[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Saturday, January 10th, 2015

RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET TENNESSEE WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER NASHVILLE WARBLER WILSON'S WARBLER PAINTED BUNTING Common Loon Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Snowy Owl

[Ontbirds] Casselman -Gyrfalcon

Hi, We just had the Gyrfalcon in flight over the LaFleche landfill site near Casselman, ON. The bird was first spotted perched atop a mound by Michael Tate. A little later I saw it flying over the dump giving us great althoughy distant views for a few minutes. It was eventually chased away by a da

[Ontbirds] Painted Bunting

I saw the Painted Bunting this morning at 9AM and 9:35 AM at my feeder on Arkendo Drive Heather Burrow ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For

[Ontbirds] Casselman -Gyrfalcon - follow up - photos

Hi a follow up on Jamie Spence's post Photos taken of the Gyrfalcon in flight at 1pm at the Lafleche Landfill out side of Casselman https://www.flickr.com/photos/108593081@N02/ Tom Devecseri navanb...@gmail.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario

[Ontbirds] Fw: Nonquon lagoons - 2014 expansion update

Posted with permission In 2013-14 Margaret Bain and I consulted with the Region of Durham and CH2M Hill (their consultant) regarding the proposed future expansion of the Nonquon sewage lagoons/STP. They wanted to know what the birding community wanted and then tried to determine if it met with t

[Ontbirds] Holland Marsh Field Trip

The OFO field trip through the Holland Marsh area north of Toronto today featured 22 hardy participants, a bitter west wind, and several good birds. Highlights included 9 Snowy Owls, a flock of 200+ Common Redpolls, three male Wild Turkeys, a dozen Snow Buntings, and - when we needed it most - a