[Ontbirds] Varied Thrush continues at Bark Lake Conference Ctr

Ontbirders, My daughters and I had the Varied Thrush at its regular location under the feeders at the main building of Bark Lake. We arrived at 3:30pm and the bird was on the ground under the feeder. It then flew up to the back and right of the building and sat for a while and then took off (po

[Ontbirds] Western Kingbird continues at Desjardins Canal today (& White-eyed Vireo in Oakville) - 15 Nov 2019

Ontbirders, In case anyone is wondering, the long-staying Western Kingbird continues at the extreme west end of the Desjardins Canal in Dundas. Best seen from the Urquhart Butterfly Gardens. The bird likes to stay right down low by the water and flew a couple of times while my daughter and I wa

Re: [Ontbirds] Avocets at Holland Landing Sewage Lagoons

Street. The lagoons are at the east end of Cedar. Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON (416) 559-7075 On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 12:53 PM Steve Kinsley via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > Ontbirders, I’m currently looking at 8 Avocets on lagoon 1 at the Holland > Landing Sewage Lago

[Ontbirds] Adult Pacific Loon - Minet's Point Park, Barrie - 09 Oct 2019

nd today. Also here are over 200 Common Terns (30 on the beach and many more out on the water and flying around) - this is the latest I recall seeing this species on Lake Simcoe in such high numbers. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond HIll, ON (work in Barrie) DIRECTIONS: Minet's Point Pa

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

Birders, Just a follow-up on this mega-rarity. A few of us watched the Black-throated Sparrow right up till sunset. It seemed to stay along the fence line behind (east of) the covered picnic area for the time I was there (6:15 to sunset around 7), at around 6:50 or so it flew to the line of

[Ontbirds] Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Beeton Sod Farms - Fri Sept 6

(sometimes coming out onto a grass strip between tilled fields). Good birding! Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Directions: 10th Line exactly 1.2km west of 15th Sideroad in the Beeton - Tottenham area. Heading north on the 400 from the GTA, exit at CR88 and go west, you can turn north on 5th Sdrd

[Ontbirds] Hermit Warbler at Thickson’s Woods at 10:16am

Along Lakeshore Rd right in front of Glenn’s place in the Cedars along the east side of the property. We lost it in the cedars. Seen with Mike Burrell, Mike Runtz and Donald Sutherland. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Thickson’s Woods is at the south end of Thickson Rd off Hwy 401 in Whitby

[Ontbirds] Male Eurasian Wigeon - York Region - March 29

patience may be required as the birds get hidden behind mounds of dirt in the field. This is off Ravenshoe Road, west of Leslie Street near where it dead ends, between an orange and white barn and a brown brick house. Good birding! Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill (416) 559-7075 Sent from my iPhone

[Ontbirds] Red-shouldered Hawk - Richmond Hill - Sunday January 13th

ks like it could be sticking it out for the winter. I hope to get a chance to look for it tomorrow over the lunch hour. Good birding, Frank Pinilla (for Rae Hutchinson) ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provinci

[Ontbirds] Pacific Loon - Toronto, Col Sam Smith Patk - 4pm Wed Oct 24

throat, dark back with white rectangular “splotches” on coverts. Also, the continuing Nelson’s Sparrow was bopping around in the grasses about 300m west of the point. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill DIRECTIONS: CSSP - foot of Kipling Ave in Toronto, head as far south as you can to

[Ontbirds] Evening Grosbeaks - King City, York Region - 19 Oct 2018

down here (it was new to my York Region life list amazingly). Good for everyone to read (or re-read) Ron Pittaway’s winter finch forecast here: http://jeaniron.ca/2018/wff18.htm Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill DIRECTIONS: The King City Trail is north of King Road and runs west off

[Ontbirds] Pacific Loons are back! Minet’s Point Park, Barrie - 03 Oct 2018

the Pacific Loons - Look for a gleaming silvery-white nape, black throat and dark body with significant amounts of white on the back. Careful with many (over 150) Common Loons that are in various states of moult. Good birding! Frank Pinilla Cell: (416) 559-7075 Directions: Minet’s Point Park is

