[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Ross's goose, Greater White-fronted Goose and Sandhill Cranes

Hi Ontbirds I spent the day birding along the Ottawa River and south east of Ottawa. It was a great day and the weather conditions were more like October. In fact it was the first time I’ve every birded the eastern sewage lagoons in December. Normally everything is frozen and covered by snow.

Re: [Ontbirds] Ottawa-area: Ross's Goose - a few extra notes

Hi (again), Chalk my previous post up to excitement/nerves/over-analysis! I have looked through my photos more than enough and retract my comment re: this bird (Ross's) being a potential intermediate Ross's/Lesser. It is a juvenile Ross's. Sorry for the spam. Jon ___

[Ontbirds] Ottawa-area: Ross's Goose - A few extra notes

Hi there, It appears the bird is a juvenile. I first reported the bird as a juvenile to our (Ottawa's) local list-serve but then changed my mind when I posted to Ontbirds - I thought the coloration on the head was attributed to the surrounding mud that the bird was foraging in. The clean-white thr

[Ontbirds] Ottawa-area: Ross's Goose

Hi there, Today, at 5:15 PM, I had a single Ross's Goose amongst 1500-1700 (rough est) Canada Geese. The bird showed some grayish/brownish wash to the head but I think that is attributed to the mud it was foraging in. All other signs point to this being an adult bird. Please email for photos, if

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Ross's Goose

Hi Ontbirders While doing some yard work late this morning I observed a Ross's Goose fly over in a flock of Canada Geese. I was able to relocate the Ross's Goose along the Carp River off Rivington Street at 12:05pm. It was still present at 12:20pm. There were also 2 Snow Geese, 1 white and 1 blu

Re: [Ontbirds]Ottawa area - Ross's Goose, NO Tufted Titmouse

A correction to the directions for the Tufted Titmouse (apologies to Bob and Chris!) >From the Ross' Goose location, continue south and turn right onto St John, just past the Hallville sign, then turn right onto Christina Crescent. The bird was again there around 3:30 off and on for the next 1 1/

[Ontbirds]Ottawa area - Ross's Goose, NO Tufted Titmouse

Greetings Ontbirds people, At ~ 11:15 today (Nov. 21), and adult ROSS'S GOOSE was discovered by Tom Hanrahan, Mark Gawn and Marc Bosc (also seen by us & Mike Tate) with a flock of approx. 130 Snow Geese at a pond near Reid's Mills south of Ottawa. From Hwy 416, take exit 57 to Bankfield Rd., go s