trying to locate the roosting site to which the egrets from the Tilbury Wastewater Treatment Plant fly. Ken Burrell provided data which showed the egrets fly north from the Treatment Plant fly to (or toward) Lighthouse Cove; my

Re: [Ontbirds] Juvenile Laughing Gull

2013-09-29 Thread RW Bullock
Hello Everyone: I have many digital pics of reasonable quality if anyone is interested in seeing this bird. On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Stu Williams stwilli...@trebnet.comwrote: What seems to be a Juvenile Laughing Gull has been Identified by a crowd of us on the Hillman Marsh Bridge in

[Ontbirds] American White Pelican in Cootes Paradise, Hamilton

2013-09-29 Thread Birdstuff
It may be the same bird that was reported over a month ago, but there is (still) an American White Pelican in Cootes Paradise, Hamilton. It was seen today swimming offshore from the marsh lookout and later loafing on Hickory Island along with Mute Swans, DC Cormorants etc. etc. The water levels

[Ontbirds] Toronto - High Park Hawk Watch - Sept. 23-29

2013-09-29 Thread Howard Shapiro
This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Counters: Naish McHugh, Howard Shapiro , Don Barnett Observers: David Beadle , Anne Bell, Jerry DeMarco, Herb Elliott, Bob Falconer, Andrew Keaveney, Tom Lane, Ian Mahione, Tim McCarthy, Hugh McNeil, Baxter Naday, Marcia Steep, Andrew

[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (29 Sep 2013) 11 Raptors

2013-09-29 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

Re: [Ontbirds] update. Brown Pelican at Wheatley Harbour Sunday 3:30 p.m.

2013-09-29 Thread Joan Winearls
Just another update about the Brown Pelican at the east side of Wheatley Harbour. At about 3:30 this afternoon the gulls were flushed by people walking on the beach and eventually the brown pelican also took off and was being harassed for some time by some of the gulls. It eventually landed on