Re: [Ontbirds] Great Egrets with red and white leg bands

2019-08-09 Thread Brian Morin via ONTBIRDS
Good to know. I'll pass the information along to a few club members who are out on a regular basis. Our roost on Richmond Drive was inactive last year although a few dozen birds fed there regularly last year. This year the area is heavily overgrown with cattails and there is no roost or feeding. I'

[Ontbirds] Great Egrets with red and white leg bands

2019-08-08 Thread Weseloh, Chip (EC) via ONTBIRDS
>Hi Birders, > About a month ago, we banded approximately 100 young flightless Great Egrets > at colonies in Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) and in eastern Lake Ontario. The > young birds are probably now flying and dispersing throughout southern > Ontario. They are banded with field readable red p