3 pine grosbeaks calling and flying over Meyersburg Flea Market.
Directions- 5 Kms south of Campbellford on Hwy 30. Hwy 401 to Hwy 30 north to
Meyersburg.
Gerry & denise Doekes
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There are at least ten birds in the front yard now. RegardsKevin Shackleton
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I was pleasantly surprised to find a small flock of 5 female Pine Grosbeaks
feeding in my Chanticlear Pear tree this morning.Newmarket is accessible via
the 404 exiting at Davis Dr. or the 400 exiting at Hwy 9/Davis Dr.From the 400
go east on Davis Dr to Yonge St and turn N and go to the 3rd
PINE GROSBEAKS – SOUTH OF GUELPH, AND NORTH OF ABERFOYLE.
WE HIT IT LUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AT 3:30 AND SAW SIX PINE GROSBEAKS.
AT LEAST TWO WERE MALES IN THEIR VIVID RED COLOURING!
FROM HAMILTON, GO NORTH ON #6 HIGHWAY OVER THE 401 AND CONTINUE
NORTH (USED
A flock of about 25 Pine Grosbeaks continues to feed at the crab-apples trees
near the University of Guelph. Picture is attached.
Jim Bowman, Waterloo
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Pine Grosbeaks still present as of 2:05pm.
Lifer for myself!
Happy birding,
Mallory
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Pine Grosbeaks--University
Just had a flock of roughly a dozen Pine Grosbeaks feeding on crabapples on the
University of Guelph campus. All immature males and/or females. Fairly tame
birds so you can get fairly close to them. Lots of crabapples here so they'll
probably stick around for a little bit.
To get to University
Following up on S Bodach's Friday post, we found 15 pine grosbeaks at the
Seneca College King Campus at noon today. The birds were on the lawns and at a
crabapple, all near the westerlydrop-off/ bus stop turning circle and east 100
yds to the maintenance entry. This is the academic/sports
Hi Ontbirders:
Found some Pine Grosbeaks this afternoon including males at the Ottawa Duck
Club on March Valley Road near the intersection of Riddell. While down there,
I ran into long time Ottawa birder Bruce Dilabio who mentioned seeing 2 Great
Gray owls from March Valley Road at a
Earlier today while picking up one of my kids from
Seneca College King Campus there were at least 6
Pine Grosbeaks working the trees and on the ground
at the bus stop / student drop off area. They were not
bothered people walking by . At least 1 male and 5 females.
A late report regarding Snowy
Hi all,
I decided to sign up for this list after finding a few decent winter birds
around the Greenbank area (5 Eastern Bluebirds, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker, and 2 Lapland Longspurs - you can contact me in private
for details of any of those sightings if you're
Hi Ontbirders:
This morning I had the pleasure to observe a small flock of Pine Grosbeaks at
the Ottawa Duck Club feeders along March Valley Road near Riddell. There were
a number of males in the group.my first this season. Most flocks I have
seen up to now comprise mostly females and
Currently right at the corner of Canon Smith Dr and Fitzroy st in Fitzroy
Harbour Ottawa area are a dozen Pine Grosbeaks and 6 Common Redpolls in and out
of the cedars to the ditch.
Peter
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While walk the trails behind Bell High School in Nepean in western Ottawa I I
photographed a flock of about 20 female Pine Grosbeaks feeding on crab apples.
There were few Aimerican Robins around as well. Shortly afterwards a flock of
about 80-100 Bohemian Waxwings came in to feed as well.
We saw a flock of Pine Grosbeaks at noon today in Merrickville. They were
feeding in crab apple trees behind the Yellow Canoe Restaurant at the main
intersection (Main Street and St. Lawrence St.). See pictures at
https://sites.google.com/a/ontariobird.com/ontario-birds/Home/recent-photos
Today at 10:30 am I watched a group of 5-6 Pine Grosbeaks feeding at the top of
some large spruce trees, at Km 4 of the Red Trail.
One member of the group sang for about a minute. When I returned to the car
park a single bird of the same species flew over.
To get there, drive north of
Nov 3, 2012 at Cape Chin South Road, Bruce Peninsula, County of Bruce (use
Goggle Maps for directions)
22 Bohemian Waxwings resting in tree
4 female Pine Grosbeaks feeding on small willows
1 Rough-legged Hawk
Small flocks of White-winged Crossbills and lots of Pine Siskins in many areas.
