[Ontbirds] : Pelagidis Ibis at St. Clair NWA

2017-05-27 Thread Jim Burk via ONTBIRDS
My dad and I just had a Ibis Sp. fly over us heading east/southeast from the marsh tower. It was well past us so no confident Id. James Burk Location ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding

[Ontbirds] OFO Tiny Marsh, Wasaga Beach, Collingwood Airport and Stayner Lagoons field trip

2017-05-27 Thread Kevin Shackleton via ONTBIRDS
The field trip began at Tiny Marsh at 7:15 a.m. with three eager participants joining yours truly.  We scoured the Beaver Trail west of the main building for 150 minutes and found 50 species including l good ooks at Alder, Willow and Great-crested Flycatchers and Eastern Kingbird and a Canada

[Ontbirds] OFO Leslie Street Spit Field Trip with Optional Ashbridge's Bay Extension

2017-05-27 Thread John Carley via ONTBIRDS
> Hello Ontbirders: > > Today, ten birders joined co-leaders Bob Cumming and me for the annual OFO > outing at Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit. From 8 am to 2:30 pm, at temperatures > around 15 degrees, under overcast skies, with mist/fog advancing in the > afternoon, we observed 75 species on

Re: [Ontbirds] Red Knots, east of orillia

2017-05-27 Thread Barb via ONTBIRDS
Not refound at 17:23 Barb (416) 892-6609 On May 27, 2017 4:29 PM, "Cheryl Edgecombe via ONTBIRDS" < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > There are 7 brilliant Red knots in a flooded field just 1.2 km east of > Muley point road on Hwy 12 east of orillia. Odd sighting for a field. > > Cheryl

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Saturday, May 27, 2017

2017-05-27 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe via ONTBIRDS
BLACK VULTURE PIPING PLOVER JAEGER SP SUMMER TANAGER Northern Pintail Redhead Red-throated Loon Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Virginia Rail Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated

[Ontbirds] Laughing Gull at Ashbridges Bay this morning

2017-05-27 Thread Jean Iron via ONTBIRDS
There is an EBird photo of a Laughing Gull at Ashbridges Bay early this morning, Saturday, that was reported as a Franklin's but it is different obviously from the Franklin's I reported earlier and has been here all afternoon. Heads up everyone. Flooded Woodbine Beach is the place to watch.

[Ontbirds] Red Knots, east of orillia

2017-05-27 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe via ONTBIRDS
There are 7 brilliant Red knots in a flooded field just 1.2 km east of Muley point road on Hwy 12 east of orillia. Odd sighting for a field. Cheryl Edgecombe Rob Dobos Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] First Summer Black-legged Kittiwake Cobourg Harbour this am

2017-05-27 Thread Jean Iron via ONTBIRDS
Mark Patry just showed me a photo on his camera of a first summer Black-legged Kittiwake at Cobourg Harbour around 8 am today Saturday. Wanted to get word out. Jean Iron Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists

[Ontbirds] Franklin's Gull - Ashbridges Bay Toronto

2017-05-27 Thread Justin Peter via ONTBIRDS
The Franklin's Gull reported by Jean Iron is still present. At Woodbine Beach (just off Ashbridges Bay parking lot). Settled in with many Ring-billed Gulls. South of volleyball courts. Good birding, Justin Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is

Re: [Ontbirds] Western Kingbird at Wiarton

2017-05-27 Thread Mike Burrell via ONTBIRDS
The bird has moved about 50 m east and fed for a while in a waste dumping area and then moved further east and out of sight. Try going along the north edge of the lagoons. Mike Burrell mike.burrell...@gmail.com http://mikeburrell.blogspot.com/ On 27 May 2017 1:40 pm, "Mike Burrell"

[Ontbirds] Western Kingbird at Wiarton

2017-05-27 Thread Mike Burrell via ONTBIRDS
Our group on the Huron Fringe Birding Festival just found a Western Kingbird. It is flycatching from trees along the road in to the sewage lagoons. Directions: as you come in to Wiarton on Hwy 6 turn right (east) on Elm and the lagoons are just past the cemetery. Mike Burrell

[Ontbirds] Connecticut. Marie Curtis etobicoke

2017-05-27 Thread kevin empey via ONTBIRDS
Connecticut warbler still calling. Map attached In clearing south of cross trail. Up at west end of large fallen tree. Marie Curtis Park is at Lake ontario just east of the bottom of Dixie Road Mississauga. Just in Etobicoke. Thanks David. Kevin Empey 9057065501 Begin forwarded

[Ontbirds] Acadian Flycatcher and Connecticut Warbler - Mississauga

2017-05-27 Thread David Pryor via ONTBIRDS
For any GTA birders who may be interested, earlier this morning I had both an Acadian Flycatcher and a Connecticut Warbler calling at Marie Curtis Park in Mississauga. Both birds were in roughly the same location - just off the trail that leads through the forest in a swampy, brushy clearing

[Ontbirds] Blue Grosbeak, High Park, Toronto

2017-05-27 Thread Walter Fisher via ONTBIRDS
The bird was just seen high in the trees above the trail in the same area it's been for the past several days. Directions as previously reported. Sent from my Apple iPhone 7 - 1 = 6 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) -