Hey folks,
I was out to do the first Ontario Shorebird Survey for this year at the
wetlands and despite the rotten weather I had some great birds.
There were 3 RED-NECKED GREBES in the fenced in cell and at least one (which I
was able to photograph) was in pretty much breeding plumage and looki
The traditional tire nest is again active in Bronte Harbour. As of this evening
there are two eggs.
Photos: www.flickr.com/photos/gavin_edmondstone/
Directions: Exit the QEW at Bronte Road (Oakville) and go south to the lake.
Turn left (only option) when Bronte Road ends and park just beyond
A pair of Red Necked Grebes on a nesting platform at Humber Bay East in Toronto
has a second clutch of 2 eggs, and a first family of 4 chicks. The first are
exactly one month old, I observed the first hatch May 21.
I'm reporting this as I believe it's unusual for them to have more than one
bro
Once again Red-necked Grebes are nesting in Bronte Harbour as they have every
year since 1997. The nest tire was recently installed and quickly occupied. As
of this afternoon there were no eggs. The nest is not a thing of beauty,
containing many large sticks. There is a photo on my Flickr page.
In addition to the Horned Grebes reported yesterday, there were three
Red-necked Grebes near to the boat launch at Shirleys Bay this morning at
8:00 am.
Directions
(taken from NeilyWorld): From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 134
(Moodie Drive). If travelling west, the 0.4 km offramp dumps
Subject: Red-necked Grebes St. Clair River
Some RED-NECKED GREBES are still on the St. Clair River at Cathcart Park.
At least one has been there for some time, but four (4) were visible today.
Three to the south of the park, and one at the north end. They are almost
in full breeding plumage.
Two
Today there were three Red-necked Grebes and a pair of Barrow's Goldeneye off
Bate Island on the Ottawa River. There was at least one Gray Partridge on Shea
Road near Brownlee Rd in the south west area of Ottawa. Otherwise very slow
birding
Michael
Michael Tate
1-613-863-8455
michaelt...@rog
Gentlemen;
It looks like the RNGRs are starting to come north. It will just be a matter
of consistently open water in Dyers Bay to get them to you. A giant lead (5 km
x 50 km has opened up just off Cape Hurd, but it is much too far away to see if
any waterfowl are using it.
Keep your eyes pe
This afternoon, along with Marianne Reid, Rosemary Reid and Rick Mayos, I
counted a total of **36** Red-necked Grebes on Lake Erie off NE Hillman Marsh.
Here there are a few leads in the otherwise frozen lake, and it is also the
location where 2 Red-necked Grebes were seen on March 5 (Jeremy Ha
At 11:45 today (January 13th) two winter-plumaged Red-necked Grebes were just
offshore in the Detroit River, approximately as far west as Crawford Avenue.
Upon approaching them, they dove grebe-like and resurfaced further out into the
river.
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Two Red-necked Grebes have been present since sunrise today in the small bay
bordering Goodfriend Drive and Havenwood Trail on Howe Island (Kingston
area). They are actively feeding and preening.
Sharon David
80 Havenwood Trail (Howe Island)
Gananoque, ON
613-532-2226
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There were three Red-Necked Grebes visible from the shoreline of the
Ottawa River at Shirley's Bay this morning (May 2) at 10:15 AM. Also, a
Nashville Warbler and Blue-headed Warbler heard (others have seen it
this morning) on the trail inside the National Defence property along
the fenceline
Hi Birders:
There are now two hatchling Red-Necked Grebes on the nest near the picnic dock
at Bronte Harbour. 4 eggs are still in the nest.
The Pied-Billed Grebe was also present in the Harbour among the boats between
the Compass restaurant and the large pier.
