[Ontbirds] timiskaming winter finch update

2018-01-06 Thread BruceMurphy via ONTBIRDS
Greetings birders I thought I would let birders know about the lack of redpolls visiting feeders in the north east we are seeing lots of small flocks on most of the secondary roads in good boreal habitat but with abundant food they do not seem interested in feeders. One hoary redpoll has been se

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 30th Dec 2017 - 6th Jan 2018

2018-01-06 Thread Mark D. Read via ONTBIRDS
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

[Ontbirds] Barrow's Goldeneye in London

2018-01-06 Thread Quinten Wiegersma via ONTBIRDS
Hello, There has been a report of a drake Barrow's Goldeneye in London today by Ben Evans. I don't have an exact location, but it is in the river around the Springbank/Greenway park area. I know that at least four birders, including myself, went out looking for it this afternoon, unsuccessfull

[Ontbirds] OFO Outing Leslies St. Spit, Jan. 6, 2018

2018-01-06 Thread Garth Riley via ONTBIRDS
Hello everyone, I suspect we came close to setting two records for today: 1) the coldest temperatures for an OFO outing starting the day at -23C (feeling like -32C) and 2) the shortest outing at just under 2 hours. Sixteen participants joined Dan and I, and managed to tally 24 species of birds.

[Ontbirds] Resend - 14th Saugeen Shores Christmas Bird Count, January 3, 2018

2018-01-06 Thread Norah Toth via ONTBIRDS
Sorry, cut and paste made the first report almost illegible. The 14th Saugeen Shores Christmas Bird Count took place on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 with 28 people participating and 10 feeder watchers. The weather threatened white out conditions and it was determined that in order to get people hom

[Ontbirds] Saugeen Shores Christmas Bird Count, January 3, 2018

2018-01-06 Thread Norah Toth via ONTBIRDS
The 14th Saugeen Shores Christmas Bird Count took place on Wednesday,January 3, 2018 with 28 people participating and 10 feeder watchers.  The weather threatened white out conditions and it wasdetermined that in order to get people home earlier, we would finish the day at3 pm.  A southwest win