[Ontbirds] Pike Bay, Cape Chin and Sharbot Lake Christmas Bird Counts

Pike Bay, Cape Chin and Sharbot Lake Christmas Bird Counts If you wish to participate in any of these counts in the future please do not hesitate to contact me: Andrew Keaveney; uofgtwitc...@msn.com These are all low attendance CBC’s in rural areas - we get about 45

[Ontbirds] Juv. Black-legged Kittiwake @ Colonel Sam Smith Park , Etobicoke, now off Whimbrel Point

Flying about for 20+ minutes now. Typical juv. plumage. Andrew Keaveney 647-383-8894 Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds

[Ontbirds] Great Kiskadee @ Rondeau Provincial Park- ~20mins. ago

Came up to perch several times and was seen in vine tangles feeding on blackish-purple grapes. Not many insects about I guess! Just past the first curve on the Marsh Trail (a road), in Rondeau Provincial Park. Ask for directions at the info booth on your way in, they are very aware of the bird

[Ontbirds] Regarding Swallow-tailed Kite directions

The intersection just mentioned is 1km south, not east, of the birds location this morning. Haven’t seen it yet myself despite having driven past this corner 4 times around 1pm!!! Any observers actually currently in view of the bird please post for others. It was a bit ridiculous to arrive this

[Ontbirds] Swallow-tailed Kite - not since ~10am

Andrew Keaveney 647-383-8894 Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to uns

[Ontbirds] Pike Bay and Cape Chin CBC's - Dec. 29th and 30th, 2017

Apologies for being a year late with this posting. These two CBC’s cover the central Bruce Peninsula and provide a great snapshot of winter birds present on the peninsula this time of year. This was the second year the Cape Chin count has been held and Pike Bay just graduated from year 4. What

[Ontbirds] Sharbot Lake CBC - January 5th, 2018

Falling on the latest count date in the CBC period, it has an interesting history of being active in the 90’s for 6 years, left to hang and resurrected almost 2 decades later by yours truly for the last 3 years. The data is interesting indeed, most spectacularly of course is the decline in Eveni

[Ontbirds] Tufted Duck at Colonel Samuel Smith Park in south Etobicoke

Just got word the Ad. male Tufted Duck can be seen relatively close to shore off the eastern point now, near the first eastern bay. Perhaps the hybrid TuftedxScaup will be around as well then. This is about a 5-8 minute walk from the parking lot at the park. Directions: park is on extension of