[Ontbirds] Lark Sparrow, Haliburton

2015-12-22 Thread Poropat/Fraser
Good morning all, Yesterday, in the late afternoon, Brian Pfrimmer and Ray Laughlen discovered a Lark Sparrow at the Haliburton Landfill. The bird was feeding in the weeds along the roadside and was oblivious to nearby passing cars. It spent most of its time along the E side of the road, from

[Ontbirds] Smew at upper Canada Village

2015-12-22 Thread Michael
Being seen now from east end of Village at footbridge on river side Mike Michael Tate 1-613-863-8455 michaelt...@rogers.com Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bi

[Ontbirds] Lark Sparrow still here, Haliburton

2015-12-22 Thread B FRASER
Observed at 8:50am at entrance to dump. Rather than posting a bunch, please email me for any further updates. Cheers Ed Poropat Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization.

[Ontbirds] Eastern Towhee at Ojibway Prairie, Windosr

2015-12-22 Thread David McNorton
Seen at 9:30 a.m., December 22nd. Go on Matchette Road, then turn east on Titcombe Road and park. Continue on the walking trail until you reach the signed trail to Tallgrass Heritage Park. Sent from my iPad ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Fiel

[Ontbirds] Fwd: Smew at upper Canada Village

2015-12-22 Thread Michael
See attached Michael Tate 1-613-863-8455 michaelt...@rogers.com Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Rick Muise > Date: December 22, 2015 at 10:10:18 AM EST > To: Michael > Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] Smew at upper Canada Village > > Found the Smew off the guest house at the far

[Ontbirds] Smew now

2015-12-22 Thread Brenda Evers
The Smew has now moved to Ault Island Rd. Good views from the middle of the causeway. Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organiza

[Ontbirds] Smew upper canada village

2015-12-22 Thread iain wilkes
East end of village off guess house point Iain wilkes Sent from my Samsung device over Bell's LTE network. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbird

Re: [Ontbirds] Smew now

2015-12-22 Thread Rick Muise
Found Smew but lost my keys. For a Mazda. Please contact me if you found a set. Rick On Dec 22, 2015 10:39 AM, "Brenda Evers" wrote: > > > > The Smew has now moved to Ault Island Rd. Good views from the middle of > the causeway. > > Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network.

[Ontbirds] Pakenham: Bullock's Oriole update

2015-12-22 Thread bruce dilabio
Hi Ontbirders The Bullock’s Oriole continues to frequent the apple tee at the southwest end of Dalkeith St. in Pakenham. Good birding, Bruce Directions: From Ottawa take Hwy 417 west to Kinburn Side Road. After exiting turn left and follow to CR 29. Turn left and as you enter the village of

[Ontbirds] Woodhouse CBC results

2015-12-22 Thread David Okines
These are the results of the 29th Woodhouse CBC held on December 20th 2015. The Woodhouse CBC is centred 7 km east of Simcoe, at the crossroads of Highway 3 and Cockshut Road at Renton in Norfolk County and roughly covers from Port Dover to Waterford and just west of Simcoe to east of Jarvis. Wea

[Ontbirds] 2015-2016 Ontario Winter Bird List Update #2

2015-12-22 Thread Josh Vandermeulen
We are approaching the end of December, but the birding continues to be productive with new additions to the list nearly every day. The 200 species plateau has already been reached, and the 2015-2016 Ontario winter bird list currently stands at 201 species. Some of the unusual species added to t

[Ontbirds] Fwd: Smew - provenance comments

2015-12-22 Thread Frank Pinilla
Good evening ONTBIRDS subscribers, I thought that Ontario's birders (and those outside Ontario who may want to visit) should have all available information regarding such a rare species for eastern North America (even anywhere outside the Aleutian Islands, Alaska). Whether this changes your mind o