[Ontbirds] Red-shouldered Hawk

After checking our home area for the past 2 weeks, our Red-shouldered Hawk showed up yesterday morning at 0730. This is the 9th consecutive year that this bird has appeared. He stays in this area for the entire winter and is easily seen and photographed. This bird first appeared as an adult in

[Ontbirds] 7 tundra swans, Heidelberg

Jim just came in to say that 7 tundra swans just flew over our house in Heidelberg, heading east (perhaps towards Hamilton?). He and the boys have never seen swans here in the fall before so that is kind of exciting. Heidelberg is in Wellesley township, the northwest corner of Waterloo Region.

[Ontbirds] 51 Brant, Conestogo Lake

Hey Birders, My Dad Jim and I took a quick trip up to Conestoga Lake around 4:30 today. Arriving at the dam at Conestoga Lake, a flock of 51(!!!) Brant flew over heading ESE, roughly following the Conestoga River. There was also a female Long-tailed Duck, 3 Snow Geese (white morph - same birds

[Ontbirds] BLACK-TAILED GULL, Port Burwell P.P.

Brandon Holden just called to say he found an adult Black-tailed Gull sitting on the beach at Port Burwell Provincial Park at 5:40pm All I know is that it's sitting on the beach with about 10,000 other gulls, and he'll stick around till sunset. Directions: exit Hwy. 401 at Highway 19, and

[Ontbirds] Pileated Woodpecker, Long Point PP, April 28

Hey Birders, I was down at Long Point this morning. I ended up walking with Ron Ridout through most of the Provincial Park. There was a fair bit of activity; the highlight was a Pileated Woodpecker flying east over the marsh. The Pileated ended up being seen at Breakwater a little later in the

[Ontbirds] Summer Tanagers, Long Point April 25th

Hey Birders, I was down at Long Point this morning. As expected, lots of newly arrived migrants were around, among them the highlight by far for me, was finding 2 separate Summer Tanagers! The first was an adult male, found just after 7am by the Provincial Park gate. I saw it just passed the

[Ontbirds] Long Point, March 7th

Mike and I made it down to Long Point, this morning before the rain came. Not as much waterfowl as we expected. We didn't see any Tundra Swans, nor many dabbling ducks. Below are our highlights. Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 along Concession A at the main bridge, definitely a winterer, also along

[Ontbirds] Linwood CBC results - Dec 29

The 3rd Linwood CBC was held today, December 29, after an unsuccessful attempt on Saturday in the fog. 54 species were recorded (plus 2 count week to date), beating our previous totals of 46 and 49. 11 new species were added to the list, bringing the total to 70 species. Here are the

[Ontbirds] Kitchener CBC results

The 74th Kitchener CBC was held yesterday (December 20). 64 species were recorded on count day, above the twenty year average of 59. Total individuals were about 25 000, slightly above the twenty-year average of 22 000.No new species were recorded. Unusual species: Snow Goose (6th

[Ontbirds]Cave Swallows and Cattle Egret, Long Point

Hey Birders, My Dad, Jim and I just got back from a pretty good day in the Long Point area. We had a group of three (3) Cave Swallows shortly after 2pm at the Turkey Point beach, flying east. We actually heard these birds calling as they flew over!!! I thought that was kind of cool. In the

[Ontbirds]FW: Eurasian Wigeon in Eastern ontario

Hey Birders, Posting for my brother, Mike. _ From: Kenny Burrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:16 PM To: Mom and Dad Burrell Subject: FW: Eurasian Wigeon in Eastern ontario _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[Ontbirds]NO Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Point Pelee

Hey Birders, I was surprised to see that no one has reported yet. But the Fork-tailed Flycatcher hadn't been seen as of 4:00pm today. My Dad and I had searched from 1-4pm throughout the onion fields, as well other birders we had talked too reported much of the same. Some had been there all

[Ontbirds]Golden Eagle, Heidelberg

Hey Birders, Not quite a Frigatebird, but a good yard bird (#150) nonetheless. We had a juvenile Golden Eagle minutes ago passing overhead in a WSW direction at our home, north-west of Waterloo. Surprisingly there are only a handful of records for Waterloo region (6 records. Also, first

[Ontbirds]Curlew Sandpiper, Fort Erie - October 8

Hey Birders, Mike and I saw the juvenal Curlew Sandpiper at the same spot that its been seen at 2:30pm today. When we first arrived it wasn't there, however just as we were thinking about leaving a flock of three shorebirds flew in, 2 Pect's and the Curlew. Good birding, Mike and Ken

[Ontbirds]Wildwood Reservoir, September 24

Hey Birders, Mike and I checked out Wildwood this afternoon (3pm). Water levels have dropped significantly from a few weeks ago, and a few interesting shorebirds were around today along the 31st Line north of Harrington. We had nine species of shorebirds at Wildwood, with the highlights below.