The Fish Crow was seen by the Fr
Took a walk to the end of the canal trail at Port Weller St Catharines this
morning, at the mouth of the canal where it meets the lake Red Necked Grebes
are there in numbers in winter and breeding plumage also more along by the
lighthouse counted a couple of dozen more furher out "feels like
A late morning birding walk around Rattray Marsh in Mississauga was very
quiet today but on our way back to the waterfront parking lot at Jack
Darling we spotted and had extended good views of a small group of
approximately a dozen Red-necked Grebes just off the beach. Referencing
Kaufman's Field
There is a Red-necked Grebe nest with at least two eggs in Bronte
Harbour. This nest is not in the usual area. It is amongst the boats
attached to a white plastic float (likely a boat fender) that is
apparently anchored in some manner. The nest is easily visible from
shore just east of the picn
Greetings Birders,
I spent half a day birding and photographing in Col. Sam Smith Park. The
highlight was the large number of Red-necked Grebes; 50 were in the harbour
along with one pair of Horned Grebes. Constant courtship behaviour was observed
amongst many of the grebes. Also in the harbo
Hi everyone... thanks to some information posted by Rip at a great forum,
http://www.naturesbestcreations.com/phpBB3/index.php
I was able to see and photograph the Red-necked Grebes in Bronte Harbour
yesterday evening. At their usual spot just east of the main building at the
Bronte Mari
For the 13th consecutive year Red-necked Grebes are nesting in the Bronte
Outer Harbour Marina. They are in the usual place just east of the
Lighthouse Restaurant. Two floating tires have been put out for the grebes
and both are occupied. The eastern nest has three eggs. The western nest
near t
This afternoon Sue and I observed that there was a hatchling at the
Red-necked Grebe nest in Bronte Harbour. The hatching was so recent that the
chick still appeared a bit wet from the egg and reddish skin was clearly
visible through the down which had not yet fluffed up. The two large pieces
o
This afternoon Sue and I saw a Red-necked Grebe nesting on a floating
tire/wheel in the Bronte Outer Harbour Marina...the same place as the last
few years. Two tires were put out for the grebes sometime within the last
week. The second tire is at the east end of the basin as the picnic dock.
Th
Once again we have a pair of Red-necked Grebes nesting on an anchored
floating tire in the Bronte Outer Harbour Marina. The nest is in the same
area as in recent years but a bit closer to the boaters' dock than last
year. There is another tire at the east end of the grebe area but it is not
occ
Birders,
I spent some time at Sarnia today and located two Red-necked Grebes. One
was at the Point Edward lakewatch spot at noon. Later in the afternoon it
was closer to the bridge.
Another Red-necked Grebe was at the entrance to Sarnia Harbour. (Sarnia
harbour is near the end of Exmouth Str
An increasingly popular site, a family of Red Necked Grebes nesting on a tire
in a marina along side of a fine restaurant. 2 adults and a recently hatched
chick are present here, and the feeding is continuous.
We watched "the changing of the guard" tonight as the adults made the switch..
(af
The Red-necked Grebes in Bronte Harbour are attempting a second nest on the
same floating tire as before. This evening there were five eggs in the nest.
Two were unsoiled indicating that they were layed recently. The juvenile bird
from the first nesting was absent on my visits on the weekend as
June 1, 2006
Things were very quiet at Rattray's Marsh today, but I was surprised to
find a flock of 30 Red-necked Grebes feeding offshore close to where their is
an opening in the sandspit on the lake side of the marsh. They were making
their courtship "braying" sounds and seemed to be
Photographers looking for a prettier Red-necked Grebe nest to shoot may be
interested in a nest in Bronte Marsh. The nest is anchored to lily pads at
the south edge of the pond off Bronte Creek just north of Lakeshore Road.
Bring your longest lens and be prepared to be buzzed by Eastern Kingbird
A pair of Red-necked Grebes are building a nest in
Paletta Park Burlington near the bridge over the
creek at the lake.
Trumpter swans # 766,773 & 777 have been at the
lakes at Valley Inn Road for the past week,
Paletta Park is on Lakeshore Road between Appelby
and Walkers Line Burlingt
After the loss of the first nest of the season there is now a Red-necked
Grebe nest on the most easterly of the trio of tires in the Bronte Outer
Harbour Marina. While a bit closer to shore than the previous nest on the
middle tire there is currently very little vegetation piled on this tire so
it
Dear Fellow Birders,
The Red-necked Grebes are back at Bronte Harbour, there were seven seen today
including one pair back nesting on their usual tire. Also seen was a Northern
Goshawk seen flying off to the west.
Directions: Take the QEW into Oakville, and exit at Bronte Rd and follow this
so
In my excitement to inform ONTBIRDS members about the spectacular showing of
Red-necked Grebes, I omitted a 0 in the number I stated. It should have been
2000 or more Grebes, with more arriving in flocks of twenty or so all the time
we were there. My apologies.
Ron Scovell
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