[Ontbirds] Posting Guidelines Directions Are Needed

2013-12-12 Thread Mark Cranford [Ontbirds]
I probably don't have to remind birders that Ontbirds is a source of information for finding birds. Reporting the location of birds is different from documenting birds. Documenting birds should be done through the local area compilers of North American Birds as well as eBird. While it may be

[Ontbirds] Niagara River Gulls

2013-12-12 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter
On Wednesday Jean Iron, Kevin McLaughlin, Betsy Potter, and I birded the Niagara River from the Adam Beck overlook at the power plants up to the control gates in Chippewa and back again to Adam Beck. There were more gulls in this area on this day than I have seen at any other time this season. It

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending December 12, 2013.

2013-12-12 Thread Fred Helleiner
With much of Presqu’ile Bay having frozen over, the waterfowl count at Presqu’ile Provincial Park has become more limited. On a more positive note, the forecast of a significant snowfall on Saturday suggests that land birds will be concentrated at feeders on Sunday, when the annual Christmas Bi

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl

2013-12-12 Thread Nils Foss
Spawn a snowy owl mostly white in a low tree north side of the 407 overlooking the fields on just west of the Trafalgar off ramp Nils Foss Halton Heritage Realty 905-522- ext.42 Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Orn

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - 12 December 2013 - Recent Reports

2013-12-12 Thread Bob Cermak
Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau December 12, 2013 Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber Bob Cermak robertcer...@hotmail.com or sighti...@ofnc.ca Rare for our area a juvenile dark morph RED-TAILED HAWK, a western (calurus) was found in the

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 12 December 2013

2013-12-12 Thread Ron Tozer
SNOWY OWL GREAT GRAY OWL A Snowy Owl was observed at West Rose Lake on the Mizzy Lake Trail near noon on the 8th. Searches for the owl later that day and on the 10th were unsuccessful. This species is seen very rarely in Algonquin, even during major irruptions to southern Ontario like this year.

[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 12 Dec 2013

2013-12-12 Thread David Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/12/2013 * NYBU1312.12 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SNOWY OWL KING EIDER COMMON RAVEN Tundra Swan Gr. Whit

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Reprise - Finches+

2013-12-12 Thread iain wilkes
It was a cold day when Rick and I started out from the Ottawa area to see what was around in Algonquin Park. The car thermometer got down to -25C on the way there. On Hwy 60 between Whitney and the park entrance we picked up large flocks of Purple Finches on the road, up to 35 in a flock. Als