[Ontbirds] Willet continues - Beeton Sod farms

bird can be seen with binoculars. There is a Peregrine Falcon that has been patrolling the area for at least 5 days and causing the bird to hunker down. I was there for about 10 minutes and the Willet stayed with it's bill tucked into it's back for almost the entire time. Good birding

Re: [Ontbirds] Presqu’ile Park: Western Sandpiper

birds up regularly. Watched it catch a shorebird out on Gull Island. Also a Red Knot out on the island as well. Directions to the Park below in Jon’s email. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2018, at 11:18 AM, Jon Ruddy via ONTBIRDS >

[Ontbirds] Fwd: Bells Vireo - Port Weller east pier

way south to the east side of Port Weller pier along Seaway Haulage Rd. Good birding, Frank Pinilla & Josh Vandermeulen (who’s phone is dead) Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Josh Vandermeulen via ONTBIRDS > Date: May 10, 2018 at 12:02:56 PM EDT > T

[Ontbirds] Pacific Loon - Adult - Minet's Point Park, Barrie - 12:45pm Thu Oct 5

north) from Minet's Point Park in Barrie. Scope is required as the birds are well out on the bay and wind is howling, just picked up while I was here. Also here, at least one adult Little Gull, over 1,000 Bonaparte's and I counted over 300 Common Loon. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Ri

[Ontbirds] Sabine' Gull on south Lake Simcoe

. It's possible there are 2 but they are moving around so quickly in this strong N wind that I'm not 100%. The flock contains over 500 Bonaparte's Gulls, 4 Great Black-backed (uncommon in York Region) and many Herring & Ring-billed Gulls. Good birding, Frank Pinilla (416) 559-

[Ontbirds] Harris's Sparrow continues - Milton 8am Sun Mar 26

be species there. Regards & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Gowling Terrace is found off James Snow Parkway just north of Derry Rd. Enter west off James Snow at Waldie Ave and turn left on Kearns Drive, you will see the fenced off area of the pond on your left - Gowlin

[Ontbirds] Minesing Wetlands (McKinnon Road) - Eagles, Cranes & Swans - Thu Mar 16

north. In the bit of open water at the intersection of McKinnon Rd & Concession 2 were a few Common Goldeneye, 2 male Ring-necked Ducks and a couple of Black Ducks among the Canada Geese. Good birding! Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON (working in Barrie) DIRECTIONS: >From Hwy 400 in Barrie, exit a

[Ontbirds] Ross's, Greater White-fronted & Cackling Geese - Ravenshoe Rd & Woodbine Ave

lt birds fly in and land in the field behind the tree/fence line - could not see them on the ground. Similar situation with the Cackling Geese, they flew in (dwarfed by the Canadas they were with) and landed amongst the many Canada Geese in the corn field. Nothing like a quick break from work!

[Ontbirds] Pacific Loon - Minet's Point Park, Barrie - Mon Nov 14

bay) and other waterfowl, didn't see any white-winged gulls or Lesser Black-backed but could see hundreds of gulls on the western end of the bay at Centennial Park beach. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON (working in Barrie) DIRECTIONS: Minet's Point Park - From Hwy 400, ex

[Ontbirds] Pacific Loon amogst 100's of Common & at least 3 Red-throated Loons - Minet's Point, Barrie - Oct 26

male Black Scoters quite close to shore and at least 3 separate Red-throated Loons. A great lunchtime break for me. Regards & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON (working in Barrie) DIRECTIONS: >From Hwy 400, exit at Essa Road in Barrie, and head east 1.4km. Turn right on Tiffin Stre

Re: [Ontbirds] Eurasian Collared Dove in Innisfil

o where the 2nd bird had landed near the barn. Thanks Caleb for letting us know about this/these birds! Regards & good birding, Frank Pinilla RIchmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: >From Hwy 400 take the Innisfil Beach Road exit (exit #85), go east on Innisfil Beach Rd. approximately 7.5km, you

[Ontbirds] Wilson's Phalarope & other shorebirds - Holland Landing S.L. (York Reg.) - Sat Aug 13

Also here were 2 Wilson's Snipe scared up by a low-flying Northern Harrier, a calling Virginia Rail and a "chet"ing Marsh Wren. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill DIRECTIONS: Holland Landing Sewage Lagoons are at the eastern terminus of Cedar Street in the community of Hol

