[Ontbirds] Shorebirds and warblers in North Bay

Some 22 species of lovely wood warblers have now graced the North Bay area, most of them at the Laurier Woods reserve area, within the centre of North Bay. But, perhaps most unusually, the Callander lagoon, easterly cell is just about perfect for migrating shorebirds at the moment. Some 50

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owls near North Bay , Northern Shrikes!

Three Snowy Owls have been hanging out recently, about 15 miles east of North Bay. One is upon Development Road between Rutherglen Road and Mt. Pleasant Road. That is just about 4 miles south and east of the little community of Rutherglen, which is upon highway 17, about 13 miles due east of

[Ontbirds] Brambling, North Bay

The Brambling is present again today, Thursday, its second day at this site. It feeds on the ground, often with a large group of Evening Grosbeaks - close under a number of feeders, on the property of Vic Rizzo at 1025 McIntyre St. W. in North Bay. Vic asks that no one come upon the lawn, but stay

[Ontbirds] Rough-legs, near North Bay, Ont.

Four Rough-legged Hawks, one a dark phase, were hovering over the farm fields near the vicinity of the Warren sewage lagoons on Wed. aft. Warren is about 40 miles due west of North Bay, along Hwy #11. The lagoon area is one mile due east of the town, and just north of the highway. A road into the

[Ontbirds] Warbler, etc. fallout in North Bay

3 1/2 hours north of Toronto, the warblers - 12 species of them, Scarlet Tanager, Least Fly., Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Solitary Sandpipers, a veritable feast of spring migrants arrived in North Bay on Friday morning. Most , including, a close-up tanager, Blackburnian, Nashvilles, Cape May, BWs,

[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl, North Bay

A fairly co-operative Northern Hawk Owl has been showing itself regularly for the past week or so, near 688 Ouellette Road, between Quae Quae and Lavigne Roads. These latter 2 roads are about 5 miles due east of North Bay, off hwy 17, and cross hwy 94 which goes south from the intersection of

[Ontbirds] Glaucous, Iceland, and Black-backed gulls etc. at North Bay landfill,

Recent plummeting, colder weather has reduced drastically the previous several hundreds of gulls (mostly Herring) (now only about 150 gulls present) at the North Bay landfill, but left behind at least a dozen Glaucous, of all ages, a few juvenile Icelands, and juveniles of both black-backed gulls,

[Ontbirds] Red-throated Loon, Trout Lake, North Bay

A Red-throated Loon has appeared along the southerly edge of Trout Lake, near North Bay this morning - Saturday Nov. 16. -- Dick Tafel - 705 472-7907 Check - New Entries ­ Nov. 2 9 !! - on my Direct Democracy blog: at -

[Ontbirds] Arctic Gulls - North Bay.

The North bay landfill site has huge numbers of gulls these days, including at least 8 Glaucous, including a beautiful adult; fewer Iceland, Great Black-backed, and of course several hundred of Herring in various plumages. Thayers have been detected, also ­ though misidentification of this

Re: [Ontbirds] Nelson's Sparrow - Powassan and L. Black-backed Gulls - North Bay

Josh; Good for you for discovering the sparrow and gull. As far as the sparrow is concerned it has been noticed at lest two previous years about this time of year, there. As for Lesser-Black-backed, they have fairly often been noticed at the North bay landfill dump, usually earlier, as you have

[Ontbirds] Marbled Godwit, Powassan lagoon

Talking about godwits, a Marbled Godwit was at the Powassan lagoon, northerly cell, to-day. It, along with a dozen or so Lesser Yellow-legs and gulls, was temporarily disturbed by a soaring Red-shouldered Hawk from neighbouring woods. This lagoon is just north of Powassan, on the westerly side

[Ontbirds] White-winged Dove, North Bay

All; The White-winged Dove is very much alive and healthy in North Bay. Saw it very readily yesterday aft. It is more often, it seems at the residence of 1557 Pinewood Cresc. , than at a neighbours ­ 1532 ­ but could be located at one or the other. The main respondent is Peter Mladen -

[Ontbirds] North Bay White-winged Dove;

All; Just to correct: - North Bay is 350 kms. north of Toronto ­ NOT 350 MILES! -- Dick Tafel Check out my Direct Democracy blog: http://youcancontrolyourgovernment.blogspot.com/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the

[Ontbirds] North Bay White-winged Dove;

