Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow - Burlington area

2019-11-05 Thread Richard Poort via ONTBIRDS
The Black-throated Sparrow has been reported again today in the same area as before. (along the Sheldon Creek Trail near Cottontail Court all afternoon today. GPS coordinates: 43.3767158, -79.7299756) I am not there, just passing the information along for those interested. Take Burloak Dr south f

[Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow - Burlington area

2019-11-04 Thread Jeremy Bensette via ONTBIRDS
The Black-throated Sparrow found by Mark Jennings yesterday has been consistently at the same spot along the Sheldon Creek Trail near Cottontail Court all afternoon today. GPS coordinates: 43.3767158, -79.7299756 Jeremy Bensette Point Pelee and Essex County area guiding - Please contact me

[Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow

2019-11-04 Thread Ed McAskill via ONTBIRDS
Black-throated Sparrow has been relocated on trail behind original address Please refer to previously reported alerts for directions ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird rep

[Ontbirds] Black throated sparrow

2019-11-03 Thread George Prieksaitis via ONTBIRDS
Bird is still showing well at end of Cottontail Court in Oakville. Please be considerate of local residents and parking. Cheers, George From: Cheryl Sent: Sunday, November 3, 2019 3:31 p.m. To: Dave Don CC: Hamilton ,Ontbirds Subject: Re: [hamiltonbirds] Black

[Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow, No on Saturday; Yes on Friday; Video: https://youtu.be/61jJ9y2rjjM

2019-10-05 Thread Fazio Luke via ONTBIRDS
https://youtu.be/61jJ9y2rjjM Hello folks: Here is the video of the Black-throated Sparrow that was found by TIM LOGAN at the Darlington Fields on Friday.https://youtu.be/61jJ9y2rjjM As far as I know, It was not seen today Saturday. But do not despair. It is most likely still in the area.Good lu

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Frank Pinilla (gmail) via ONTBIRDS
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

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Michael Ferguson via ONTBIRDS
Take Courtice Rd exit off 401, proceed south on Courtice Rd for 100m, turn left on Megawatt Dr for 1km, turn right on Crago Rd for a few 100m, soccer fields on left On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 3:29 PM Peter Gilchrist via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > I am having difficulty following the d

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Peter Gilchrist via ONTBIRDS
I am having difficulty following the directions to this bird. The maps I have do not show Megawatt Road or Cargo Road. If someone has a set of directions which explains how to access those roads, I would much appreciate it. Thanking in advance, Peter Gilchrist Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 4,

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Taylor Brown via ONTBIRDS
Bird was still present when I left 10 mins ago, for those interested. Still many birders there. Good views but moving about the edge surrounding the soccer fields. On Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 1:15 PM Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS, wrote: > Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower f

[Ontbirds] Black throated sparrow - warning accident on the 401 eastbound

2019-10-04 Thread charmaine anderson via ONTBIRDS
FYI - 401 is backed up to Salem. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http

[Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS
Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower field this morning The bird is still here.   Directions Exit courtice rd and head south to megawatt rd. Turn left and follow megawatt. To crago rd. Turn south. The soccer field on on the east side of rd. Bird is feeding with oth

[Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow

2009-09-01 Thread Joe Stephenson
Aaron Allensen is unable to get on his server this morning and asked me to let folks know that his rare visitor, the Black-throated Sparrow was NOT spotted this morning in his garden. He will be keeping an eye out for it and we will re-post if there is another sighting on his property. F

[Ontbirds] Black-Throated Sparrow-Monarch Landing-Port Burwell

2009-08-31 Thread Aaron Allensen
Birders: I do apologize for this very late post. I haven't had time to read ontbirds today but it seems perhaps from my phone calls that none of the 60 or 70 people who saw the "Little Prince of Arizona" today have posted their experience. He is here. He is still spending most of hi

[Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow photos

2009-08-30 Thread Holden Family
I thought this bird was exciting enough to post some photos online for all to see. I have also noticed some of Alan Wormington's photos on the OFO photo page, as well as a few of Jean Iron's images on her own website (hopefully I'm not spoiling anything by announcing that). My own attempts can be s

[Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow-Monarch Landing-Port Burwell

2009-08-30 Thread Aaron Allensen
Birders: Firstly I would like to thank those very thoughtful people who brought me gifts from bird seed to chocolate in exchange for a good look at a rare bird. Your actions win you favour and you can come back another time. Having seen some faces and meeting people who's n

[Ontbirds] black-throated Sparrow in Port Burwell.

2009-08-30 Thread Terry Osborne
The bird was still present when I left the site at 11:00 am. The bird was not at all skitterish and seemed content feeding on seeds set out on the rear steps. Some 15 birders had preceded me and when I left perhaps only 3 others were there. I fully expect a throng to arrive sometime during the d

[Ontbirds] Black-Throated Sparrow-Monarch Landing-Port Burwell

2009-08-30 Thread Aaron Allensen
Birders: Thank you for leaving the phone lines so I could post this. The Black-throated sparrow was spotted this morning enjoying some breakfast on the patio. If you come to see please park beside the road and proceed down the lane marked "private." Port Burwell i