[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Conservation Area (26 Nov 2017) 52 Raptors

2017-11-26 Thread reports--- via ONTBIRDS
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2017 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Conservation Area (25 Nov 2017) 72 Raptors

2017-11-26 Thread reports--- via ONTBIRDS
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2017 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Detroit River Hawk Watch (26 Nov 2017) 54 Raptors

2017-11-26 Thread reports--- via ONTBIRDS
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2017 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake below Falls

2017-11-26 Thread Jean Iron via ONTBIRDS
Betsy Potter just spotted it below Horseshoe Falls. Niagara from Canadian side. Flying around very conspicuous. Jean Iron, Betsy Potter, Willie D’AnnaRon Pittaway Bev Seyler Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Brant at Crystal Beach Waterfront Park, Crystal Beach

2017-11-26 Thread Jean & Bob Hampson & Highcock via ONTBIRDS
Hello All, At noon today (11-26), Jean and I observed a Brant from the parking area of Crystal Beach Waterfront Park in Crystal Beach. Looking west from the parking area (towards where The Comet used to stand), the Brant was easily seen playing/feeding in the surf amongst the Mallards,

[Ontbirds] King Eider - Long Sault

2017-11-26 Thread Brian Morin via ONTBIRDS
As noted by John Ruddy the female eider was still present at 1:45 in the same general area. It had moved in somewhat and moved west to east and back about 200 metres south of the road over Cty Rd #2 west of Long Sault at the Hoople Creek Bridge. The bird could be picked out with the naked eye and

[Ontbirds] Waterloo Mountain Bluebird - Still Seen 10:30 am.

2017-11-26 Thread Paloma via ONTBIRDS
Still present along Snyder's Flats Rd. around 10:30 this morning. Was hanging around the tall tree between the end of the road and the parking area just before that. A mature bald eagle flyby was a bonus! Directions as per previous posts below. Good birding. Paloma Plant > Directions

[Ontbirds] Townsend Warbler

2017-11-26 Thread Rick Brown via ONTBIRDS
We are looking at the Townsend Warbler at Center and Second Directions as previously posted Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to

[Ontbirds] Ottawa (Britannia): Black-throated Gray Warbler, Gyrfalcon, Winter Wren

2017-11-26 Thread Marcel Gahbauer via ONTBIRDS
The Black-throated Gray Warbler was still present this morning, quite active at times, but again skulking in between; today it was just east of the ridge. A bigger surprise was a Gyrfalcon that came swooping in over Mud Lake, actively pursuing a number of Ring-billed Gulls, and even spooking

[Ontbirds] Purple Sandpiper, Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Toronto

2017-11-26 Thread Garth Riley via ONTBIRDS
West of the Whimbrel Watch point, walking along shoreline.Park is at the foot of Kipling Ave. In Toronto.Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial

[Ontbirds] Long Sault: King Eider

2017-11-26 Thread Jon Ruddy via ONTBIRDS
The previously reported KIEI continues at Hoople Creek Bridge. West end of bay, S side. 300 m from bridge. Currently swimming and drifting NE. Good birding -- Jon Ruddy Eastern Ontario Birding eontbird.ca Cell: 1-613-558-6821 ___ ONTBIRDS is

[Ontbirds] King Eider Long Sault

2017-11-26 Thread mark gawn via ONTBIRDS
A female King Eider was present at the Hopple Creek Bridge on highway 2 about half way between Ingleside and Long Sault; no longer in sight but presumably still in area. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. ___ ONTBIRDS is

[Ontbirds] White-eyed Vireo, Burlington, Nov. 26

2017-11-26 Thread olivesided via ONTBIRDS
Hi, A White-eyed Vireo discovered yesterday at Paletta Park in Burlington, is still being seen as of moments ago. The bird seems to stay in the cedars which are on the west side of the creek, and run along the east side of Paletta Mansion. It can be seen with other dickie birds. This bird may

[Ontbirds] Northern Gannet Update, Hamilton, Nov.26

2017-11-26 Thread olivesided via ONTBIRDS
Hi, Birders have been looking for the Northern Gannet this morning. To my knowledge it had not been relocated as of yet. I searched along the lakefront this morning from the Skyway Bridge/Burlington Beach, east to 50 Point CA in Grimsby. I did not locate a single feeding frenzy that would

[Ontbirds] Northern Gannet

2017-11-26 Thread Selena Flynn via ONTBIRDS
Has anyone seen the Northern Gannet this morning? Thank you for any assistance in finding the bird. Selena ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to