[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 18th - 24th May 2019

2019-05-25 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 send records directly to me - contact details below. Please note that some sightings may re

[Ontbirds] Whimbrel Watch, Sam Smith Park

2019-05-25 Thread Tim McCarthy via ONTBIRDS
>From Tim Mccarthy, Whimbrel Point, Col. Sam Smith Park, 8:30 am Saturday Its so wet out at Whimbrel Point right now even the midges are drowning. We saw 40 Whimbrel earlier and will let you know if there are more after the rain stops. Yesterday's total came to over 5500. It looks like the Sam Sm

[Ontbirds] OFO Field Trip: Leslie Street Spit and Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto. May 25, 2019

2019-05-25 Thread John Carley via ONTBIRDS
Hello, Ontbirders: This morning, at times in heavy rain, 3 OFO members joined the 4 leaders for the annual OFO Leslie Street Spit Field Trip in Toronto. 23 species were tallied in one hour of birding at the Wet Woods, another 28 species were noted in 75 minutes at Ashbridge's Bay Park, where ag

[Ontbirds] Lake Dore White-winged Scoter fall out

2019-05-25 Thread mark gawn via ONTBIRDS
Lake Dore in Renfrew County today held an armada of 450 White-winged Scoter; the previous e-bird high for the county is 51 so this is an exceptional number. Also of note were 4 locally uncommon Black Terns, but there was also a pretty decent warbler fall out (19 species). Lake Dore is located al

[Ontbirds] OFO Tiny Marsh, Wasaga Beach, Collingwood and Stayner field trip.

2019-05-25 Thread kevin.shackleton--- via ONTBIRDS
Most participants were at the Tim Hortons in Elmvale by 6:45 am.  A few species were noted before the group moved off to Tiny Marsh and the west trail out to the viewing mound, this despite some rain, heavy at times.  Two and a half hours later the 7 participants had identified over 50 species i