[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Saturday, December 31st, 2016

2016-12-31 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
ROSS'S GOOSE GRAY CATBIRD ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER PINE WARBLER EASTERN MEADOWLARK Cackling Goose TUndra Swan Wood Duck King Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed DUck Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Black-crowned N

[Ontbirds] Peregrine Falcon, et al - Holland Marsh near Newmarket

2016-12-31 Thread RON FLEMING
During our annual Bradford area CBC on Dec 30, Mike Van den Tillaart, Aileen Barclay, Dorothy Brace and I found an adult Peregrine Falcon perched in the small woodlot behind the Ansnorveldt School and baseball diamonds. Ansnorveldt is north of Hwy 9 and just west of Newmarket, on the eastern edg

[Ontbirds] Peregrine falcon near Pelee

2016-12-31 Thread steve.mcallister
At 3pm my son and I had a Peregrine Falcon outside Point Pelee on the west side of Mersea Rd 12, just south of the tall tower with the guide wires. It was on the ground feeding on what we assumed was a recent kill. Steve McAllister www.wildlifeartist.ca

[Ontbirds] Vesper Sparrow near Mt Brydges

2016-12-31 Thread PeteandSue Read
Hello all. Just had a Vesper Sparrow feeding with two juncos, along the side of the road, about 200 metres from the intersection of Springwell Road and Glendon Drive. That is the first road on the right west of the intersection of the 402 and Glendon Drive, interchange 82. Glendon Drive runs

[Ontbirds] Lark Sparrow - Toronto

2016-12-31 Thread Greg Stuart
The Lark Sparrow continues to be seen in the same area. Today it was by the fence line in the first shrub west of the red shed. >From the southbound Don Valley Parkway, exit (left) to the Lakeshore and >continue past the traffic light one block to park on Villiers. Walk back to >the Lakeshore

[Ontbirds] 10 Gray Partridge Ottawa south of Kanata

2016-12-31 Thread Geof Burbidge
flock of Gray Partridge, feeding by roadside, 200m N of Bownlee on W side Eagleson Road. Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbi

[Ontbirds] Carleton Place Christmas Bird Count

2016-12-31 Thread iain wilkes
On December 27th 35 field and 25 feeder observers participated in the 66th Carleton Place Christmas Bird Count. The day was mild, between 2C and 4C, cloudy with a wind from the west that made it feel colder. The results were much lower than last year's excellent numbers but still around the a

Re: [Ontbirds] OFO Young Birders Event at the ROM - Jan 21 or 22

2016-12-31 Thread Graydon
Don't know if this would be interesting but figured you might want to know. Happy new year! On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 09:51:30AM -0500, Lynne Freeman scripsit: > The annual OFO Young Birders ROM event will be held January 21 and 22 at > the ROM in Toronto. This popular event is a unique behind-the-

[Ontbirds] OFO Young Birders Event at the ROM - Jan 21 or 22

2016-12-31 Thread Lynne Freeman
The annual OFO Young Birders ROM event will be held January 21 and 22 at the ROM in Toronto. This popular event is a unique behind-the-scenes experience. Explore the ornithology collection and test your knowledge of bird anatomy, feathers and bones. Mark Peck from the ROM and Emily Rondel from BSC

Re: [Ontbirds] Smith's Longspur - Long Point continues

2016-12-31 Thread rex bartlett
Good day. The Smith's Longspur continues this Saturday AM. Current time is 9:11. Rex Bartlett Get Outlook for Android On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 7:58 PM -0500, "Cheryl Edgecombe" mailto:cheryl...@cogeco.ca>> wrote: The bird continued to show well today along Concession A.

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 10th - 23rd December 2016

2016-12-31 Thread Mark D. Read
Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintains records in a 50km radius of MacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders using eBird are encouraged to share their sightings with 'Kingston FN'. Alternatively, please email or post records directly to me - contact details below. Please note that some sightings may re