[Ontbirds] Amherst Island sightings

A check of Amherst Island today with Hans van der Zweep revealed an ice locked island. There is no open water and consequently no ducks or gulls were seen. The ferry channel closes in as the boat moves through. We did not attempt to access the Owl Woods. We had more Snowy Owls than expected; 12 w

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl - Niagara Falls - (great opp for Friday morning at dawn)

There is currently a Snowy Owl alternating positions from atop a perimeter snow fence to the top of a nearby hydro pole along McLeod Road. The owl is right at the T-junction of McLeod Road and Parkside Road, in the vicinity of Saint Michael High School. It has been there since 5:30 pm and will

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 23 January 2014

The finch species and numbers of individuals present here now are similar to those seen when winter birding officially began on December 1. Pine Grosbeaks have remained in the north where they are sustained by bumper mountain-ash berry crops, as predicted in Ron Pittaway's annual winter finch forec

[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 23 Jan 2014

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/23/2014 * NYBU1401.23 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- COMMON GRACKLE EVENING GROSBEAK D.-crest. Cormorant Gadw

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owls - West Mississauga

At 2:30 pm today I saw a dark Snowy in one field and a light Snowy just one field north. Location is Eight Line between Brittania and Derry Roads on the east side. Still there when I checked again an hour later. they are quite far in, between two farms; you'll need binos.Frederick

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending January 23, 2014.

Since Presqu’ile Bay and Popham Bay have been frozen over for most of the past week, birding at Presqu’ile Provincial Park has consisted of searching for land birds, a pursuit that has had limited success except near feeders. There were still ducks in the remaining patches of open water on Monda

[Ontbirds] Tundra Swan, Staines Pond

There is a single juvenile Tundra Swan this afternoon, along with 16 Trumpeter Swans, on Staines Pond. Staines is just SE of the intersection of Staines Road and Morningside Ave. in Scarborough. Mark Kubisz, Scarborough, ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - 23 January 2014 - Recent Reports

Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau January 23, 2014 Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber Bob Cermak robertcer...@hotmail.com or sighti...@ofnc.ca The Ottawa area OFO birding field trip Sunday, January 19th was enjoyed by many hardy birders: