[Ontbirds] 3 Juvenile Bald Eagles, Greenock Swamp west of Walkerton

2016-12-03 Thread Rob Porter
Greetings birders Today at the west end of the Greenock Swamp I came across a group of 3 first-year Bald Eagles together at about 10:00am. Two were perched together at first, then one flew off as I stopped the vehicle, and I followed where this individual went, which was another field across the

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Great Cormorant

2016-12-03 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone While leading a field trip this morning along the Ottawa River we observed an immature Great Cormorant off Andrew Haydon Park as it flew over Lake Deschenes and headed west within 150 metres of us. Unfortunately the bird hasn't been relocated. A few birders checked various areas up

[Ontbirds] Black-headed Gull, Niagara on the Lake

2016-12-03 Thread Ed Poropat
Hi all, Just a heads up for gull watchers on Niagara River this weekend.. This evening at 4:05, Jim Hopkins and I had a basic adult Black-headed Gull fly by in a flock of Bonies. I haven't seen any reports of this species recently. Cheers Ed Poropat Sent from my iPhone

[Ontbirds] Oxford Birding Round-up, Dec. 3

2016-12-03 Thread JAMES HOLDSWORTH
Hey, Visited a few Oxford sites today to see what was lingering - a few notables locally for December but nothing too exciting. At the Tavistock lagoons, a single white morph Snow Goose was feeding in adjacent cornfields with 800 Canadas and two Cacklers. Late waterfowl included a female

[Ontbirds] Red-headed Woodpecker at Springbank Park, London

2016-12-03 Thread Quinten Wiegersma
Hello all, Today during the CBC for Kids in London, my group found a juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker in the area between the Civic Garden green houses and the foot bridge that crossed the Thames (I have labeled the location on a map, which can be accessed with the link below). This is a very

Re: [Ontbirds] Crested Caracara, Michipicoten ( Wawa) VIDEO

2016-12-03 Thread Andrew
The Caracara is sitting in a tree at end if Whitney avenue off of Superior street Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2016, at 6:38 PM, lukefa...@rogers.com wrote: > > Hello Birders...https://youtu.be/EY9W2Q7R0HsAbove find the Video of this very > rare Mega stray bird: CRESTED CARACARAWhatever

Re: [Ontbirds] 2016-2017 Ontario winter list

2016-12-03 Thread Ron Tozer
!‎ Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Josh Vandermeulen Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:05 AM To: ontbirds Subject: [Ontbirds] 2016-2017 Ontario winter list Birders, Today marks the first day of winter listing, the period of time running

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Saturday, December 3rd, 2016

2016-12-03 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
PACIFIC LOON (probable) LESSER YELLOWLEGS RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Tundra Swan Northern Pintail King Eider Common x Barrow's Goldeneye Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Merlin