[Ontbirds] Rondeau Great Kiskadee Monday YES

2018-09-10 Thread Steve Charbonneau via ONTBIRDS
The great kiskadee just called at least 12 times. Started calling at 9:45 but hasn’t been seen yet. There are 5 of us here looking for it. We are 50m past the S turn, about 200m from the start of the trail. Steve Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is p

Re: [Ontbirds] Rondeau Great Kiskadee Monday YES

2018-09-10 Thread Steve Charbonneau via ONTBIRDS
Bird is on a snag in sight now. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 10, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Steve Charbonneau > wrote: > > > The great kiskadee just called at least 12 times. Started calling at 9:45 but > hasn’t been seen yet. There are 5 of us here looking for it. We are 50m past > the S turn, ab

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile OFO outing, September 9th: Major passerine fall-out

2018-09-10 Thread Ian Shanahan via ONTBIRDS
Hello birders: A group of 22 participants enjoyed a dizzying fall-out of passerines to begin Sunday's annual OFO outing at Presqu'ile Provincial Park in Brighton. The northeast wind gradually shifted to an east wind and steadily gained strength throughout the day beneath partly cloudy skies. The c

Re: [Ontbirds] Rondeau Great Kiskadee Monday YES

2018-09-10 Thread Steve Charbonneau via ONTBIRDS
Hi again everyone, My last post today. Just a quick summary of this morning’s sighting. Around 9:50, Karl Overman heard the bird calling about 200m along the trail. This is 75m past the S curve. It was still calling when three of us got there 4 minutes later. It was giving the single “keeah” cal

Re: [Ontbirds] Rondeau Great Kiskadee Monday YES

2018-09-10 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe via ONTBIRDS
Just want to give a shout out to Steve on the list serve for keeping birders informed through Ontbirds of the presence of the Kiskadee. With a bird like this that hides for a great deal of time and would be difficult to find, the information has been most helpful to birders spending time and ga

[Ontbirds] THE EAST WIND on LAKE HURON TODAY. ARCTIC TERNS

2018-09-10 Thread Alf Rider via ONTBIRDS
HI EVERYONE. The East wind at his time of year frustrates birds heading SE from our Arctic. So it was today. At 12noon there was a very large flock of COMMON TERNS. 50+ flew down past Kettle Point on Lake Huron The exciting thing was that the flock held at least 8 ARC

[Ontbirds] Kiskadee seen this afternoon

2018-09-10 Thread Marcie Jacklin via ONTBIRDS
The Kiskadee was seen well at 1:55 about 150 metres along the Marsh Trail at Rondeau PP. over the course of 2 1/2 hours we hear it call several times. Marcie Jacklin ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provinci

[Ontbirds] Fwd: HMANA Call For Papers

2018-09-10 Thread John Barker via ONTBIRDS
To Ontario Birders Please consider joining The Hawk Migration Association of North America at There Membership Conference being held at the Detroit Airport Marriot Hotel From October 11-14,2018 All the details can be found on the HMANA website http/:www.hmana.org Good Birding John HMANA Canadi