[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Decmember 23rd, 2013

2013-12-23 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
ROSS GOOSE PINE WARBLER Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan King Eider Harlequin Duck Canvasback Ruddy Duck Common Loon Horned Grebe Black-crowned Night Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Peregrine Falcon Bonaparte's Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Snowy Owl Pileated Woodpecker

[Ontbirds] 11 Snowy Owls, South of London (City Landfill), 12/23

2013-12-23 Thread Lucas Foerster
What was supposed to be a very quick lunch break from work (and Gull/Hawk/Owl cruise around the outskirts of the City Landfill in South London) turned out to be a Snowy Owl bonanza. With the expection of one bird I found ~5 km from the dump (near Westminster Drive and Highbury Rd), there were *10

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl south of Camlachie

2013-12-23 Thread Jackie Christian
This afternoon 4:30 a snowy owl was perched on a woodpile on the east side of Camlachie Sideroad. It is .7 km south of Hyslop Road. Camlachie is north of Sarnia, On.   Enjoy. Jackie Christian ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Eastern Ontario: Snowy Owl irruption

2013-12-23 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone The Snowy Owl southward irruption continues in eastern Ontario. Since early December the numbers have been slowly increasing with a noticeable movement on December 8th when a combined total of 25 individuals were observed in the Richmond and Casselman-Hawkesbury areas. Sightings

[Ontbirds] Oshawa CBC

2013-12-23 Thread Rayfield Pye
Oshawa Christmas Bird Count Saturday, December21, 2013 Species counted- 79 (plus 3 for count week) Individual birds counted- 33120 Record highs and ties (old high count) Peregrine Falcon- 3 (2) Lesser Black-backed Gull- 1 (1) Snowy Owl- 5 (3) Common Raven- 5 (2) Horned Lark- 362 (251) In the