[Ontbirds] Harlequin Duck, Northern Mockingbird... Thickson's

This morning I refound the previously reported Harlequin off Thickson's Point. It was about 75 meters off shore and about 150 meters west of the point associating with about 40 Goldeneyes. It flew in with them from the west. I met someone else there that had just seen one a bit earlier at the

[Ontbirds] Eastern Phoebe - Stratford - YES

There was a Eastern Phoebe at the wastewater treatment plant in Stratford this morning, likely the same bird that Jarmo Jalava found last Sunday. It was sitting in the sun on a wheel valve luxuriating in the warm vapours rising from the treatment ponds. On November 18, 2014 I found a phoebe

[Ontbirds] dark-phase rough-legged hawk near lindsay, ontario

I went searching for the snowy owl reported by Fiona McKay on Heights Road east of Lindsay today. I found two owls and a dark phase rough-legged hawk in the field on the east side south of Sherwin Rd. The hawk gave good views especially from underneath and very much contrasted the flying snowy

[Ontbirds] Redpolls Increasing and Photo ID Article

Redpoll numbers are increasing as winter advances. Late winter is often the best time to see the largest numbers of redpolls and this year is fitting that pattern. Also we are entering the bottleneck period when diminishing natural seed supplies are at their lowest. Watch for redpolls to increase