[Ontbirds] Reminder: OFO Convention Registration and Hotel Reservation

Hello OFO Members and OntBirders, The OFO Convention, September 26-28 in Ottawa is fast approaching! Please remember to register at www.ofo.ca or by mailing in the registration form you received with your April issue of Ontario Birds. We have arranged for a special rate of $109 night at the Days

[Ontbirds] OFO Young Birders Shorebird Workshop - Aug 23

Six expert young birders and their parents participated in today's Shorebird Workshop led by Dave Milsom at Schomberg and the sod farms in the surrounding area. Although there weren't big numbers of birds we did manage to locate 12 shorebird species: many Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Sp

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Shorebirds & Red-throated Loon

Shorebird habitat is excellent at Owen Point in Presqu'ile Provincial Park near Brighton, but the total number and number of shorebird species (7) that we saw today were lower than expected for this prime date in August. We saw about 60 juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers, 40 juvenile Least Sandpipers

[Ontbirds] 7 Common Nighthawks feeding over Navan, Ont

HI between 6 and 7 pm there were 7 Common Nighthawks feeding over Navan, Ont (corner of Colonial and Trim Roads). (BTW I had Nighthawks over Navan on Aug 24th 2012. They are very consistent with there migration timing over Navan) if interested Photos on flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/10

[Ontbirds] Juvenile long-tailed jaeger,van Wagners beach

‎A juvenile intermediate morph long tailed is giving quite a show here at the beach at the Lakeland Centre, it is currently sitting offshore jot that far out from the beach,See directions for kittiwake earlier I can't type well without my reading glasses. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on t

[Ontbirds] Black-legged kittiwake,van Wagners beqch

‎Immature bird seen a short time ago. And continuing at Lakeland tower.‎Qew Niagara to Woodward exit right at Woodward which turns to eastport turn right at lights to van Wagners beqch road then come to Lakeland tower Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.

[Ontbirds] 24 Great Egrts roosting at Demorestville (Prince Edward County)

Hi Ontbirders, Last night I was checking out the egret roost just west of Demorestville in Prince Edward County and from 1848 to 1920 hrs and counted 24 egrets going to roost in the trees just beyond the standing water, including blue wing-tagged egret # 94B. That egret was banded and tagged b