[Ontbirds] YOW big day bird checklist

2014-08-20 Thread Luke Berg via ONTBIRDS
Hi, Could you please share the ebird checklist from our big day with me? Thanks, Luke ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about O

[Ontbirds] Red-necked Phalarope at Townsends Sewage Lagoon

2014-08-20 Thread Brett Fried via ONTBIRDS
A small group of us just saw a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope swimming around in the NE cell at Townsends. Quite a few shorebirds around, not much else of note though. Cheers, Brett Fried Guelph, ON Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by th

[Ontbirds] Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Col. Samuel Smith Park, Toronto - Present today Aug. 20, 2014

2014-08-20 Thread Garth Riley via ONTBIRDS
For those of you who are still hoping to see this bird. It was present today from at least 1:30 - 2:20 PM. It was roosting and preening on a large branch, on the north-east portion of the island in the large pond (with the viewing platform). The bird was best seen from the gravel path which runs