[Ontbirds] Gyrfalcon near Forest

2016-03-14 Thread mark.cranf...@rogers.com
Just now I found the previously reported Gyrfalcon just east of hwy 21 on brick yard road near house 6380 Mark Cranford Mississauga, ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird repo

[Ontbirds] Gyrfalcon continues at Brick Yard Line

2016-03-14 Thread Paul Pratt
After sitting quietly in a roadside Black Walnut for at least two hours, the gyr flew across to the south side of the road landing about 100 metres out in a corn field, opposite house #6380. It then proceeded to feed on a dead immature Herring Gull. This was at 4:20 pm. Paul Pratt natural..

[Ontbirds] Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (14 Mar 2016) 41 Raptors

2016-03-14 Thread reports
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 14, 2016 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vult

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagles in the Thousand Islands

2016-03-14 Thread Pamela Stagg
There was a pair of Golden Eagles over the Thousand Islands this afternoon. One was just south of the US border checkpoint at Ivy Lea Bridge and the other was just north of the Canadian checkpoint. Directions: From the 401 or Thousand Islands Parkway, take the route marked “Bridge to USA”.

[Ontbirds] 2 Greater White-fronted Geese, Burritt's Rapids, Eastern Ontario.

2016-03-14 Thread Gerard
Hi, There were two adult Greater White-fronted Geese today at 2pm, among about 600 Canada Geese in the field on the south side of Donnelly Drive and Weedmark Rd intersection just north of Burritt's Rapids. Good birding, Gerard Phillips Merrickville. _