[Ontbirds] Greater Yellowlegs & Ducks - Ravenshoe Rd West & Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe - Thur Mar 17/16

e for the ducks here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28263417 Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla (with Alexa & Sofia in tow), Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Take Hwy 404 to its northern terminus at Woodbine Ave, turn north on Woodbine and then west on Ravenshoe - go beyond

[Ontbirds] Fwd: Smew - provenance comments

rd, but once again, this is your decision. I post this to ensure other birders make a fully-informed decision upon whether they make the trek to look for this bird near Cornwall, Ontario. Best regards & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON PS - I did ask whether she had any Pink-footed

[Ontbirds] Pink-footed Goose, Moose Creek - NOT today - Sat Dec 19th

out east, make the effort, it is amazing! Both the sight & sound and I understand it's even bigger back in November (and in the spring). Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS - coming from 401, exit #770 is Cty Rd 14 (Dickinson Dr), go north 2.5km to CR18, go 10km t

[Ontbirds] Sandhill Crane migration over Richmond Hill - Sat & Sun Nov 28/29

e 120 birds in one big flock migrating high overhead. If you haven't heard big flocks of these impressive birds, it's quite a sound to hear! Enjoy the day, and go find a Mountain Bluebird, they seem to be inundating the province! :-) Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON My place

[Ontbirds] Parasitic Jaeger & Pacific Loon - Barrie, Kempenfelt Bay - Fri Oct 23

necked Grebes out on the bay. What a great decision to get out of the office today! Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Minet's Point Park - from Hwy 400 in Barrie, exit at Essa Road and head NE until Tiffin Street, turn right on Tiffin and then follow it as it turn

[Ontbirds] Mississippi Kite - Hillman Marsh CA -5:55pm

Hello Ontbirders, My brother and I just had the Mississippi Kite circling over the north side of Hillman Marsh CA (looked like it was over Mersea Rd 2 which runs across the north end of the conservation area), we had good views of its long, thin grey body and wings with darker primary feathers.

Re: [Ontbirds] Pileated Woodpecker at Point Pelee

Sorry folks, the Reply All button seems to have moved! ;-) My bad!!! But I do still want the bird to hang on until I get there! Cell: (416) 559-7075 On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Frank Pinilla wrote: > Hang on there, buddy! Hang on... > > Cell: (416) 559-7075 > > On Mon,

Re: [Ontbirds] Pileated Woodpecker at Point Pelee

Hang on there, buddy! Hang on... Cell: (416) 559-7075 On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Paul Pratt wrote: > I just found the woodpecker at 10:37am in the woods about 200 m north of > the tip bathrooms, on the east side of the road. > > > Paul Pratt > > natural...@primus.ca > 519-995-5562 > ___

[Ontbirds] Painted Bunting - Oakville - Thu Jan 1

Happy New Year Ontbirders, This morning at 10:20 my daughter, Alexa, and I saw the male Painted Bunting in the backyard of #33 Arkendo Drive with a few other birders. The bird came into the cedar hedge first and then flew out to feed on seed laid out on the yard, in plain sight. Good birdin

[Ontbirds] Oakville warblers - Friday December 26th

with running water in the stream and many midges/flies around because of the treatment plant. Cheers & Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Directions: Sedgewick Park can be reached by exiting QEW at Third Line then going south to Hixon and east to the end. Once there park and w

Re: [Ontbirds] Painted bunting in Oakville

side of the court. The owner at #3 is very welcoming and even made a big pot of coffee for us, please be respectful as we don't want to overstep his welcoming attitude! Arkendo runs south off Lakeshore just west of Winston Churchill in Oakville. Good birding Frank Pinilla Richmond Hil

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose, Red-throated Loon, Glaucous Gulls & 700+ Red-necked Grebes - Minet's Point Park, Barrie

ow White Oaks Rd until it merges into Brennan Ave, the park will be just on your left. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Cell: (416) 559-7075 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird rep

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose & Snow Geese - Bradford, Simcoe Cty - Thur Dec 4

o park on Downy Emerald and view the birds from the lookout here. Good birding, Frank Pinilla RIchmond Hill, ON Cell: (416) 559-7075 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports t

