[Ontbirds] Snowy Owls, Lapland Longspurs, Holland Marsh, Dec. 27/13

Exploring the maze of roads in and around the Holland Marsh (south end of Lake Simcoe) near Bradford, along both sides of Hwy. 400, and north to Ravenshoe Road produced some good winter birding (20 spp.). 1 Rough-legged Hawk (dark phase) 7 Snowy Owls (only one of these at Ravenshoe Rd.) 2 North

[Ontbirds] King Eider--St. Catharines

Hi All, During the NF CBC, our group (John Black, Denys Gardiner, Philip Downey, Jean Hampson & Bob Highcock) viewed an adult male King Eider from Jones Beach in Port Weller East (St. Catharines). The adult male was amongst some Common Mergansers near the red and white beacon at the entrance to

[Ontbirds] Long eared Owl, Col Sam smith park

At the crossroads in the path just before you get to the viewing platform in the Pond, there are two recycling bins. Directly behind them there are a few tallish long needled conifers, and this fellow was about six feet off the ground at ~ 4:15 PM Dec 27. Good view. I didn't see either of th

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 21-27 Dec, 2013

Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintains records in a 50km radius of MacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders already using eBird are encouraged to share their sightings with 'Kingston FN'. Alternatively, please email, phone or post records directly to me - contact details below. Note: some sightings ma

[Ontbirds] Juvenile (?) goshawk, Leslie Spit

Hello, Twice in the past week, I've observed a goshawk at the Spit. Once was a fly-by and a landing in the distance (1 week ago), and yesterday, I saw it briefly perched in a tree. It then flew off, tree to tree, just as a goshawk typically does. I was pointed to Howard Shapiro's IDing of the gosh

[Ontbirds] TV over 401 at Trafalgar Road

For all of you winter listers, Diane and I saw a beautiful TV soaring over 401 at Trafalgar road, mile 328 today at 11 am going west bound. So there are still some around despite the ice and cold. Otto Peter ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontari

[Ontbirds] Gyrfalcons at Kelly Lake, Sudbury

I was out to Kelly Lake this morning and saw the white-phase Gyrfalcon. It was the third time I've gone to look this winter, but the first time I'd seen either the white-phase or gray-phase; sightings are certainly not guaranteed. As far as I know, Gyrfalcons at Kelly Lake (this winter and durin

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau -27 December 2013 - Recent Reports

Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau December 27, 2013 Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber Bob Cermak robertcer...@hotmail.com or sighti...@ofnc.ca On the 26th the 100th Pakenham-Arnprior CBC was held. Michael Runtz provided some of the histo

[Ontbirds] Bald eagle near dominion golf dome, Howard Ave, windsor

This is most likely the same bird I have seen over the quarry and nearby cemetery in the last few days. There may also be a juvenile in the area too.The one I just spotted is an adult. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the

[Ontbirds] Gyrfalcons at Kelly Lake, Sudbury

Further to Ron Pittaway's post, Kelly lake is centered at approximately 46.447852,-81.064296 A quick drive by on Google Street View seems to indicate that Southview Drive would be the easiest access point. There are sections of the lake that can be scanned from a car, or there is a trail that b

[Ontbirds] Gyrfalcons at Sudbury

Erwin Meissner reports two Gyrfalcons at Kelly Lake in Sudbury - one white morph and one gray morph. They have been there about 10 days and are preying on Mallards and Gadwalls at Kelly Lake, which is just off Highway 17 (Trans-Canada Highway). Erwin said the Gyrfalcons are often difficult to see w

[Ontbirds] White winged House Sparrow

Last year I posted a partially pied lustistic female house sparrow, this year her son showed up at my feeder.He's got white wings and tail. see photos in link Good Birding http://www.flickr.com/photos/92695757@N06/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ont