[Ontbirds] Peregrine Falcon on top of Optima Building Cityplace Toronto

2013-11-10 Thread Sandra Eadie
81 Navy Wharf Court, corner of Bremner near Spadina. A Peregrine Falcon is sitting on the top of Optima Building Cityplace Toronto. I wonder if this a new haunt for it. Sandra Eadie, Toronto ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Franklin's Gull - Niagara River

2013-11-10 Thread David Pryor
After 2 hours of looking, I was finally able to locate, about 45 minutes ago, the previously reported Franklin's Gull. The bird was upstream of Adam Beck, opposite Devils Hole SP and was sitting on the rocks in the river with at least several hundred other gulls. It then flew downstream

[Ontbirds] OFO outing to Cobourg and Presqu'ile: Snow Goose, 2 scoters, Dunlin, Red-bellied Woodpecker,

2013-11-10 Thread Ian Shanahan
Hello birders: 25 participants enjoyed an enjoyable, albeit windy (!), day birding at Cobourg Harbour, Chubs Point and Presqu'ile Provincial Park where a seasonally productive 42 bird species were encountered. A COMMON LOON at extremely close range greeted the group first-thing in the morning at

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (08 Nov 2013) 96 Raptors

2013-11-10 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Eastern Ontario: Northern Hawk-Owl, Purple Sandpiper, Black-legged Kittiwake

2013-11-10 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Ontbirders Had a great afternoon birding in eastern Ontario. My wife, Laure and I observed a Northern Hawk-Owl just east of Perth hunting along Hwy.7 near Drummond 7th Cons. at 2:00 p.m. Later on while birding along the Ottawa River, Lake Deschenes, I observed a Purple Sandpiper at Dick Bell

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (10 Nov 2013) 69 Raptors

2013-11-10 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

Re: [Ontbirds] Ross' Gull - Chambly, Québec

2013-11-10 Thread Langis Sirois
Hi Ontario birders. Just returned from Chambly about an hour ago. The Ross' was first seen to-day around 1:45PM behind the old fort near the marina. It had apparently not been seen earlier in the day despite the fact that there were numerous people looking for it since the early morning hours.