[Ontbirds] OFO Durham Marshes Trip - August 10

2014-08-10 Thread John Stirrat via ONTBIRDS
Another great weather day greeted 27 of us today at Lynde Shores CA. Although the fall migration hasn't yet started in earnest, we still managed 61 species seen or heard by most. We had a few songbirds - Yellow Warbler, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Baltim

[Ontbirds] Perth Wetlands - Mitchell - Wilson's Phalarope and Snipes, Stilt, Plovers

2014-08-10 Thread Ellen Horak via ONTBIRDS
Well worth the drive!  What a lovely spot! Great views of lots of shore birds between 4-7p.m. - they are behind a 5'chain-link fence making photos difficult but scope views were fantastic for us newbies to easily identify birds. Similar to the report from this morning: 2 Wilson's Phalarope, 2 So

[Ontbirds] Scugog birds

2014-08-10 Thread Geoff Carpentier via ONTBIRDS
The birds are on the move up here in the hinterland ... On Friday evening, the first 3 Common Nighthawks came through southbound and this morning Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird and Bobolink were moving south. Broad-winged Hawk family is very vocal and visible now and preparing to m