[Ontbirds] Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs and Horned Larks in Waterloo County.

Highlights from this afternoon: In the stubble field at the entrance to the driveway to 5771 Streicher Line at least 75 Horned Larks and 2 Lapland Longspurs. Very close looks. Photographs will be on my blog later this evening. Farther west along Streicher Line a huge flock of Snow Buntings compri

[Ontbirds] Northern Shrike in Waterloo

Behind the "new" library at the intersection of Fischer-Hallman and Laurelwood at 10:43 a Northern Shrike was hunting from the top of a sapling. David Gascoigne Waterloo, ON www.travelswithbirds.blogspot.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ont

[Ontbirds] Snow Geese at Reesor Pond

Ooops..directions should say west side of Reesor Road not east side of Reesor Road. David Gascoigne Waterloo, ON www.travelswithbirds.blogspot.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding orga

[Ontbirds] Snow Geese at Reesor Pond

Yesterday at noon - 2 white morph Snow Geese at Reesor Pond. Directions: Reesor Pond is at the east side of Reesor Road between Highway 7 and 14th Avenue in Markham David Gascoigne Waterloo, ON www.travelswithbirds.blogspot.com ___ ONTBIRDS

[Ontbirds] Possible Cackling Geese at Reesor Pond, Markham

I am always a tad reluctant to positively identify Cackling Geese, being fully aware that variables other than size may influence one's perception of the species. Today at Reesor Pond in Markham I observed two very small geese, barely bigger (if at all) than the ubiquitous Mallards. The neck appear

[Ontbirds] Bald Eagle at Laurel Creek C.A.

This morning my wife and I were treated to a splendid spectacle as a Bald Eagle (3rd year?) and an Osprey battled in the sky. Initially the eagle was being pestered by a crow, to which it paid no heed, but when the Osprey appeared on the scene a serious dispute ensued. The Osprey repeatedly dived o