[Ontbirds] Wilson's Phalarope - West Perth Wetlands, Red-necked Phalarope - Townsend SL

This morning Ken and I checked out a number of shorebird spots on the way to and from Long Point for the Bird Studies Canada AGM. First stop was West Perth Wetlands (Mitchel Sewage Lagoons). A great diversity (17 species) and number of shorebirds are still present, including 2 Wilson's

[Ontbirds]Hudsonian Godwits at West Perth Wetlands, August 30

Hey Birders, This morning around 11am Steve Thorpe, myself and 2 others (I didn't get their names) birded the West Perth Wetlands (Mitchell). Shorebird numbers continue to climb and water levels have dropped slightly even since Monday. Among the shorebirds present the highlight were 6

[Ontbirds]West Perth Wetlands, August 25th

Hey Birders, Mike and I birded the West Perth Wetlands (formerly known as the Mitchell Sewage Lagoons) this morning - August 25th. Good numbers of shorebirds were present (~350 of 11 species). Red-necked Phalarope - 2 Stilt Sandpiper - 3 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Black-bellied Plover 1

[Ontbirds]Baird's Sandpiper, Hillman - June 10

Hey Birders, I was talking to my brother Mike this morning. He had a Baird's Sandpiper at Hillman Marsh last night. Other than that, he said Hillman was pretty quiet. Good Birding, Ken Burrell Heidelberg, Ont ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by

[Ontbirds]Pelee Island highlights - April 24-26

Ken and I returned from an excellent weekend of birding on Pelee Island today. Obviously, the Burrowing Owl was the highlight. This bird was just such an incredible find that we still can't quite believe! We found it on April 25 at about 6:50 pm, and by about 7:15 pm had all of the birders(~5)

[Ontbirds]Burrowing Owl

Mike and Ken Burrell have not encountered this bird today ( as of 10:00 am ). They will inform me at dinner time this evening at which time I will post success and location. Of note this morning from Pelee Island : Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, White-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo. A more

[Ontbirds]FW: BURROWING OWL - PELEE ISLAND

-Original Message- From: Doug Burrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: BURROWING OWL - PELEE ISLAND Importance: High Hi Mark, This is Doug Burrell, Mike and Kenny

[Ontbirds]Broad-winged Hawk, Heidelberg

Hey Birders, We had a single adult Broad-wing fly low over our yard in Heidelberg this afternoon. There were quite a few birds flying over while Mike and I were outside, between 1-2:30. Also seen were 16 Red-tail's, 4 Cooper's, 1 Sharp-shinned, 1 N. Harrier, 5 Turkey Vultures, 1 Common Loon

[Ontbirds] Stoney Creek to Port Burwell - Hawk Owl to Yellow-throated Warbler

Today Ken and I did the circuit from Hamilton to Port Burwell to kickstart our year list (as it seems many people are doing!). Here is what we had: Vinemount Northern Hawk-Owl- the bird was in its usual area, we must have been there too early to see any of the photographers harassing it, but

[Ontbirds]Golden Eagle south of Beaverton

Yesterday I observed a Golden Eagle slowing moving southwest. My observation point was hwy 48/12 moving south, just before hwy 48 splits to the west. I stayed on 48 and soon the Eagle crossed my path again, still moving southwest. This area can be reached from the south by taking hwy 12 north

[Ontbirds]Dark morph Red-tailed Hawk in Mississauga

John Klymko just phoned to tell me that he had a dark or rufous morph Red-tailed Hawk yesterday afternoon between 2 and 2:30 pm in Mississauga. Due to lighting he couldn't say for sure it wasn't a rufous morph, but it was proably a dark morph. Directions: Exit the QEW at Cawthra and go

[Ontbirds]Linwood CBC - Dec 22

The 2nd unofficial Linwood CBC was held Saturday, December 22. The count circle is centred on the town of Linwood (northwest of Waterloo). Most of the circle is agricultural land and this is a traditional area for wintering raptors. 16 field observers tallied 49 species this year (up from 46

[Ontbirds]Yellow-headed Blackbird, Long Point - December 21

Hey Birders, Mike and I drove down to Long Point today and had a pretty good day. Overall it was really nice out with great conditions: calm, sunny and warm. We had a little over 70 species for the day. Sparrows were particularly evident. Highlights are broken down below. Timpf's

