[Ontbirds] Waterfowl Count - Leslie Street Spit Area in Toronto

Today, Sunday 5 January 2014, John Carley, Carl Hills, Garth Riley and I participated in the Lake Ontario Waterfowl Inventory (also known as The Duck Count). Our area was on the Toronto waterfront from Cherry Beach to the Leslie Street Spit - Tommy Thompson Park. Temperatures were mild around 0 C.

Re: [Ontbirds] 9th Annual Holiday Beach CBC, Amherstburg

Please post point pelee results. Thanks. On Monday, 30 December 2013, Todd Pepper wrote: > Posting on behalf of Betty Learmouth, Count Coordinator. The 9th annual Holiday Beach CBC was held December 27, 2013. Weather was mild (-1 to +3), with light winds. The Big Creek marsh was frozen over, as

[Ontbirds] 40th Algonquin Park Christmas Bird Count

The 40th Algonquin Park CBC was held on Saturday, January 4. Conditions for observing were fairly good, although a south wind of 20 kph (with occasional gusts to 30 kph) until early afternoon caused problems hearing birds such as woodpeckers. The temperature ranged from minus 14 to minus 4 C. It wa

[Ontbirds] Horned Larks Bowmanville

Spotted 12-15 Horned Larks feeding in a field at corner of Baseline Rd and Lambs Rd in Bowmanville. They then flew off to the field behind Prices Market. Directions: Take Liberty Exit from 401. North to lights at Baseline Rd. Turn right(East) about 1km to Lambs Rd intersection. Watch in the fields

[Ontbirds] Snowy owl - downsview park, Toronto

Visible right now at top of tall tree. Enter park from western-most entrance off Sheppard Ave., and drive straight till you can see the tall tree in open field. Jack Alvo Toronto ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the p

[Ontbirds] revised directions American pipit

You turn right off Erieau Rd onto Bisnett and then right again onto Gore. Gore is subject to heavy drifting. Weather conditions in the area are deteriorating, use caution. Ric -- Ric McArthur PO Box B1 Morpeth, Ontario,Canada N0P 1X0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricmcarthur ___

[Ontbirds] American pipit near Blenheim

At noon Sunday we saw an American pipit along with snow buntings and three lapland longspurs at a compost pile on Gore Road. Ric Directions: Take the hwy 40 exit off the 401 and go to Blenheim, turn right at the traffic light in town, proceed to Erieau Rd, turn left and go to Bisnett Rd. Turn left

[Ontbirds] Results of the St. Clair NWA CBC

The 34th St. Clair National Wildlife Area Christmas Bird Count was held on January 1, 2014. Much of the count circle is open farmland, with some very high quality wetlands adjacent to Lake St. Clair and the lower reaches of the Thames River. This count relies on relatively mild conditions,