[Ontbirds] Harris's Sparrow - North Bay

2018-01-14 Thread Brent Turcotte via ONTBIRDS
A Harris's appeared in the Chown's backyard Friday January 12th. It was still there today, and like other sparrows in the area may stick around awhile. Immature plumage. 754 Worthington Street, North Bay, Ontario. Please knock on the front door if you wish to see the bird. Also present in t

[Ontbirds] SANDHILL CRANES - LONG POINT

2018-01-14 Thread Dennis Lewington via ONTBIRDS
AT 2 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON, WHEN BIRDING AT LONG POINT, WE COUNTED “FORTY-PLUS” SANDHILL CRANES, ALL IN ONE GROUP, WEST OF HWY. #59, ON LAKESHORE DRIVE, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD ACROSS FROM # 2794. DENNIS

[Ontbirds] OFO Photography Fieldtrip-Jan. 14th

2018-01-14 Thread dave milsom via ONTBIRDS
Today's photo workshop attracted a dozen birders/photographers who all seem to enjoy getting photos of birds when they venture out into the field. Although the main emphasis was on taking good photos of the more common birds, we did manage to see a few rarer species including Brown Thrasher, sev

[Ontbirds] Common Red-polls - Gowganda ..North of Toronto..7 hours via Hwy 11.

2018-01-14 Thread Paul and Gert Trudel via ONTBIRDS
Hi, For those of you interested re finches.. ..a flock of 30 plus arrived at the ground feeding station this morning. I previously only had the occasional visit of one or two. Cheers, Gert Trudel ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornit

[Ontbirds] Square One Lincoln Sparrow

2018-01-14 Thread Mike Norton via ONTBIRDS
Had one of the two Lincs in the low evergreen bushes in front of the police station at around 12:30 this afternoon. It came out to the edge for some seed that has been put out. Took some patience waiting for it to show up. Good Birding Mike ___ ONTBIRDS