[Ontbirds] Summer Tanager Bancroft

2015-05-16 Thread Mary Collins
A first spring Summer Tanager visited a feeding station on May 12th, at a residence in town. It returned to the site on the 13th when I and two others watched the bird foraging for insects in the upper branches of a Maple. It was last seen around noon. The resident photographed the bird. Br

[Ontbirds] Corrections on Swan report

2014-07-15 Thread Mary Collins via ONTBIRDS
The Swans were Trumpeter Swans. Sorry. B. Collins ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscrib

[Ontbirds] Trumper Swans at Uphill

2014-07-15 Thread Mary Collins via ONTBIRDS
Two adults with 3 cygnets were seen on July 10, 2014, in a cattail marsh on the North side of Kawartha Road 45 (Monk Road). The cite is 1.6 km east of Uphill (Juntion of 45 and Kawartha Road 35). No wing tags were seen on the adults. Time of sighting around 11AM. Bruce Collins

[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl near Apsley Ontario

2012-01-17 Thread Mary Collins
This morning Jan 17 around 10:10 AM my wife and I saw a Northern Hawk Owl hunting along Hyw. 28 between Apsley and Silent Lake Park. The location was about 3.2 km South of the entrance road to the Park. Silent Lake Park is between Apsley and Bancroft. Bruce Collins _

[Ontbirds] Hermit Thrush Bancroft

2010-12-13 Thread Mary Collins
A Hermit Thrush has been visiting our feeders for several days, feeding mostly on the ground and occasionally on the suet cake. The bird is in a residential area. Anyone interested can give me a call. Bruce Collins, mbcoll...@sympatico.ca Sent from my iPad_

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings near Ivanhoe

2010-01-19 Thread Mary Collins
KM to Joyce Road. Turn left (South) on Joyce for a few meters, then Right (West) on Sarles to the site. Bruce & Mary Collins mbcoll...@sympatico.ca ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organiza