Re: [Ontbirds] Reesor Pond - Cackling Gese - Fri Oct 10 aft

outh of the NW spit where the bulk of the Canadas were. Many of the Canadas were intermediate sized (some quite small so be careful when looking them over as they were close to Cackling sized) along with the giant ones. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Sent from my iPhone (416)

Re: [Ontbirds] SNOW in Richmond Hill

you saw the bird last. Regards, Frank Pinilla Sent from my iPhone (416) 559-7075 > On Sep 4, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Frank Pinilla wrote: > > >> Hi Ontbirders, >> >> To follow-up on Bryan's note from yesterday, I saw the Snowy Owl at 7:15am >> today on a lig

Re: [Ontbirds] SNOW in Richmond Hill

(but hard to tell while driving), I believe it may be an adult > male bird. > > Good birding, > Frank Pinilla > Richmond Hill, ON > > > Sent from my iPhone > (416) 559-7075 > >> On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:54 PM, chackl...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> ‎On

[Ontbirds] Stilt Sandpiper, Markham - Fri Aug 29 aft

t. There are often Egrets in it throughout the summer. Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on the west side of Reesor Rd, which is just east of Donald Cousens Parkway in Markham. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Sent from my iPhone (416)

[Ontbirds] Chuck-will's-widow - Prince Edward Cty - Sat Jun 28

Good evening Birders, With the advantage of having parents with a cottage in the county I was able to leisurely wait for the Chuck-will's-widow to start calling tonight. At 9:20 my son, David, and I heard the bird singing (we dipped the night before as we arrived at 9:45 and with no moon there

[Ontbirds] Kirtland's Warbler - Toronto Islands

be reached by ferry from the base of Yonge Street begins the Harbour Castle Westin. Cost is $7 return per person. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the

[Ontbirds] Markham - Reesor Pond - Whimbrel (3), Sanderling (30+) - Mon May 26/14

+ Semipalmated Sandpiper, plus 2 Semi-p Plover. Wind was howling at the time I was there making for a very shaky scope, I could not pick out a reported White-rumped Sandpiper, though I'm sure it's still around. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Reesor Pond lies just no

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl north of Erieau & Lapland Longspurs nr Blenheim

Hi again Ontbirders, While at the Blenheim sewage lagoons my brother noticed a wet area in the field north of the lagoons so we headed up to Allison Line which runs across the north side of the lagoons. Here we had 3 Ruddy turnstone, several Least Sandpiper and Dunlin as well as 2 Lapland Long

[Ontbirds] Franklin's Gull, Blenheim SL - Thu May 8

Hello Ontbirders, My brother and I just had the Franklin's Gull fly over our heads and around the 3 southerly ponds at the Blenheim Sewage Lagoons and then kept flying off to the south. We watched it for several minutes noting the dark grey mantle, black wingtips, darkish underwing with white

[Ontbirds] Colonel Sam Smith Park, Toronto - Harlequin Duck - Wed May 7

Gray Gnatcatcher, Nashville & Yellow-rumped Warblers and a cooperative Northern Waterthrush. Also here were Veery and a few Hermit Thrushes. Earlier at G Ross Lord Park (Dufferin & Finch in NW Toronto) I had a male Eastern Bluebird and a Lincoln's Sparrow amongst other birds. Good birdi

[Ontbirds] Very late Snowy Owl - 401 just E of Belleville

Hi All, Posting for my brother, Rob, who's on the road along Hwy 401 nr the Hwy 49 exit (to Picton), the bird was an adult male sitting on a lamp post just east of the exit to Hwy 49. This is between Belleville & Napanee. Good birding, Frank, for Rob, Pinilla Sent from my iPhone

[Ontbirds] Reesor Pond - Greater White-fronted Goose - Sat Apr 26

rg, a Killdeer, 2 Lesser Scaup amongst others. Reesor pond lies just north of 407 on the west side of Reesor Road. Good birding Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provi

[Ontbirds] Snow Goose, Thornhill - Sat Mar 29

gular staging area in spring. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill Directions: Uplands Ski & Golf is at the west end of Uplands Ave running west off Yonge Street in Thornhill just south of Hwy 7 & Hwy 407. Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is

Re: [Ontbirds] 3 Snowy Owls, Holland Marsh - Mon Feb 17

9 and explore the many farm roads in the area. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON > > Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to

[Ontbirds] Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Red Knot, Am Golden Plover - Beeton Sod Farms - Sat Sep 7

mp; Least Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper along with a few Semipalmated Plovers (these last 2 were seen on 11th Line just to the west of 10th Sideroad just north of the town of Beeton). Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Beeton Sod farms lie on the sideroads & conces

[Ontbirds] Western Kingbird - Downsview Park, Toronto

Kingbirds but kept getting chased. It is feeding and perching on small bushes and trees on the hillside left/east of the bridge. Imagine birding for 20 years and never seeing a Western Kingbird and then seeing TWO in one year! Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Directions as per Elias

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeons - Cranberry Marsh, Whitby - Sat May 25

e Lagoons we had a Red-necked Phalarope in the middle of the 5 northern cells. Otherwise, the lagoons were not very productive other than the amazing number of Black Terns - 100+, and swallows - 700+ Good birding from Carden, Frank Pinilla Directions: Cranberry Marsh is at the foot of Hall&#

[Ontbirds] Fish Crow - Rondeau PP - Thu May 9

good showing of Red-headed & Red-bellied Woodpeckers, we've had 6 species of WP this morning. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Rondeau PP is at the south end of Kent Bridge Rd, which is exit 101 off Hwy 401. Sent from

[Ontbirds] Richmond Hill backyard birds - Sat Mar 23rd - Redpolls, Raven

ginia Opossum that posed nicely for pictures while my daughters looked on. The surprising thing was that this was a daytime visit, the last couple of times (last year) were at night. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON My place is on Miles Hill Crescent, in the area of Yon

[Ontbirds] Common Raven - Richmond Hill

1 or 2 birds for a couple (or more) years now, and have reported up to 4 birds (1 definitely a young bird last year as it was calling to the parents as it flew over), very good evidence of nesting so close to the city, and in fact within the normal 50km circle of the GTA. Cheers & good birdin

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose, Fish Crows, Gulls & King Eider - Fri Feb 10/12

ries, the bird was associating with Common Mergansers, also here was 1 Canvasback and about 20 Double-crested Cormorants. All in all a good day of chasing! Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Professor's Lake, Brampton - from the corner of Torbram & Bovaird, head south o

[Ontbirds] Turkey Vulture & 2 Common Ravens - York Region - Mon Nov 29

Birders, Thought I'd mention these two species as 1 is getting close to being a decent Winter List bird (in 2 days) and the other is still a decent bird for this area (although I had a Raven over my house in Richmond Hill just a week ago). The TUVU seemed to limp a bit and definitely had frost on

[Ontbirds] Re: Raptor Migration (by 2:30pm) - Richmond Hill - Sat Sept 11, '10

rrier - 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 9 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Broad-winged Hawk - 690 Red-tailed Hawk - 4 American Kestrel - 1 Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Frank Pinilla wrote: > Birders, > > On a day when I have work to do, I stepped outsid

[Ontbirds] Raptor Migration (by 2:30pm) - Richmond Hill - Sat Sept 11, '10

onge Street & Stouffville Sideroad. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For inf

[Ontbirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Luther Marsh - Tues Aug 10 eve

n Tern, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Harrier, Marsh Wren, Gray Catbird, amongst others. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: >From Orangeville take Cty Rd 109 west to Cty Rd 25, turn right/north through Grand Valley and continue up to Cty Rd 15, turn left and go throuigh the h

[Ontbirds] Sedge Wren, Richmond Hill (last 3 nights) & other York region breeders (May 28)

od, the wren should be heard from here. The bird has only been heard at dusk or in full darkness but sings consistently for at least 30 minutes. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: * * *Cawthra-Mulock Reserve* - Dufferin Street north of Hwy 9 and about 1km p

[Ontbirds] American White Pelican - Lake Scugog last Friday May 28

ird was on the water or flying over but... Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla DIRECTIONS to King's Bay Estates (taken from golf course website): *From Toronto* Take 401 east to the Brock St. exit in Whitby Travel north on Brock St. through Brooklin and Manchester Turn right on Reach