Alfred
On an afternoon walk, I was surprised and delighted to encounter a small flock,
all female, of five Pine Grosbeaks feeding at close range along Lingham Lake
Rd. near Cooper, north of Madoc.As an American recently moved up here, this was
my first time seeing this species in North America,
One male and three female or juvenile pine grosbeaks have started coming to
black oil sunflower feeders daily. They were coming mid afternoon but today
they arrived at 9:30am. The grey jay feeding pattern is decreasing at the
suet feeder. They visit in the mid afternoon.
Bruce Mines is three
Hi folks sorry this is a little dated we had pine grosbeaks at the marsh
last Friday and as recently as yesterday as well several small flocks of
redpolls are at the marsh
Bruce Murphy
Hilliardton Marsh Ontario
We are located approximately 6 hours North of Toronto just North of Lake
I found two female Pine Grosbeaks in Laurier Woods, North Bay today. To find
Laurier Woods go north on Highway 11, turn left on the first traffic lights in
North Bay, turn right on Franklin and turn left onto Brule.
Cheers, Brent
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After having not seen the pine grosbeaks for a couple days, they just made an
appearance (4:45 p.m.) in the crabapple tree again. There were 6 of them.
The pine siskins are still hanging around cleaning out the feeder and
chattering up a storm. A few juncoes have hopped through the
You're probably tired of hearing it, but the pine grosbeaks were just here
again today, 7 of them. (Glenburnie, north of Kingston, near corner of Unity
Rd. and Hwy 10.)
Yesterday there was an immature bald eagle circling over the trees near our
cottage, north of Perth Road Village.
Pine
The pine grosbeaks were feeding in my crabapple tree again this morning, about
6 females. I went out with the camera and was taking some pictures when my
neighbour pulled in with his truck and scared them off, that's when the whole
flock joined up in mid-air and I realized there were a lot
I saw the pine grosbeaks again this morning, they were munching happily on the
crabapples in the tree in my backyard.
Glenburnie, north of Kingston, near the corner of Unity Rd. and Hwy 10 (Perth
Rd.)
Rose-Marie Burke
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I tried to send a message this morning, but it bounced back. There were about
6 pine grosbeaks here in Glenburnie this morning. (North of Kingston, near
corner of Unity Rd. and Hwy 10.)
Rose-Marie Burke
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We saw a flock of about 15 Pine Grosbeaks at the Jack Pine Trail in Ottawa
today. All the ones I could see clearly were females (it was overcast and
raining).
Don Wigle
Ottawa
Directions: about 1 km north of Fallowfield on Moodie Drive
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q
Just when I thought spring migrants and warm weather were on their way, we
end up with a windchill of -21 degrees celsius. Guess those Turkey Vultures
will take their time getting to Ottawa.
On our trip this morning we saw all of the spring migrants expected for the
area, minus the Great Blue
Hi all,
It's been a while since I have done any reporting but please note the
following:
On Monday (Feb.25) while dropping off one of my kids at school I observed
a flock of 9 Pine grosbeaks fly low over the school parking lot in
Aurora. I have
noticed wandering flocks off and on in our
March 3, 2008
Sharon and myself spotted a pair of Pine Grosbeaks at the Fingal Wildlife
Management Area.
Also seen there was our first Northern Flicker of the year.
Directions: The Fingal Wildlife Management Area is found just west of Fingal
on County Rd 16 in Southwold Township, central
Hello all,
There was a flock of Pine Grosbeaks in the Mt. Pleasant cemetary. I don't know
how many there were as I was not there birding but I could see at least 8
sitting in a deciduous tree. They were near marker 51. There is a lot of
cones and berries on the ornamental trees in the
At 13:00 on 25 January 2008 I saw a flock of 6 pine grosbeaks on the
campus of Wilfrid Laurier University. I heard them call, and looking up
saw two perched on the top of a tree; four others flew in to join them.
There was at least one adult male among the group; all the others had
paler
Today, New Years Day, at approx 1 pm there were still at least 3 Pine Grosbeaks
feeding in the crabapples on Concession St E. Visibility was poor but two
females and one male were feeding about 100 ft north of Concession.
Also at the corner of Bragg Rd and Highway 2 was a very tame Merlin
Update to Pine Grosbeaks on Walkers Line.
Today at approximately 11am about 40 Pine Grosbeaks showed well at 4250
Walkers line.
