[Ontbirds] Carleton Place Christmas Bird Count

This years Carleton Place CBC took place on December 27th. A team of 41 field and 23 feeder observers spent the day participating in the annual Audubon Bird Count. The weather was mild with little snow left on the ground. This year results include 46 species on count day plus two additional

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owls, Essex County. One spotted in Malden Sun 28th and 1 today in Leamington on he by pass percehed on great lakes greenhouse.

The one in Malden is likely the same bird which has been spotted for the last 3 weeks. The one in Leamington was spotted at 5pm. just on the bend of number 3 bypass. Donny ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Fie

[Ontbirds] Snow buntings - Dundalk area

Heading back to Toronto from visiting my in-laws, we found two large flocks of snow buntings around 4:00 today. The first was at the NE corner of Highway 10 and Dufferin Rd. 9 (Dundalk turn-off). We then drove east on Rd. 9 and found a second flock just west of village of Badjeros. Going south on

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Black-backed Woodpeckers

Hi there, On 28 December, 20 participants joined survey leaders Gillian Mastromatteo, Jamie Spence, Chris Traynor and I to look for woodpeckers, esp. northerners, Black-backed and American Three-toed. Survey groups were divided up with three teams covering Stony Swamp in the west end of Ottawa and

[Ontbirds] Final Update?: Bald Eagles - Niagara River - Fort Erie

After a year of record numbers of bald eagle sightings along the Niagara River, it looks as though this may no longer be worthy of an Ontbird Alert. With the Strawberry Island nesting site and many others being reported in Western New York, it would appear that bald eagles have achieved the sta

[Ontbirds] Pakenham-Arnprior Boxing Day CBC

The Pakenham-Arnprior CBC was held on Boxing Day under near-ideal conditions. Temperatures ranged from the early morning low of plus three degrees to plus six by mid-day. Winds were 15 km southwest at 4:30 a.m. but diminished during the day. For the most part, overcast skies provided ideal viewin

[Ontbirds] Long Point CBC Results

The Long PT. CBC was held on Saturday, December 20th. Forty-three observers covered the circle on a pleasant day when the temperature ranged from -7C to OC, the winds were almost non-existent and the skies were partly sunny. There was no snow cover and while the marshes were frozen, the waters o

[Ontbirds] Snow goose - brooklin

Snow goose still present in pond at north east corner of ashburn road and Winchester Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca F