[Ontbirds] Reesor Pond Turnstone

2014-05-27 Thread Stan Long via ONTBIRDS
27.05.14 - 7.30 am - 1 Turnstone - [flew away later with a flight of Dunlin] - flights of Semi-palmated Plovers and SP Sandpipers - 1 Short-billed Dowitcher [known by its call] - Reesor Pond Lies just north of Hwy 407 - south of Hwy 7 on Reesor road in Markham - cheers - Stan Long

[Ontbirds] Kentucky YES

2014-05-27 Thread John Vieira via ONTBIRDS
Kentucky warbler continues to sing and show well. Worm Eating warbler also heard clearly but not seen. Other birds of interest included Black-Billed Cuckoo, male and female Scarlet Tanager and singing Wood Thrushes. Directions as per Margaret's post yesterday: >From the 401 take County Rd. 6 (

[Ontbirds] White Pelicans over Mitchell's Bay near Chatham

2014-05-27 Thread via ONTBIRDS
I was driving towards Mitchell's Bay this afternoon and was less than a block away when I spotted a small group of White Pelicans flying at tree level right across the road ahead of me. I was too busy trying to pull over and park to count, but there must have been at least 5 or 6 Pelicans. By

[Ontbirds] Ottawa - Sora

2014-05-27 Thread Brian Mortimer via ONTBIRDS
This morning at 8:30 AM I found two Sora at the Richmond Conservation area near Ottawa. They were vocalizing in the marshy area along the north edge of the south most cell (the one with the viewing platform). Over a half hour I was able to get two good views. Directions: Richmond Conservation

[Ontbirds] Huron Fringe Birding Festival Port Elgin Ont Sightings

2014-05-27 Thread via ONTBIRDS
The weather on Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 was very favourable with high temperatures reaching 25C on Sunday.  Winds were light. COMMON NIGHTHAWK and WHIP-POOR-WILL continue to be heard in the evening within MacGregor Point Provincial Park.   VIRGINIA RAIL AND SORA have been located at th

[Ontbirds] Sam Smith Whimbrels 2014

2014-05-27 Thread Tim McCarthy via ONTBIRDS
Hello Whimbreleers and Whimbrelettes Today at Whimbrel point I think we got the closing show. Only 218 birds were seen leaving Virginia last night and we at Sam Smith actually saw more than that today. From 5:45 am to 10:30 there were 323 birds in 5 different flocks making the grand total since

[Ontbirds] Possible Bewick's Swans, Cochrane - Commando Lake

2014-05-27 Thread Rhonda Donley via ONTBIRDS
Around 8 pm this evening (May 27) I saw a pair of swans at the south end of Commando Lake. Both birds had more yellow on the bill than typical Tundra Swans, but one of the birds had an extensive, somewhat raised, patch of yellow covering half of the upper mandible. By the time I remembered that