[Ontbirds] OFO Trip- Grand Bend, Pinery P.P., Kettle Point

2014-10-27 Thread Mike Nelson
On Sunday, a small group of enthusiastic birders led by Maris Apse started at the Grand Bend beach and faced strong west winds and large waves. There were very few ducks flying about but we did see several Co. Loons flying over and an adult Bald Eagle. Unfortunately, the Grand Bend sewage lagoo

[Ontbirds] 2 snow geese at jack miners, kingsville

2014-10-27 Thread Donny Moore
Just seen 2 snow geese among the Canada geese beside the corn field pond. Sent from my Windows Phone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For info

[Ontbirds] Siskins, Rough-legged Hawks and Red-Necked Grebe - Lanark county

2014-10-27 Thread iain wilkes
A small flock of Siskins arrived in my yard in Carleton Place this morning and were gone in 10 minutes. Picked up two Rough-legged Hawks on 12th conc. Ramsay north of Panmure Road by 2 KM. One Red-necked Grebe continues on the Mississippi River where Hwy 7 crosses the river by Carleton Place a

[Ontbirds] West Perth Wetland - 16 waterfowl, 6 shorebird species

2014-10-27 Thread Steve Thorpe
This afternoon Harald Scholz and I enjoyed great diversity of birdlife at West Perth Wetlands. There were 17 Tundra Swan, 200+ Canada Geese and 1 Cackling Goose, 3 Gadwall, 20 black, 300+ Mallard, 20 Northern Pintail, 100+ Northern Shoveler, 40 Green-wing Teal, 5 American Wigeon, 6 Lesser Scaup

[Ontbirds] tundra swans fort erie

2014-10-27 Thread alan woods
about 50 tundra swans in lake erie at the foot of stonemill rd. dir QEW to Thomson rd fort erie ,south to garrison west to stonemill rd ,then south to beach. also 1 great black backed gull ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists -

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (27 Oct 2014) 325 Raptors

2014-10-27 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 18th - 24th October 2014

2014-10-27 Thread Mark D. Read
Apologies for the delayed report - the birding has kept me away from the computer... Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintains records in a 50km radius of MacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders already using eBird are encouraged to share their sightings with 'Kingston FN'. Alternatively, please ema

[Ontbirds] Ottawa - Jack Pine trail - Black backed woodpecker

2014-10-27 Thread Navanbird
Continuing female Black backed Woodpecker seen 3:30-4:00 pm today. She was 200 meters from the parking lot south side of the trail moving from tree to tree frequently. Jack Pine Trail is on Moodie drive south of Hunt Club Road (Ottawa) ___ ONTBIRDS is

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (27 Oct 2014) 140 Raptors

2014-10-27 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu

[Ontbirds] Snow Geese - Casselman

2014-10-27 Thread Brian Morin
I checked the sod fields along Lafleche Rd east of Casselman today to see what number of Greater Snow Geese were present. I had about 25-30,000 there on Sunday but today's number far exceeded that total. I did a fairly good count and came up with at least 55,000 birds, mostly Greaters but with some