[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 11 January 2020

2020-01-11 Thread Ron Tozer via ONTBIRDS
Spruce Grouse: a male and a female were noted at Spruce Bog Boardwalk this week Black-backed Woodpecker: singles reported along the Logging Museum Trail, Spruce Bog Boardwalk, Opeongo Road, and road between Airfield parking lot and Mew Lake Campground. Canada Jay: observed on Opeongo Road and

[Ontbirds] St. Lawrence River water level

2020-01-11 Thread Brian Morin via ONTBIRDS
The area from Cornwall, above the dam, to Iroquois is experiencing its lowest level in a lifetime according to seniors, down likely almost four feet from the late December level. Once the Seaway was closed for the season, the water level was reduced to the point that large stretches of shallow

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Bird Report 3-9 Jan 2020

2020-01-11 Thread Doug McRae via ONTBIRDS
Presqu’ile Bird Report for 3-9 Jan 2020 By Doug McRae HIGHLIGHTS: RUDDY DUCK, PURPLE SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, WINTER WREN, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD Things have mostly settled into a pattern with the exception of waterfowl, whose numbers fluctuate almost continuously. Land birds seem especially

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists’ Club (HNC) weekly bird sightings report, Saturday, January 11, 2020

2020-01-11 Thread ROB DOBOS via ONTBIRDS
Hamilton Naturalists’ Club (HNC) weekly bird sightings report, Saturday, January 11, 2020 KING EIDER BARROW’S GOLDENEYE VIRGINIA RAIL WILSON’S WARBLER Snow Goose American Wigeon Northern Pintail Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Iceland Gull