[Ontbirds]Tiny Marsh today

Hi all. Fine midsummer birding this a.m. at Tiny Marsh. Nothing unexpected, but there were many Black Terns, a few still at nests quite close to the walkway. Good numbers of Pied-billed Grebes, a pair of Common Loons with chick, a Moorhen with two young, a cygnet with the Trumpeter pair, a few

[Ontbirds]yellow warbler, rusty cap

Hello folks. This morning I had a very brief backyard visit from a male yellow warbler with a distinct rusty tinge to its crown. This cap was not sharply defined at the margins, but the coloration was very clear, and it was a feature I haven't been aware of before. Have I just been missing some

[Ontbirds]towhee in midtown Toronto

Hi all. The Redpolls that have attended my nyjer feeders at Bathurst and Eglinton every day since 8 December dwindled down to just two individuals yesterday. To brighten things, however, beside the plentiful Goldfinches, there was a Brown Creeper in the yard yesterday morning, and this morning pr

[Ontbirds]Snowy Owl London

Greetings Ontbirders, Early this afternoon (Feb. 3) we had a Snowy Owl loafing on a fence post and hunting a field near the intersection of the 401 and Colonel Talbot Drive, just west of London. >From the 401 take Colonel Talbot Drive south. Take the first left onto Tempo and then right onto Col

[Ontbirds]Red-shouldered Hawk Chatham

Greetings, This morning, Jan. 8th at 9:45 a.m. I was quite suprised to find an adult Red-shouldered Hawk in Chatham. The bird was on Bloomfield Road a few hundred meters south of Hwy 401. It was being harassed by a mumber of crows in a small wood lot on the east side of the road just south of th

[Ontbirds]Anhinga, Holiday Beach

Greetings, Early on the afternoon of Sept 23rd we (myself, Bob Pettit, Fred Urie et al) had a male Anhinga over the marsh west of the Holiday Beach Migration Observatory tower. The bird came in from the shore of Lake Erie and proceeded north low over the marsh and headed up Big Creek towards the

[Ontbirds]Warblers etc. Point Pelee

Greetings Ontbirders, As I have not seen a report from Point Pelee for April 29th I thought I would let everyone heading in that direction know that we had the first fallout of warblers. Right on Schedule for the Festival of Birds 2005 which starts May 1. Warblers: Yellow rumped (many) Black and

[Ontbirds]Cerulean Warbler Point Pelee

Greetings Ontbirders At 5:00 this afternoon we had a Cerulean Warbler at the watch tower on the DeLaurier Trail. Pictures at http://www.radley.ca/cerulean.html cheers, Claude and Nina Radley, Tilbury

[Ontbirds]Northern Rough-winged Swallow Point Pelee

In addition to birds listed by others we had three Northern Rough-winged Swallows on the wires along North Dike Road. Purple Martins are back at the colony at the park end of North Dike (first house on the left after turning onto North Dike from the park). North Dike Road is the first road to the

[Ontbirds]Purple Martins Point Pelee

Greetings Ontbirders, We had two Purple Martins over the Vistor's Centre at noon today. No othor new arrivals to report. The west beach afforded great views of Surf Scoter and huge rafts of Scaup etc. With the east winds of the past few days the rafts are close to the west shore and should rema

[Ontbirds]Grasshopper, Field Sparrows, Point Pelee

Greetings Ontbirders, On a very abreviated trip to the park today the only new birds I had were 4 Field Sparrows at the Sparrow Fields accessed from Deslaurier. Had a report of a Grasshopper Sparrow and a Mockingbird at the tip. cheers, Claude Radley Tilbury

[Ontbirds]Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Barnswallows Point Pelee

Greetings Ontbirders, A fairly quiet day at Pelee today. A female Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and 3 Barn Swallows at the point were the only new birds seen. Eared Grebes were of the west side of the point. cheers, Claude Radley, Tilbury

[Ontbirds]Yellow-rumped Warbler Point Pelee

Ontbirders, April 6: We took another short trip to Pelee late this afternoon to try for the Waterthrush. No luck with it this time but we did have a Yellow-rumped the same location. Our first warbler of the season. Also had an Eastern Towhee at the same spot. Between post 15 and 16 on the Wood

[Ontbirds]Hermit Thrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, Point Pelee

Hello Ontbirders Today, April 6, was slower than anticipated at Pelee given the weather. Highlights were my first Hermit Thrush of the year and another look at the Louisiana Waterthrush reported yesterday. Both birds were between post 15 and 16 on the Woodlands Trail (south of the centre). The W

[Ontbirds]Eastern Phoebe, Tree Swallow, Bluebird, etc Point Pelee

Greetings Ontbirders, The push of warmer air into southern Ontario has Point Pelee getting busier. Todays highlights were: more than a dozen Eastern Phoebes through out the park and beyond, half a dozen Tree Swallows along the north dike road, a male Eastern Bluebird at Delaurier, and at the tip 2