There were lots of male birds in the flock, and they were photographed well.
Directions: Qew to Walkers Line, just north of Hyw. 407 between first line
and
Pine Grosbeaks, Eastern Bluebirds, Peregrine Falcon, NE of Bowmanville
The Pine Grosbeaks were still present near Bowmanville, as reported by Rick
Lauzon on Dec. 26. A flock of about 45 birds, mostly females / immatures but
including some males, was seen on the north side of Concession St.
During some very sticky cross-country skiing at the David Dunlap Observatory
Park in Richmond Hill about noon today we were thrilled to see a barred owl,
perhaps the same individual we saw in the same place about seven weeks ago. We
also saw a dozen pine grosbeaks in trees near the
After searching in vain for the Bohemian Waxwings in Guelph today (later I
learned found on College St. by Doug Hannah), we did see about 40 Pine
Grosbeaks thanks to Sam Berone. These birds were well west of the Arboretum
essentially behind the new Canadian Tire store in a long row of
Today, I found an excellent location for Pine Grosbeaks on Concession St E.,
about 150 yards East of Bragg Rd (east of Bowmanville).
There is an apple orchard on the north side of Concession St which includes
three complete rows of small crab apples.
There is enough food here to feed a large
On Monday Dec 10 a flock of 30 to 50 feeding on 20/25 roadside Crabapple
Trees on the property of Ferndale farm at 4250 Walkers Line in Burlington
about half way between #1 and 2 sideroads. The trees are well stocked with
fruit so it could be active for some time.
Peter McParland
Like a dummy I said that Oxford St. was east Of Yonge Street. It is WEST of
Yonge Street. Never know I have been here for 33 years :))
Thanks to Graham Leonard for drawing my attention to the error.
Norm Murr
Richmond Hill, ON
Sils mordent, mords les
For you local winter and other birders.
Just a block from my home at 1pm I found 12 Pine Grosbeaks feeding in a Crab
Apple Tree on Oxford Street in Richmond Hill. The tree is on the front lawn of
the first house east of Yonge Street on the north side of Oxford Street. This
tree looks like it
There has been a flock of about 10 Pine Grosbeaks at a tree on my lawn for a
week. They are in the tree nearly all day long eating the berries and I have
gotten some excellent photos. I also just saw a red shouldered hawk on
Campbellville road sitting
in a tree where Twiss road intersects.
Folks,
We headed out for a backroad drive north to Barrie and then up to Midland,
ending at Wye Marsh, bit of a quiet day.
In the Midhurst area, on the east side of Hwy 26 and north of Barrie, I had a
flock of 40+ Wild Turkeys at the intersection of Pooles Road and Old Second
South. The
Hi ONTbirders,
This Saturday morning I birded Pinery Prov. Park with Brett Woodman. It was
a productive day, as I found two target species for this weekend!
Along the river beside Riverside Campground, we came upon 3 Bohemian
Waxwings among many Cedar Waxwings.
A few minutes later, I heard the
Greetings birders thought people may be interested that 2 pine grosbeaks
were sighted at the Hilliardton marsh last Saturday and today we watched a
flock of 15 eating sunflower seeds near the banding shed. Hilliardton marsh
is located 15 km from NewLiskeard Ontario which 5 .5 hours north of
Further clarification to my recent posting:
Pinery Provincial Park is located just south of the town of Grand Bend on
Lake Huron.
Sue Read
today michelle and I saw 6 pine grosbeaks on salem just north of
hwy 7 in the pine trees on the east side of the road and one rusty blackbird
at the backyard feeder at the n.e corner of hwy 7 and salem.
regards
alan woods
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This afternoon we found about forty Pine Grosbeaks along the Trans Canada
Trail east of the Henry marsh in Bracebridge. There have been small
numbers of them in that area for the past two weeks but this is the first
time there were so many you couldn't miss them
This afternoon we found about forty Pine Grosbeaks along the Trans Canada
Trail east of the Henry marsh in Bracebridge. There have been small numbers
of them in that area for the past two weeks but this is the first time there
were so many you couldn't miss them. They were calling frequently
On Saturday morning I found a small flock of Pine Grosbeaks on Dollars Lake
(part of the
Pickerel/French River system) about 1.5 hrs drive SE of Sudbury.
On that same outing, I also heard a mystery bird which I presume was an owl
given the time of day
and nature of the call. The call was
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