[Ontbirds] Sandhill Cranes, Navan, east of Ottawa

2016-10-30 Thread Ted Glas
Afternoon of Oct. 30.  14 Sandhill Cranes NE of Trim Road and McFadden Road. Also 34 Sandhill Cranes along Smith Road west of Milton Road. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose, Casselman

2016-10-30 Thread mark gawn
The Snow Goose spectacular continues east of Casselman. Today there were tens of thousands in the turf fields north of Lafleche Road; others have estimated the number at up to 65,000 which seems about right. At noon today a splinter flock of about 1,000 feeding in freshly cut corn closer to

[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Conservation Area (30 Oct 2016) 605 Raptors

2016-10-30 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2016 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Photos for 2017 OFO Checklist

2016-10-30 Thread Ken Burrell
This message has been posted with permission from the Ontbirds coordinator. The OFO board is preparing a new Ontario bird checklist for 2017 and is currently soliciting people for photographs to use for the checklist. The OFO board is looking for 3 photographs of birds photographed in Ontario,

[Ontbirds] Detroit River Hawk Watch (30 Oct 2016) 631 Raptors

2016-10-30 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2016 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Cave Swallow - Point Pelee National Park

2016-10-30 Thread Jeremy Bensette
About 40 minutes ago I had a Cave Swallow fly over The Tip area with two Tree Swallows, heading north. A nice highlight for a rainy morning! Point Pelee National Park is located at the end of Point Pelee Dr., about 10 mins driving southeast of Leamington, Essex County. The Tip parking lot is at

[Ontbirds] horned grebes Burlington

2016-10-30 Thread Stewart
horned grebes off Burloak water front park both groups heading towards Oakville 8am this morning - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7859 / Virus Database: 4664/13310 - Release Date: 10/30/16 ___