[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (26 Oct 2014) 681 Raptors

2014-10-26 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (26 Oct 2014) 1044 Raptors

2014-10-26 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (26 Oct 2014) 1759 Raptors

2014-10-26 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Pacific Loon Pelee update

2014-10-26 Thread Jeremy Hatt
This afternoon, a group of us refound the juvenile Pacific Loon off the west side of the tip of Point Pelee. When we first found it, it was somewhat close to shore but it swam continuously southwest until we lost it due to distance around 3:15pm. Jeremy Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2014

[Ontbirds] Toronto Islands- Jaegers, Kittiwake, Loons, etc.

2014-10-26 Thread Norm Murr
Today Alfred Adamo and I went to the Toronto Islands with hopes of a movement of Raptors and Passerines i.e. Bluebirds and Blackbirds but we were disappointed as none were moving, at least not over The Islands but we made up for these missing birds with some nice pelagic ones. We saw 2 Pomarine

[Ontbirds] Pied-billed grebes at Topham Pond

2014-10-26 Thread greenravenphotography
‎Two pied-billed grebes can be found at Topham Pond at the moment.Topham Pond is located just east of Jane on Eglinton.Noah Cole,Don Mills, Toronto,OntarioSent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Onta

[Ontbirds] White-winged Crossbill at our feeder in northcentral Elgin County

2014-10-26 Thread Dave Martin
Here's a head's-up on an unexpected sighting of a White-winged Crossbill at our feeder this morning in north central Elgin County north of Aylmer and southeast of London. Perhaps others are moving today across the south or will do so in the next few days. The bird was a female plumaged White

[Ontbirds] Juvenile Pacific Loon at Point Pelee...

2014-10-26 Thread Steve Pike
We are currently watching a juvi pacific loon swimming at the tip as originally spotted by Alan Wormington, the rest of us were "asleep at the wheel". This might be the same individual I spotted yesterday at Hillman Beach around 4pm which I didn't bother posting cause it disappeared after a 5min v

[Ontbirds] Le Contes Sparrow, jarvis sewage lagoons, oct

2014-10-26 Thread Leonard Manning
Oct 26 Andrew Keaveney and I have discovered a le contes sparrow at Jarvis sewage lagoons. Its working the cat tails of cell 1 north east corner currently. Walk the lagoon and it should flush. Hwy 6 to Jarvis east on Talbot first right after john street after wabisa sign. Looks like a driveway. D

[Ontbirds] Saturday Oct 25 - 2014 OFO Trip - Ottawa River

2014-10-26 Thread Nina Stavlund
Under overcast skies and persistent drizzle,12 adventurous birders came together for an afternoon exploration of the Ottawa River. With the river's high water level, bird activity seemed very slow. There was no shorebird habitat, and waterfowl were hiding in sheltered bays. Regardless, we tallied