[Ontbirds] Raven & Woodcock - Richmond Hill - Sun Mar 21

, oh and I just saw it fly up (7;50pm). My place backs on to Oak Ridges moraine land right off Philips Lake near the intersection of Yonge Street & Jefferson Sdrd in north Richmond Hill. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla -- Sent from my mobile device

[Ontbirds] Phainopepla - seen @ 9am Thur Nov 12 - Brampton

iveway as the owner was allowing people in the back while she was there, but leaving at 10am). Good luck to all who can get out there! Good Birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: >From the intersection of Dixie Road & Steeles Avenue in Brampton, go north on Dixie to Birchbank

[Ontbirds] American Avocets - Oshawa Second Marsh - Sun Nov 1

7;s playground and a Killdeer down on the mudflats near all the Green-winged Teal, Gadwall and others. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Oshawa Second Marsh - exit Hwy 401 at Harmony Rd/Bloor St, head south along Farewell Drive and turn left/east at Colonel Sam Drive, go to

[Ontbirds] BLACK VULTURE - Toronto Islands - Mon Aug 24

nowahh, technology! Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Directions: Toronto Islands are a short ferry ride from the foot of Bay Street in downtown Toronto. Ferry costs $6 (or so). -- Sent from my mobile device ___ ONTBIRDS i

[Ontbirds] Prairie Warbler - Currie Tract, Halton Regional Forest - Thur June 11

Birders, I decided to head out to the Currie Tract and try for this Prairie Warbler. The bird sang as soon as I hit the clearing, just after having passed two birders leaving the area who had not found the bird. It sang several times and as I got closer it stopped. I found the small clearing de

[Ontbirds] Second Hand report of Western Grebe, returned to Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto - Thur Mar 12

ng to be a beautiful weekend to be out & about, so why not head to Ashbridge's Bay! Good luck to all! Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Directions: Ashbridge's Bay Park is found sourh of Lakeshore Blvd, just east of the Don Valley Parkway, at the foot of Coxwell. Park in the mari

Re: [Ontbirds] Toronto Western Grebe still there Tuesday

ter) that are found on the way to the SE point, I had 5 White-winged Crossbills feeding on some Spruce cones. Thanks Ian & Norm for calling me back I was already up at Eglinton & dvp!! Cheers & Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Directions: Ashbridge's Bay Park is fou

[Ontbirds] 3 Harlequin Ducks - Col Sam Smith Park, Toronto - Mon Feb 9

the Southeastern point on their own. There were many birders there in the 45 minutes that I was there, so hopefully someone found the Eider. I couldn't find the Snowy Owl in the marina bay either. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON -- Sent from my mobile d

[Ontbirds] Green Morph Pine Siskin - Richmond Hill - Fri Jan 30

tings circling over the house and adjacent fields. Also, the local Sharp-shinned Hawk shows up every 3 or 4 days and the pair of Great Horned Owls are calling almost nightly now! Good winter birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON My place is adjacent to undeveloped fields and a local woodlot and k

[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk-Owl, Orillia - Mon Jan 5/09

llia on Hwy 12 off Hwy 11). The birds were seen driving around backroads in the area between Orillia & Beaverton, to the east of Lake Simcoe. Cheers & Good Birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS (to Hawk-Owl): >From the Hwy 12 South exit off Hwy 11, follow through Orillia

[Ontbirds] Boreal Owl - Amherst Island - Thur Dec 18

ast end of the island and another 16 along Stella Rd. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Exit Hwy 401 at km593, head south toward Millhaven, when you hit the lake turn right on Hwy 33 (Bath Rd) and you will see the ferry dock on the left very shortly. The trip l

[Ontbirds] Killdeer, GB Heron, Bald Eagle, Am. Coot - Humber Bay, Toronto - Thu Dec 11

Also at Amos Waites as we walked back to the car a not-too-distant adult Bald Eagle flew over scaring up most of the gulls but not the ducks. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Humber Bay Park can be found at the foot of Park Lawn Rd. where it intersects with Lakeshore B

[Ontbirds]American Avocet, Ajax - Wed Dec 3

m the parking lot of the Ajax Rotary Park. What a great Winter List bird (let alone a great Ontario bird)! Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: >From Hwy 401 east of Toronto, exit at Westney Rd. in Ajax and head south to Lake Driveway, turn right on this road and follow it as

