Re: [Ontbirds] White Pelican - Napanee

2013-11-18 Thread Mark D. Read
Hello all. Alex is correct. I meant Hwy 2 NOT Hwy 7. The rest of the details are correct. Mark. -Original Message- From: Alex. Scott [mailto:aksc...@xplornet.ca] Sent: 18 November 2013 19:41 To: Mark D. Read Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] White Pelican - Napanee Hi Mark Shouldn't that be High

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (18 Nov 2013) 12 Raptors

2013-11-18 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] White Pelican - Napanee

2013-11-18 Thread Mark D. Read
A White Pelican was seen today by Paul Mackenzie, Bud Rowe and I on the Napanee River (between Belleville and Kingston). Thanks to Terry Sprague for alerting us. The bird is hanging out with 40-50 Mute Swans and a handful of Tundra Swans. If you find the swans, scan the flock carefully - it is most

[Ontbirds] Greater White-fronted Geese- Wellington County

2013-11-18 Thread Dan MacNeal
The four geese were present today at 5 pm in the Hillsburgh pond. Had checked in the morning at 8:30 today but they were absent. They seem to leave for the day to presumably feed in the surrounding area fields and return mid afternoon to the pond. Directions: >From the town of Erin, take Road

[Ontbirds] Franklins Gull fort erieh

2013-11-18 Thread Leonard Manning
Birders We are currently viewing and photographing a Franklin's gull along Niagara parkway @ Wintemute St in fort Erie.this is same area as previously reported eider sp. Len Manning Rich Poort Andrew keaveney Rob baumander ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by

[Ontbirds] Ottawa-area: Greater White-fronted Geese (4) & Richardson's Cackling Geese (4)

2013-11-18 Thread Jon Ruddy
Hi there, Today (November 18th) from 12:15 - 12:55 pm, I observed 4 Greater White-fronted Geese (2 adults and 2 juveniles) among 700 (approx) Canada Geese and 2 Richardson's Cackling Geese along the Carp Floodplain in Carp, ON. Mike Tate and Bob Cermack had 5 Greater White-fronted's at this locati

[Ontbirds] Common Eider correction - Bowen Rd. Park - Fort Erie, ON

2013-11-18 Thread Brett Fried
Ontbirders, Although we relocated the eider early this morning, once again the lighting conditions were less than ideal and our views of the bird were still quite distant. By mid morning the lighting improved and the bird became more cooperative offering much closer views than yesterday even

[Ontbirds] Common Eider still at Fort Erie

2013-11-18 Thread Andrew Keaveney
Don't have time to include details. You are welcome to call me. All details from last night and this mornings post still apply. Flies down river (towards falls) at least 1km. , then flies back to repeat the cycle. Tough to photograph because it stays mid river. David Pryor and David Flook were

[Ontbirds] Female Common Eidern Thickson's Point.

2013-11-18 Thread Stu Williams
At approximately 8:50 a.m. I viewed a female Common Eider Flying West about 50 yards off shore . The bird veered to the Southwest as it approached the point and was watched by scope as it continued Southwest eventually falling out of view as it fell below horizon and lake chop. Sent from my Blac

[Ontbirds] Fw: Common Eider - Bowen Rd. Park - Fort Erie, ON

2013-11-18 Thread 2barbara . charlton
Ontbirders:The Common Eider is currently being seen at the same location in Fort Erie. See post below. Cheers,Barb Charlton