All; Just to correct: - North Bay is 350 kms. north of Toronto ­ NOT 350 MILES! -- Dick Tafel Check out my Direct Democracy blog: http://youcancontrolyourgovernment.blogspot.com/ ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the

[Ontbirds] White-winged Dove

All; Just to correct: - North Bay is 350 kms. north of Toronto ­ NOT 350 MILES! The White-winged Dove is still around! -- -- Dick Tafel Check out my Direct Democracy blog: http://youcancontrolyourgovernment.blogspot.com/ ___ ONTBIRDS

[Ontbirds] Chimney Swifts;

Seeing all the recent comments about Chimney Swifts, - they have arrived (probably to-day) in good numbers in North Bay! (4 stop-lights due north of Toronto). First half dozen were noticed about noon, while to-night at least one-hundred found their way into a popular chimney which happens to

[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owls;

This is just to let you know that there seem to be a fair number of Northern Hawk Owls gracing our North Bay, Sturgeon Falls region this winter. At least 5 are about ­ in different local areas. If any are interested, just phone me. Dick Tafel, 705 472-7907

[Ontbirds] Yellow Rail in Nipissing (near North Bay)

All A surprise greeted 6 birders from North Bay recently when they heard the distinctive call of one (or more) Yellow Rails. They were seeking Sedge Wrens or possible Leconte Sparrows near Astorville, Ont. when the Rail call was heard. This was between 8:45 and 9:00PM. After 9:15 the

[Ontbirds] 1. Hudsonian Godwit - Powassan lagoon, (south of North Bay!); 2. Yellow Rails?

All; 1. - No huge number of warblers at one area up here yet, as seems to be the case at so many places down south (they are already spreading out?) ­ but one very interesting, other bird must be mentioned: a beautiful, full plumaged Hudsonian Godwit at the Powassan lagoon, on Monday

[Ontbirds] Peregrine Falcon, North Bay area

A Peregrine Falcon was seen well on March 14 at the Ontario edge of the Ottawa River about one mile north of Mattawa. It was perched just off the shoulder of highway 533, running north of town. Unfortunately I cannot send a pic of it through this route. Very early migrant for this area (none

[Ontbirds] (Arctic) Three-toed Woodpecker - Field (n.w. of North Bay)

All; A certainly rare in any season, (Arctic) Three-toed Woodpecker was located, and watched leisuredly, as it worked hard to find food on the trunk of one ³ripe² tree by young Chris Suhka, of Field, along with your reporter and Fred Pinto, on Saturday aft. It will probably be around that

[Ontbirds] White-fronted Goose, Lesser Black-backed Gull; North Bay area

All; The said goose has been seen at the now vacant (of golfers) Osprey Links golf course along with two or three hundred Canadas for the past few days. The course can be accessed via Cranberry road which is just a few miles south of North Bay off highway 11 B ­ past the Clarion Hotel., (or

[Ontbirds]Bohemian Waxing, Redpolls, North Bay

all; At a number of places around North Bay good-sized flocks of early Bohemian Waxwings have been noted at or near berry bushes during the past three days; also early Common Redpolls - at evening primrose plants, and Evening Grosbeaks. A White-fronted Goose (from Greenland?) was

[Ontbirds]North Bay Count - 43 species. Over 600 participants!

Under very pleasant winter conditions conditions ( though with periodic snowsqualls), some 600 people participated in the 27th annual North Bay Christmas count on Sunday. Most were at their feeders - where also were most of the birds. This large number should keep North Bay as the most active

[Ontbirds]Arctic Gulls including Thayer's - North Bay

Just thought I should mention that the North Bay landfill site, 20 kms due north of the city off Sand Dam road (off hwy. # 11) is producing a lot of lovely Arctic gulls at the moment. At least 10 striking Glaucous of three ages are present, along with of course hundreds of Herring of all ages.

[Ontbirds]Birding Trips - North Bay, June 3-5

I would like to invite each and every one of you to Gateway to Nature, the 74th Annual Ontario Nature Conference Nature Canada Annual General Meeting, hosted by the Nipissing Naturalist Club at Nipissing University, North Bay, June 3-5. In addition to the informative sessions featuring

[Ontbirds] North Bay, the largest (and coldest?) Xmas bird count - Dec.19

All; By now you must be very tired waiting to hear about our Christmas count - which occurred on Dec. 19. It was positively the coldest day in recent memory; - 45 degrees below zero with wind-chill factor figured in. It was an unpleasant day for birdwatching, to put it mildly (semi-pun).