[Ontbirds] ducks

2014-02-10 Thread Colette Descent
Hi, seen today in Whitby harbour: one pair of Long Tail ducks, 3 redheads, a few red breasted mergansers, a couple of common goldeneyes and lots of Greater Scaups ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Fie

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area: Snowy Owls

2014-02-10 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone Spent most of the weekend birding the Kingston area including Wolfe and Amherst Island. The Snowy Owls continue to dominant the winter birding scene with 15+ on February 8th on Wolfe Island, mainly the west end of the island and 11 on February 9th on Amherst Island, with at least 5

[Ontbirds] American Three-toed Woodpeckers, Winter finches North Eastern Ontario

2014-02-10 Thread Tyler Hoar
This weekend David Szmyr, Josh Vandermuelen and myself headed up to the massive Timmins 9 burn (largest in NE ontario since 1960) to look primarily  for American Three-toed Woodpeckers. Highlights 5 hrs of surveying over two days covering less than 500 hectares around Cache lake road/Hwy 144  7

[Ontbirds] Snowy owl - South Lake Simcoe

2014-02-10 Thread Paul Harpley
Observed a Snowy owl (heavily marked) Sunday February 9 at 4:00 p.m. in the Town of Georgina. Same bird was seen Thursday February 6 around the same time of day, in the same location. The location is a quarter mile north of the hamlet of Egypt, on telephone poles. Typically Feb. - early Mar. si