[Ontbirds] Eagles near Navy Island

2014-03-07 Thread Glenn Sloggett
I spotted two eagles just south of Navy Island attacking a Canada goose. The birds were dark colored with no signs of white on their heads. I couldn't say if they were juvenile Bald Eagles or a Pair of Golden Eagles.The eagles kept chancing the goose toward the American side of Navy island we

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 01-07 Mar 2014

2014-03-07 Thread Mark D. Read
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] Red-necked Grebes at Hillman Marsh

2014-03-07 Thread Alan Wormington
This afternoon, along with Marianne Reid, Rosemary Reid and Rick Mayos, I counted a total of **36** Red-necked Grebes on Lake Erie off NE Hillman Marsh. Here there are a few leads in the otherwise frozen lake, and it is also the location where 2 Red-necked Grebes were seen on March 5 (Jeremy Ha

[Ontbirds] Holland Marsh and Brooklin owls and Bald Eagle

2014-03-07 Thread Hendrik Hart
Greetings, Yesterday, March 6, I carefully surveyed most of the vegetable fields around Holland Marsh, hoping to find Snowie Owls. In the process, around midday, I first found a Bald Eagle just north of Raveshoe rd at the end of the woodlot that borders on the fields. Initially I found no owls,

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, March 7th, 2014

2014-03-07 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
King Eider Surf Scoter Black Scoter Ring-necked Pheasant Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Snowy Owl Northern Shrike Common Raven Horned Lark Snow Bunting Yellow-rumped Warbler Eastern Towhee Red-winged Blackbird Purple Fin