[Ontbirds]Glaucous Gulls - Toronto Harbour - Mon Nov 24

-S, just west of Bay Street, the flock would also be able to be seen from the Toronto Island Ferry Terminal. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial bir

[Ontbirds]Chuck-will's-widow, Rondeau PP - Sat Jun 19

found along the Tulip Tree trail at the slough with the nest boxes and sign. Otherwise, bird song was very quiet on Sunday morning. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Thornhill, ON DIRECTIONS: Rondeau PP is found by exiting Hwy 401 at exit 101 (Kent Bridge Road) head south along this road

[Ontbirds]Laughing Gull still on Hall's Rd, Whitby - Sat May 28

bird! Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Thornhill, ON DIRECTIONS: Halls Rd runs south off Bayly/Victoria Streets in Whitby (just east of the Ajax border), exit off Hwy 401 at Brock STREET (Hwy 12) and head south to Victoria St., turn right/west until you see Halls Rd on the left (after se

[Ontbirds]1st year Bald Eagle - Don Mills & Sheppard - Toronto

Hi All, Driving to work at 8am this morning I had a 1st year Bald Eagle flying WNW right over the intersection of Don Mills & Sheppard in the northeastern part of Toronto. The bird was being dive-bombed by 3 Ring-billed Gulls. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Thorn

[Ontbirds] Humber Bay East, Toronto - Red-throated Loon - evening Apr 14

Grebes. I am not refuting the Pacific Loon report but I could not find this rarity. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Thornhill DIRECTIONS: Just west of downtown Toronto, exit the Gardiner Expwy at Park Lawn Rd and head south, passing through the lights at Lakeshore Blvd, turn right at the next road to

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon, Red-throated Loons, Raven - Presqu'ile PP

few E Phobes etc. From beach 4 (signed as Owen Pt Trail) we did a very quick scan and had 2 Red-throated Loons a long way out, still in basic plumage. Cheers and good birding, Frank Pinilla Thornhill DIRECTIONS: Exit 509 off Hwy 401, south to Brighton, turn right on Hwy 2 and follow signs to the

[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl - Welcome, ON - Great Grays, Great Horned, Red-bellied W.

he west of the marsh as well as a very late evening (5:15pm, when almost dark) Long-eared Owl which flew out from the east side of the road near the north walkway and out over the field to the west of Hall's Rd. A great start to a new "birding year"!! Cheers, Happy New Year &

[Ontbirds]Boreal Owl - Leslie Street Spit - Tue Dec 28th

side of the road, in a depression), where a Black-necked Stilt showed up in June 1998 (if anybody remembers that bird), but I could be mistaken. Cheers & good birding, Frank ***** Frank Pinilla Toronto, ON e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Ontbirds] Thayer's, Lesser B-b, Glaucous, Iceland Gulls - Markham - Sun Nov 14

r), 1 Iceland (2nd yr), 1 Thayer's (Adult), 20+ Great Black-backed, 2,000+ Herring and 1,000+ Ring-billed Gulls! A good day of birding! Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Toronto, ON DIRECTIONS Scarborough/Pickering townline marsh - from Hwy 401 in Pickering, exit at White's

[Ontbirds]juv. Sabine's Gull - Niagara Falls - Sat Nov 13

Islands Nature Area) but couldn't find any Lesser Black-backed Gulls there (I'm sure they're around) although I did have 1 First Year Thayer's Gull. There were probably less than 100 Bonaparte's Gulls below the falls, there were 2 Common Loons down there as well. Che

[Ontbirds]Triple posting this morning on Pacific

Sorry all, system hiccoughs this morning. When I THOUGHT that my system shut down on me, it appears that the messages went out anyway. My bad! It WAS exciting to see a life bird, but didn't mean to let everybody know thrice. Good birding, Frank Pinilla

[Ontbirds] Pacific Loon - Humber Bay Park WEST, Toronto - Tue Nov 9 - 8am

trap albeit, slight, as well as lines/striations on the sides of the lower neck, and white markings / scalloping on the back. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Toronto, ON DIRECTIONS: Humber Bay Park West - off the QEW/Gardiner just west of downtown Toronto, exit at Park Lawn Drive and go

