Red necked grebe in Latchford Timiskaming

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merlins kestrels robins reach newliskeard

and siskins are still plentiful although there numbers are waning. One last item a great horned owl was heard hooting last night. Bruce and Jackie Murphy RR#1 Cobalt Ontario P0J 1CO [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Bruce Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

bald eagle roughleggs and junco in timisk

greeting the migration is poring through timiskaming and junco's roughlegged hawks and a bald eagle have all been added to our growing list as well Canada geese have been spotted in belle valley Bruce and Jackie Murphy RR#1 Cobalt Ontario P0J 1CO [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Bruce Murph

bald eagle roughleggs and junco in timisk

greeting the migration is poring through timiskaming and junco's roughlegged hawks and a bald eagle have all been added to our growing list as well Canada geese have been spotted in belle valley Bruce and Jackie Murphy RR#1 Cobalt Ontario P0J 1CO [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Bruce Murph

timiskaming yellowrumps and other arrivals

are paired up but fields that are normally flooded are already dry. Happy spring Bruce and Jackie Murphy RR#1 Cobalt Ontario P0J 1CO [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Bruce Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the

timisk common snipe sandhill cranes

For those of you who are interested in the speed of sightings two new species arrived just outside of newliskeard today. Happy migration Bruce and Jackie Murphy RR#1 Cobalt Ontario P0J 1CO [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Bruce Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbi

[Ontbirds] hilliardton marsh bands 4th boreal and pine siskins

greetings birders just to show the boreal owl was not a fluke we have now banded 4 boreal owls which is something as they usually show up in 4 year intervals with next year being the predicted 4th year peak. As well we were a bit suprised to catch a pair of pine siskins today seems a bit ealy al

[Ontbirds] borel invasion continues hilliardton marsh

Greetings once again ontario birders thoguht i would update our progress at the hilliardton marsh last night under pefect banding conditions we banded 5 more boreal owls which brings us up to 9 in total for more oinformation please feel free to contact me. Hilliardon marsh is 20 km from newlisk

red crossbills in timiskaming

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Lapland longspur

Greetings there was a Lapland longspur banded by Barry kinch of the timiskaming banding group today just outside of Elk Lake today. It came in with a number of snow buntings. A photo is available upon request. bird on!! "Bruce Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit h

[Ontbirds] timiskaming redwings

I have never seen pine grosbeaks and redwinged blackbirds at the same time and yet the redwings have arrived and have established themselves at the hilliardton marsh. This is an early record for us. . Happy spring birding

[Ontbirds]common redpoll in timiskaming

Wanted to mention last Thursday a common redpoll was banded at the Hilliardton marsh and Friday a large flock of snow buntings was seen by the marsh. The marsh is located north of NewLiskeard which is about 5 hours north of Toronto. Today a flock of about 50 pine siskins was seen in New Liskeard.

RE: [Ontbirds]Great Gray Owls - North Bay area; also Arctic gulls

to my knowledge there have been no owls seen in the NewLiskeard area which is quite interesting that the movement has by passed us for the moment especially when we had so many northern saw whets this year. condolenses for our lack of great greys would be appreciated but not necessary -Origina

[Ontbirds] Haileybury Newliskeard cbc hawk owl glaucous gulls great grey

Greetings cbc'ers we did our count on Saturday very overcast day but there were lots of birds on the wing . Spectacular numbers of bohemian waxwings lead the way as well as two great grey owls and a hawk owl. Another huge highlight for us are the 5 glaucous gulls that are making a name for themselv

[Ontbirds]flicker towhee cardinals in Timiskaming and redwings

greetings thought I would let people know of a few birds of interest in our area. The towhee is busy at a feeder near Kirkland lake the cardinal is close to Thornloe and the 2 redwing blackbirds are at the hilliardton marsh and the flicker is in newliskeard. if anyone is interested please contact m

RE: [Ontbirds]Gray-crowned Rosy Finch near Chelmsford

Nyger or black oil would be best as there are not many birds around that would benefit from the mixed seed -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pete Read Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:38 AM To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Subject: [Ontbirds]Gray-crowned R

[Ontbirds]spring migration in timiskaming redwings arrive!!

Ok so it isn't the spring migration but we do have a couple of over wintering male redwinged blackbirds at the Hilliardton marsh very very unusual for us. 9 weeks until the rest of the flock comes back. the hilliardton marsh is 15 km from NewLiskeard Ontario

[Ontbirds]varied thrush newliskeard towhee in Latchford

finches or crossbills in our area and I have not had any recent reports of waxwings despite abundant fruit on crabs and mountain ash trees. Happy birding Bruce murphy Timiskaming Banding Group Hilliardton Marsh owl banding site Northern Ontario North of New Liskeard Lat/long 474-0794 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Ontbirds]timiskaming loons

Thought people might be interested that the first loons arrived amidst the many other early arrivals such as phoebe's and tree swallows as well we are experiencing a banner year for fox sparrows. Bruce Murphy RR#1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep your stick on the ice go leafs go!!

