[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (11 Apr 2014) 336 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 11, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vul

[Ontbirds] Purple Martin. New Glasgow, Ontario

I had a Purple Martin checking out the house this morning! And a Rufus Side Towhee at the feeder. Bernie Wiehle West of New Gasgow, Ont. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird re

[Ontbirds] Louisiana waterthrush @ point pelee

Hello Birders, There is a Louisiana Waterthrush on the gravel path at botham woods circuit behind the vc. Seems to just hop along the gravel pathway. Will post photos later tonight on my blog. Good birding! Dwayne Murphy http://dwaynejava.blogspot.com Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___

[Ontbirds] Harlequin in collingwood harbour

Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how

[Ontbirds] Brighton

Greetings: A Great Egret could be seen flying over Brighton around 1:20pm this afternoon. It appeared to be coming from the direction of High Bluff Island at Presqu'ile Provincial Park. Joan ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Widgeon, Prince Edward County

That elusive Eurasian Widgeon re-appeared this afternoon at the very back of the north wetland along Kaiser Crossroad – it seems to like to be at the back, whichever wetland it’s frequenting. DIRECTIONS: From Picton, take Bridge Street AKA Highway 33 east to Lake on the Mountain Road/County Roa

[Ontbirds] Ravenshoe Rd.

today a quick tour of Ravenshoe Rd west of Leslie there were a pair of newly arrived Osprey building their nest at the end of Bruce St Opposite 45 Bruce st the resident Bald Eagle was in her nest Many of the Great Blue Heron nests are now occupied In the flooded fields there were Bufflehead, and

[Ontbirds] male harlequin in Collingwood Harbour

I am resending this post, because I didn't do it properly earlier from my blackberry. The bird was viewed earlier today from the east side of the Collingwood grain elevator parking lot. A pair of Canvasbacks were seen as well, but in open water viewed from west side. Sorry for the lateness of th

[Ontbirds] Large numbers of Red-necked Grebe massing along the se Oakville and Mississauga Lakeshores

Today from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. I birded the lakeshore parks from Arkendo Park (Joshua Creek to St. Lawrence Park (Credit River) and recorded 2820 Red-necked Grebes and 106 Horned Grebes. The largest numbers of Red-necks (1150) were off Watersedge Park. The relative distribution of the grebes

[Ontbirds] 25th Annual OFO Algonquin Park Trip: 12 April 2014

About 80 participants enjoyed a beautiful spring day in Algonquin Park today, with the entire group encountering a total of 52 species. Our main goal was to see the boreal species plus as many other birds as we could find. Widespread knee-deep snow limited where we could go but we lucked out in the

[Ontbirds] Field Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe and more @ Short Hills Prov Park

Greetings birders, This morning my wife and I hiked many of the trails in the north section of the Short Hills Provincial Park. Most notable finds were two Field Sparrows singing along the Swayze Falls' Trail, as well as a few Eastern Phoebes and a noisy Belted Kingfisher along the Twenty Mile Cre

[Ontbirds] Rusty Blackbirds still at Minesing Wetlands, N. of Angus; Hermit Thrush and nesting GHOW at Luther Marsh

I checked out the Rusty Blackbirds posted by Cory Jenkins yesterday and found them at a different nearby location at about 4:30 PM on Saturday. There was a mixed flock of 100-200 RWBBs and RUBBs foraging right along the north side of the roadway, on Concession 2, east of Hwy 10, at Brentwood, just