[Ontbirds] Toronto Islands - Woodpeckers, etc.

Yesterday Bob Tyler and I birded The Islands from Ward's Island to Gibralter Point on a beautiful Fall day bypassing Algonquin Island and Snug Harbour. Besides the birds listed below we found 284 Black-capped Chickadees on and passing through the above areas almost as many as we saw last Thursda

[Ontbirds] Point Petre: Pacific Loon

At 1108 hrs I had a PALO following the contour of the shoreline, approx 400 meters out. Flying E. A heads up for those birding the NWA! 8 RTLO and 1 LIGU are the additional highlights during my lakewatch (since 0839 hrs). Jon ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by

[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Conservation Area (31 Oct 2018) 1 Raptors

Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2018 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultur

[Ontbirds] Black-legged Kittiwake - Buffalo

I had a Black-legged Kittiwake at Unity Island this afternoon. This was the first time I had a kittiwake in adult plumage. There are very poor photos on eBird. Mike G with Pat M and Kyle B found a very close Little Gull (and I believe a second across the River in Fort Erie). Kevin Rybczynski’s Sab

[Ontbirds] James Bay shorebird project aerial survey summary

Dear shorebird enthusiasts, We've posted the summary for this past season’s aerial survey of the James Bay coast from the Quebec border north to Ekwan Point. Over 240,000 individual shorebirds were recorded during the survey, doubling the totals from 2016 (about 110,000) and 2017 (about 105,60

[Ontbirds] Detroit River Hawk Watch (31 Oct 2018) 13 Raptors

Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2018 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture