Re: [Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Long-tailed Jaeger

2015-09-19 Thread Langis Sirois
Hi everyone. The Long-tailed Jaeger was still present when I left the site at 6:45 tonight. It was then beeing viewed from Ormond Rd, just passed the first house, East of Highway 31 at Harmony. Previously, it put up a great show, chasing gulls occasionnally, flying low over the field, even

[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Conservation Area (19 Sep 2015) 156 Raptors

2015-09-19 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Long-tailed Jaeger

2015-09-19 Thread bruce dilabio
Hi Everyone The juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger is still showing well feeding on worms just north of Winchester along Hwy 31. Good birding Bruce Directions: there are several ways to get there, one way is to take the 416 south to the Kemptville exit then go east on hwy 43 to Wincester then north

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: long-tailed Jaeger

2015-09-19 Thread bruce dilabio
Hi everyone The juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger is still present walking around picking insects in a field along Highway 31 (Bank St.) Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O. Box 538 Carp, Ontario, K0A 1L0 Cell: 613-715-2571 ___ ONTBIRDS is

[Ontbirds] Red-necked Phalarope - Nonquon Sewage Lagoons (Port Perry)

2015-09-19 Thread Brian Bailey
I opted to make a side trip on my way home from Peterborough this afternoon and drop in at the Nonquon Sewage Lagoons. Water levels are high in all of the lagoons and I had already resigned myself to the idea that it was a wasted trip when I spotted a small whitish thing floating in the fourth

Re: [Ontbirds] Ottawa area: long-tailed Jaeger

2015-09-19 Thread mark gawn
Looking at in now, total agreement, I happily retract my earlier Identification. Putting on great show. Pile of LBB gull as well. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. From: bruce dilabio Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 3:53 PM To: Ontbirds Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa

[Ontbirds] Detroit River Hawk Watch (19 Sep 2015) 281 Raptors

2015-09-19 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Nighthawk at Rosetta McClain

2015-09-19 Thread greenravenphotography
‎1 nighthawk3 sharp-shinned hawks,1 osprey,3 northern flickersSeen between 6-7 pm at Rosetta McClain Gardens tonight.Rosetta McClain Gardens is located at Glen‎ Everest Rd and Kingston Rd in Scarborough. Noah Cole,North YorkSent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Long-tailed Jaeger

2015-09-19 Thread bruce dilabio
Hi everyone Long-tailed Jaeger still present feeding in field in field along Highway 31just north of Foresthill Road. Good luck, Bruce Directions: there are several ways to get there, one way is to take the 416 south to the Kemptville exit then go east on hwy 43 to Wincester then north on

Re: [Ontbirds] [Ontbird Jaeger, Winchester area

2015-09-19 Thread mark gawn
Thanks for taking a 2nd look! Would have hated to get home and reidentify it based on my not very good but identifiable photos! Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. From: bouvier Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 2:12 PM To: Ontbirds Alert Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]

Re: [Ontbirds] [Ontbird Jaeger, Winchester area

2015-09-19 Thread bouvier
Hi everyone, The jaeger reported by Mark Gawn is now being seen in same area by Christine Trudeau and Tom Devesceri. We have been watching it for the past 2 hours.  To us, it appears to be a Long-tailed Jaeger Sent from my Virgin smartphone -- Original Message -- From : mark

[Ontbirds] Ottawa Parasitic Jaeger continues

2015-09-19 Thread Christina Lewis
For those who may not have seen the juv. Parasitic Jaeger since it was 1st reported last Sunday — the bird was still present this morning, seen from "Ottawa Beach". From 0730 - 0745, it flew past the beach a few times, then settled on the river. I had good views using only binoculars. Ottawa

Re: [Ontbirds] [Ontbird Jaeger, Winchester area

2015-09-19 Thread bouvier
Sorry for last premature message!  Hi everyone, The jaeger reported by Mark Gawn is now being seen in same area by Christine Trudeau and Tom Devesceri. We have been watching it for the past 2 hours.  To us, it appears to be a Long-tailed Jaeger because of much black on short bill and small

[Ontbirds] Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (18 Sep 2015) 157 Raptors

2015-09-19 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Says Phoebe in Chatham Kent update

2015-09-19 Thread olivesided
The bird has not been seen yet today but many observers are braving the winds to search. I will perhaps update if it is seen.  Len Sent from my Samsung device ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial

[Ontbirds] Parasitic Jaeger, Winchester area

2015-09-19 Thread mark gawn
Stephen Gawn and I are looking at a Parasitic Jaeger feeding in a field off Highway 31 just north of the Moorewood Road, several Km north of Winchester. Dirt field on east side of road with one puddle - we had stopped to inspect a flock of 6 Black-bellied Plover when I noted the jaeger picking at

[Ontbirds] follow up - id photo Lond-tailed Jaeger, Winchester area

2015-09-19 Thread tom devecseri
hello link to id photo of the LT Jaeger to follow up Jacques Bouvier posting https://flic.kr/p/xTgoY4 tom devecseri - navan -- Forwarded message -- From: bouvier Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] [Ontbird Jaeger, Winchester area To:

[Ontbirds] Hudsonian Godwits at Holland Marsh

2015-09-19 Thread Wayne Renaud
These were seen while I was counting raptors for the "Hugh Currie resurrected Linear Hawk Watch" organized by Tim McCarthy. They flew low Holland Marsh's market gardens with 7 Black-bellied Plovers and 3 American Golden-Plovers just north of where I was counting raptors at distances down to 40

[Ontbirds] Long-tailed Jaeger - Ottawa update

2015-09-19 Thread Alex Stone
Hi all, I left the field after sunset at about 7:15pm. The long-tailed jaeger was the only bird remaining in the field as two peregrines decided to land in the far corner of the field, chasing off the gulls. The peregrines had left the area before I started driving on my way back to Ottawa. I