[Ontbirds] Snow Geese in Eastern Ontario

They are late but a large flock has finally arrived. At noon today and for 90 minutes afterwards flocks of Snow Geese, mostly Greater Snows but with some Lessers settled in to the sod farm east of Casselman. By the time I left there were about 35,000 present with another 5000 northeast of St. Rose

[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Hawk Watch (29 Oct 2019) 827 Raptors

Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2019 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture

[Ontbirds] Eared Grebe and huge feeding frenzy - Rotary Park Ajax east of Toronto

Eared Grebe on Lake Ontario behind pavilion in main parking lot. Also insane feeding frenzy of mergansers, gulls and loons. Directions Westney Road south from 401 to Lake Driveway West to Rotary Park Ajax main parking lot at pavilion. Jean Iron and Ron Pittaway Sent from my iPhone

[Ontbirds] Cattle Egret north of Angus, Simcoe County

As found by Logan and Trevor Baldwin yesterday, and again this morning, there is currently a Cattle Egret about 5 km north of Angus. The bird is on the north side of Concession Road 3, about 1.7 km east of County Road 10. As an added bonus there was also a Northern Shrike and Horned Lark --

[Ontbirds] Loggerhead Shrike in Perth County

Good morning I just had a Loggerhead Shrike at our farm in Sebringville. I was alerted to the call, and found the bird perched and calling in the trees at our irrigation pond. I confirmed the call notes with my Sibley phone app. Interestingly, this bird was in the same location on our farm

[Ontbirds] Arctic Tern - Niagara River, north of Fort Erie

As of around 3:30 this afternoon, the juvenile ARCTIC TERN found yesterday by Ryan Griffiths was not definitely seen by numerous birders looking on both the New York and Ontario sides of the Niagara River. There were even kayakers looking for it around Strawberry and Frog Islands. There are quite