[Ontbirds]Red-shouldered Hawk, Hawkeville

Hey Birders, My Dad and I checked out the back roads around Linwood today. We saw the Red-shouldered Hawk in Hawkesville. We've had this same bird every winter since December 2003. When we first observed the bird in 2003, it was an adult, making it 6+ years old, not too shabby. Other birds of

[Ontbirds]Kitchener CBC

The 73rd annual Kitchener Christmas bird count was held Saturday, December 15. The count finished with 60 species, about average for the last 20 years. The total number of individuals of 23 290 was also almost right on average for the past 20 years. We added 1 new species to the count (Hoary

[Ontbirds]Niagara, 10 gull sp. - December 8th

Hey Birders, My Dad Jim, Brother Mike and I led a local field naturalists outing to Niagara today. We had a good day with the mentioned 10 gull species. Highlights are broken down below. Fort Erie: Black-headed Gull - adult observed along the US shore across from house #537, the same bird

[Ontbirds]Black-legged Kittiwake, Turkey Point etc. November 16

Hey Birders, My Dad, Brother Mike and I headed down to Long Point this morning and early afternoon. We came up with some good birds in the Long Point area. Highlights are listed. Black-legged Kittiwake - while watching the lake at Turkey Point, in a flock of 12 Bonaparte's heading west, 1

[Ontbirds]Eared Grebe in Waterloo

I just returned from Laurel Creek Reservoir, in Waterloo, where I had a basic-plumaged Eared Grebe in the company of 3 basic Horned Grebes, and many Canvasbacks, Ruddy Ducks, and scaup. The birds were viewable from the beaver creek road bridge, but quite far, requiring a scope. Directions:

[Ontbirds]Northern Hawk-Owl, Kapuskasing

Posting for my brother Mike Burrell Hey man, I had a NHOW this morning near the farm. Can you post to Ontbirds? THere isn't too much else around, lots of pipits and WTSP, DEJU. GImme a call if you want This morning (7:45) I found a North Hawk-owl just outside of Kapuskasing. I looked a

[Ontbirds]Red-shouldered Hawk, N. of Waterloo

Hi Birders, Sorry for the lateness in posting I had accidentally sent this message to the wrong address. On Tuesday February 6 around 2 pm, I resighted our wintering Red-shouldered Hawk, north of Waterloo in the town of Hawkesville. I hadn't seen this bird since December 20th so its nice to

[Ontbirds]Common Raven, Houghton Oct 15

Hi Birders, I had some problems with my internet yesterday otherwise I would have posted earlier. yesterday just west of the small town of Houghton while working for a Master's student doing research on Raptor Behaviour associated with Wind Turbines, I conducted a hawk watch about 1 kilometer

[Ontbirds]Dickcissel's, Paisly

Hi Birders, I checked out the Dickcissel's today near Paisly and had 3 singing male's. Two of the males were very vocal and easy to see as they were within 50 m. of the 33/34 Side road. The third male sang only a few times but around 200 m. away from the road. No females were seen. As well I

[Ontbirds]Curlew Sandpiper, Townsend

Birders, At 1900 the Curlew Sandpiper was present in the first cell at the Townsend Sewage Lagoons. Upon viewing the lagoon the bird was not seen, but after 30 minutes of waiting it flew in with a flock of Dunlin. Other birds present were 2 Wilson's Phalarope and a relatively high

[Ontbirds]Eurasian Wigeon, Townsend

Hi Birders, Mike and I birded the Long Point area and came up with some good stuff. The highlight definitely was seeing a drake Eurasian Wigeon at the Townsend Sewage Lagoons, in the South-west Cell. Also at Townsend was a flock of 13 Cackling Geese amongst ~500 Canada's, Tundra Swans (500),

[Ontbirds]Turkey Vultures and Hoary Redpoll north of Waterloo

Today Kenny and I had 5 Turkey Vultures near the town of Crosshill, north-west of Waterloo, they were moving north-westerly fairly slowly. This follows a report of 2 Turkey Vultures over Fisher Hallman and University Roads in Waterloo about 2 weeks ago by my sister, Gill. The feeders at our

[Ontbirds]71st Kitchener Christmas Bird Count

The 71st Kitchener CBC was held December 17, with 55 observers in the field and at feeders. A total of 69 species were found, the fourth highest for the count, and well above the 20-year average of 62. The 27, 063 individuals was also well above the 20-year average of 21,442. New Species for

[Ontbirds]Van Wagner's - 10/25

Hi Birder's, Since I haven't seen a report from Van Wagner's today, I thought I'd post some things that I know which were seen today. Mike and I arrived at 10:50 and were informed by birders already there (Bob Curry, Glenda Slessor, Brandon Holden, and ?) of (3) Jaegers along the horizon.