[Ontbirds]Pacific Loon - Humber Bay Park West - Tue Nov 9 - 7am

trap albeit, slight, as well as lines/striations on the sides of the lower neck, and white markings / scalloping on the back. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Toronto, ON DIRECTIONS: Humber Bay Park West - off the QEW/Gardiner just west of downtown Toronto, exit at Park Lawn Drive and go

[Ontbirds]Pacific Loon - Humber Bay Park West - Tue Nov 9 - 7am

trap albeit, slight, as well as lines/striations on the sides of the lower neck, and white markings / scalloping on the back. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Toronto, ON DIRECTIONS: Humber Bay Park West - off the QEW/Gardiner just west of downtown Toronto, exit at Park Lawn Drive and go

[Ontbirds] Fifty Point CA - Western Grebe, Purple Sandpiper, Pomarine Jaeger - Sun Nov 7

ng east, I watched it until it dove on a gull, at which point I lost the bird. I then travelled to Cranberry Marsh and had the oft-mentioned first year Golden-crowned Sparrow. What a day, two life birds!! Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Toronto, ON DIRECTIONS: Fifty Point Conservation

[Ontbirds]Golden Eagle - High Park - Sat Oct 16

seen in the 30 minutes I was there. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Toronto, ON DIRECTIONS: High Park's "Hawk Hill" is located at the north side of the Grenadier Restaurant Parking lot. The entrance to High Park is located south off Bloor Street just west of Keele/Parkside, in Toronto.

[Ontbirds]juv. Long-billed Dowitcher - Whitby - Sun Oct 10

, and 1 Semipalmated Plover. Cheers & good birding, Frank Pinilla Toronto, ON DIRECTIONS: "Sobey's" Pond is in south Whitby, along Victoria Street (runs parallel to Hwy 401, to the south). The small pond where the bird has been hanging out, is just north of Victoria, off

[Ontbirds] Algonquin PP - Mon Oct 11 - 3 Black-backed Woodpeckers, Lapland Longspur

Hi All, I went up to the Hwy 60 corridor yesterday (Monday October 11), only arriving around 1pm, nothing really uncommon but may be of interest to others. At the airfield no Le Conte's Sparrows but did have 27 Horned Lark, 1 Lapland Longspur, 2 Savannah Sparrows, and 25+ Black Ducks, also had

[Ontbirds] Cattle Egret, Dunnville - Eared Grebe, Exeter - Fri Jul 30

an Coots & 1 male Ring-necked Duck. Very few shorebirds here, but amongst them were 2 Sanderling, 5 Lesser Yellowlegs, a few Least & Semipalm. Sandpipers and many Spotted Sandpipers. Regards & good birding, Frank Pinilla DIRECTIONS: Cattle Egret, mentioned above, the area is along H-N

[Ontbirds]American White Pelican @ Presqu'ile

few shorebirds including 2 Semipalmated Plover, 5 Semipalm. Sandpiper & 4 Least Sandpiper plus 3 or 4 Spotted Sandpipers, also a Black-crowned Night-Heron flying over. Please see directions in Fred's note attached below. Regards & good birding,

[Ontbirds]Rainy River area - July 9 to July 12

town), which is about 450km straight west on Hwy 11, from Thunder Bay, Ontario. A worthwhile trip to anyone contemplating it! Regards & good birding, Frank Pinilla Thornhill, ON

[Ontbirds] Jarvis SL - Black-necked Stilts, Wilson's Phalaropes - Mon May 24

ped Sandpiper (with some Semipalmated & Least), 1 female Long-tailed Duck (weird?), 65 Ruddy Duck, 3 Red-breasted Merganser, a few Ring-necked Duck & 1 Lesser Scaup. Cheers & good birding (I shoulda been scouting for the Taverner Cup), Frank Pinilla Thornhill, ON DIRECTIONS: Jarvis SL - Hw

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-backed Woodpecker in Toronto

rooms. Hope this helps, Regards, Frank Pinilla Thornhill, ON From: Jean Iron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2004/04/01 Thu AM 11:22:50 EST To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Subject: [Ontbirds] Black-backed Woodpecker in Toronto Ontbirders, Andre

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