[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Greater White-fronted, Cackling, Snow Goose..

2015-09-25 Thread Jon Ruddy
Currently viewing a Greater White-fronted Goose at Moodie Pond. A single Cackling and 12 Snow Geese are also amongst thousands of Canada Geese. >From 416 take Fallowfield Exit, take Moodie S until the quarry. The "pond" is >visible from the E side of the road. Jon Sent from my iPhone

[Ontbirds] Jaeger party at Lakeland, van Wagners beach, Hamilton

2015-09-25 Thread cheryledge29
Have had at least 8 Jaegers. Probably more. in 10 minutes. most adults. Good time to come ‎ 2 long tailed jaegers earlier.CherylSent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists -

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 19th - 25th September 2015

2015-09-25 Thread Mark D. Read
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 email, phone or post records directly to me - contact details below. Please note that some

[Ontbirds] Detroit River Hawk Watch (25 Sep 2015) 114 Raptors

2015-09-25 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] 7 adult parasitic at Lakeland NOW

2015-09-25 Thread olivesided
Cheryl seems to have some difficulty with the emails going out to everyone so fyi there are 7 Parasitic adults being seen on the lake from lakeland Centre at vwb.   Also conditions look good for tomorrow for the weekend warriors aka Fairweather birders.  Good LakewatchingLen Sent from

[Ontbirds] Sandhill Cranes - Providence Bay, Manitoulin Island

2015-09-25 Thread Jeremy Bensette
There are currently about 150 Sandhill Cranes foraging in a field near Providence Bay, with quite a few close to the road. This field is on the west side of Road/Hwy 551, near the 1400's house numbers, about 1km north of Providence Bay on Manitoulin Island. Jeremy Bensette & Emma Buck

[Ontbirds] Sandhill Cranes - Ottawa east Navan

2015-09-25 Thread tom devecseri
I had my first fall group sighting of 5 Sandhill Cranes (5:20pm) at their usual location at Navan (Smith and Milton Road), Ottawa County. Their numbers traditionally grow from this point into November. directions: HWY 417 east to HWY 174 east take 10th line exit go south 12.3 km to the end of

[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Conservation Area (25 Sep 2015) 346 Raptors

2015-09-25 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Parasitic Jaegers Van Wagners , Hamilton, Sept 25

2015-09-25 Thread olivesided
I just watched an adult and a dark juvenile Parasitic Jaeger harass and chase gulls for 6 or 7 minutes. They are both still on tbe lake. Conditions for pelagics are ideal. Lakeland Centre is on van wagners road just south of beach Blvd in hamilton.  LenSent from my Samsung device