[Ontbirds] nashville and yellow rumped warblers

2017-12-10 Thread Stewart via ONTBIRDS
saw one nashville and many yellow rumped warblers at Sedgewick Park Oakville this morning ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For inform

[Ontbirds] Barrows Goldeneye: Owen Sound

2017-12-10 Thread kiahjasper via ONTBIRDS
Hi birders,Me and Ethan Gosnell just refound a Barrows Goldeneye at Kelso Beach in Owen Sound.When It was last seen it was fairly close to shore with some Common Goldeyes and Bufflegeads. Good Birding! Kiah Jasper  Directions:Follow hwy 6 into Owen Sound. Turn left on 10th st (still hwy 6 ). Tur

[Ontbirds] Ottawa - Black-throated Gray continues; Hermit Thrush - Britannia

2017-12-10 Thread Bev McBride via ONTBIRDS
Hi Ontbirders, Dave Moore and I found the continuing Black-throated Gray Warbler at 10:30 this morning. Thought I'd mention it has I haven't seen any recent reports. It was foraging on the ground near the spruce trees east of the ridge, near the small parking area. There was also a Hermit Thrus

[Ontbirds] Eastern Towhee in South Porcupine

2017-12-10 Thread Roxane Filion via ONTBIRDS
There is currently a female Eastern Towhee visiting a feeder in a private yard in South Porcupine (10 km east of Timmins) The bird was found by Andrew Warren on December 8th and I was able to observe it today with fellow birder Pierre Noel. Cochrane district doesn't have many records of Eastern

[Ontbirds] Fw: Lake Simcoe Barrie migrants

2017-12-10 Thread James Coey via ONTBIRDS
 DEC 9th Kempenfelt Lakeshore ( Barrie Migrants) Hike Report   Jim Coey Leader  About35 hardy souls braved the cold to explore the Kempenfelt Bay shores in Barrieto see what bird life would present itself.  The temperature hovered around -2 to 0 and it was quite bitter inexposed locations.  A lig

[Ontbirds] OFO Field Trip - Waterfront West of Toronto

2017-12-10 Thread John Schmelefske via ONTBIRDS
OFO Trip summary: Three relatively new birders attended today's waterfront outing along the lakeshore west of Toronto. 38 species were seen. The small group size allowed us to linger on each species and look at details. The day began at Humber Bay Park where we were lucky to get a good look