[Ontbirds] boreal owks hilliardton marsh N.E ontario

All signs were pointing to boreal owls this autunm in northeast ontario and perhaps further south. last night we started our owl banding season and caught 3 boreal owls and 13 sawwhets. this is the fiorst year that the first owl captured was a boreal owl. In the past ontbirders have made the tre

[Ontbirds] boreal for real

last night in under 3 hhours of banding before the rain hit we banded 2 more boreals so the migration of boreals is definitely on we aslo banded 7 sawwhets wihc is a good number so the sawwhet movement is very good this autumn as well. thanks for all of the inquiries looking forward to the south

[Ontbirds] boreal owl push hilliardton marsh

it is raining. All the best birders . Sincerely bruce Murphy thaks to Glenn reed and chris Sukha foir their help. We have now banded 20 boreal owls. An intersting bit of information is that 17 of them have been adults while about 95% of the sawwhets we have been banding are young of this year

[Ontbirds] winter finches Timiskaming

Greetings birders thought I would chime in with an update form the north. We have been seeing lots of winter finches including white winged crossbills and lots of scattered flocks of common redpolls a well as pine siskin and pine and evening grosbeaks. Evenings are more numerous than pines with

[Ontbirds] timsikaming winter finches

Sorry I forgot to include directions in last post bruce murphy Newliskeard Ontario approximately 5 1/2 hours north of Toronto This e-mail contains information intended only for the individual or entity named in the message. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient

[Ontbirds] great grey owl hilliardton marsh

Greetings birders hilliardton marsh has a great gray owl thought i would let southern birders know Bruce Murphy Hilliardton Marsh/Terra Instructor Marsh location is 20 minutes North of Newliskeard Banding station is accessed from Wool Mill road entrance off of hwy 569 lat long 474-0794

[Ontbirds] cardinal hilliardton marsh

. they are dispersed across the north east part of the province in unprecedented numbers. Please respond off list although it would be of interest to see if there are other areas that are having above average cardinal numbers. thanks so much Bruce Murphy Bruce Murphy Hilliardton Marsh/Terra

[Ontbirds] northen mockingbird hawk and great grey Hilliardton cbc

HI southern birders our local cbc reps will be upset with me as we had two counts this weekend and the northern mockingbird was in the haileybiry count but the great grey and hawk owl were in the hilliardton count circle . one only has so much room in a subject line and the circles are quite clo

[Ontbirds] hilliardton owls

in my excitement about our owls I forgot to include our location if you would like more accurate directions to the marsh please contact me or our website www.themarsh.ca Bruce Murphy Hilliardton Marsh/Terra Instructor Marsh location is 20 minutes North of Newliskeard Banding station is accessed

[Ontbirds] Hilliardton hawk owl still here

Bruce Murphy Hilliardton Marsh/Terra Instructor Marsh location is 20 minutes North of Newliskeard Banding station is accessed from Wool Mill road entrance off of hwy 569 lat long 474-0794 www.themarsh.ca <http://www.themarsh.ca/> Timiskaming area is located in North Eastern Ontario

[Ontbirds] hawk owl greqat grey still at hilliardton marsh

just letting folks know that these owls are still hunting and haunting fields and forest near the hilliardton marsh happy holidays Bruce Murphy Hilliardton Marsh/Terra Instructor Marsh location is 20 minutes North of Newliskeard Banding station is accessed from Wool Mill road entrance off

[Ontbirds] boreal owls at Hilliardton marsh

once again our banidng station has boreal owls showing up last night under perfect conditions we were able to band 3 and 2 nights earlier we banded 1 for more information on how to get to the marsh please visit our websire www.themarsh.ca Hopefully the borealh will bring boreals to southern on

[Ontbirds] rufous hummingbird charlton north eastern ontario

greetings all I just was invited to a house outside of charlton ontaio where we were able to band a rufous hummingbird this is the 3rd rufous documented in our area over the years . The tempetature was -1 and there is snow on the ground. The rufous was fed before release and photographed. Appar

[Ontbirds] song sparrow newliskeard

greetings birders in response to bob Scrantons post regarding song sparrows we have a song sparrow coming to a feeder just outside of Newliskeard as well we have a number of snowy owls that are being reported daily in the area so we have some that have decided to linger rather than joining the m