The Turkey Vultures (28 at present) have returned for the 6th year in a
row to the pine roost behind the B & B
1000+ tundra swans on the Onion fields south of 20
GBH now and in the Harbor all winter
Killdeer all over the county and Snow Bunting numbers are dropping fast.
Jays, Grackles, Male
Hello everyone: 40+ Turkey Vultures were observed from our back deck today
(October 5) between 1:30 and 1:45 flying west ward over the Town of
Brighton.
Quite impresssive. The Fork-tailled Flycatcher at Prince Edward Point Bird
Observatory was absolutley magnificent.
Maureen Campeau and Rodn
Hi all
My first posting. Was travelling Northbound on old Highway 50 between Hwy 9 and
89 on Saturday afternoon(Oct 30) about 2.30 PM.Weather overcast and light rain
falling. Wife was driving so I had a chance to take in some scenery and
birding. Observed several rough legged hawks and a few re
12 turkey vultures were soaring just above the trees while we going down the
403 from Ancaster about 3:15p.m. today.
Ted Dinniwell
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I had 2 TV's today at Vic/Park and the 401 flight NE. Time 3:10 EDT. Spring
yes!
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Cheers
Mike
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Six or seven Turkey Vultures flew over my back yard in Stratford this morning.
They might have come from the landfill site. I thought I saw one there
yesterday but wasn't sure.
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Tonight at 5:20 I had a flight of 40 Turkey Vultures in North London at
Richmond & Fanshawe. Quite the sight for this time of year!
Good Birding,
Ellen Smout
London, Ontario
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At 12:40 pm - at Fletcher Creek area in Brampton, saw a large group of 24
Turkey vultures migrating SW.
Conditions were windy but the birds were finding some thermals to soar.
Thanks,
Ajay Shekdar
Brampton
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There were several "Committees" of Turkey Vultures flying north-east over the
Town of Essex in southern Essex County today. I saw at least 6 Committees of 6
or 8 vultures each fly over the Essex Civic Centre just north of Highway 3 in
Essex. More could be seen off in the distance to the south-we
To-day while heading to Brantford I came across 2 groups of turkey vultures
10 birds were east of Wellandport quite low down and moving N/W on the
Canborough Rd.
From the Q.E. take exit 57 and go past Reg.Rd.20,to Reg.Rd.63 and circle
these roads hoping that they are still about.
The 2 others w
Greetings birders
As like many winters past, it seems a few Turkey Vultures have taken
to wintering west of Hamilton, this time around the area of
Jerseyville, which is on Governor's Rd between Dundas and Paris. Today
I saw a couple circling just north of town, and last week a group of 9
were land
A friend just called to tell me that there are turkey vultures circling just
above the treetops on Christopher Plummer Dr. in Stratford. Forget the
groundhogs and listen to the turkey vultures instead.
Rhonda
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> On Jan 30, 2016, at 12:30, Carol Berney wrote:
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> Six or se
Hello
Today at the parking lot at the visitor ctr there were kettles of Turkey
Vultures along with Red Tails Red Shoulder hawks along with two Peregrine
Falcons. TV'S numbers were over 300 +. None appeared to migrate west.
Parking lot at Point Pelee visitor ctr at 1:30 bird time. Hopefully with
no
Hi all,
While going for walk with my wife at about 7:15pm a small kettle of 6 Turkey
Vultures
( possibly more) were attempting to still
pick up a thermal even as the sun was setting over our subdivision.
Good birding,
Sigi Bodach
Aurora, ON
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Hello Birders.
On Saturday whilst travelling we saw two
TURKEY VULTURES about 30 Kms. east of Brantford.
Today while travelling back there were several TVs in almost the same spot.
Our first for this year.
Good Birding.
Alf.
A. Rider.
Forest.
Ont.
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At least 4 Turkey Vultures were seen flying over or near the intersection of
Colborne St and Wayne Gretzky Parkway at 10am this morning. My guess is
that they are finding food at the nearby dump (where they like to hang out
in the summer)
Take Wayne Gretzky Parkway exit off 403 and head south
For those winter listing, this may be of interest. Not that these beasts
stay in one place but at approx 2:30 p.m. today, Dave Don and I had 7 Turkey
Vultures sitting in spruce trees on 4th Concesssion West in Flamborough. We
would have missed them had Dave not seen one flap their wings. The bir
Hello
I know this is not a rare species but they are the first Turkey Vultures
I've seen this year. Sighted 6 at Bayview & Major Mac. flying East.
Cheers
Mike Williamson
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6 Turkey Vultures in a group is nice to see, but hardly worth comment,
except that they were all sitting on a barn roof at noon today and three
were spreading their wings in the sun like anhingas!
South on Newtonville road from 401 to Lakeshore road, east to first barn on
the north side. (No i
While birding the Holiday Beach area today me and my brother had 3 Turkey
Vultures fly by directly over the restaurant Ducks On The Roof heading east
on Highway 20 or old highway 18 as most of us remember it .
Robert Horvath
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We sighted 2 Turkey Vultures at Port Stanley around 11:00 a.m. this morning.
The first was on Union Road just outside of Port Stanley & the second was just
on the north edge of the town.
Brenda Masson
Keith Hamilton
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This afternoon just after lunch I found 24 Turkey Vultures perched on the
rooftops of the old church at Jerseyville Rd and Field Rd in Ancaster. That
is just west of Hamilton off the 403. Most were sitting still but 2 flew
from roof to roof and 2 others sat with wings outstretched in the sun. It
al
We live in Harrow, Ontario with a north facing deck. I went outside with my
binoculars and a coffee around 10:00 am and there was a huge stream of TVs.
The first string I counted 211 TVs and I missed the start of this string.
Within an hour I estimated at least 500 TVs all heading towards Hol
Hello all,
Not rare but quite late to move on. At 1:57 my wife and I had 3 TV's
circling over downtown Picton On.
Cheers Mike and Diana Williamson
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At 7 PM this evening, we counted 39 Turkey Vultures roosted in the edge of the
woods.
The birds are roosted in trees that are literally only yards away from the
shoulder of Hwy #22, right at the curve in the road at the west edge of the
village of Warwick.
If you are coming from the east on H
Four Turkey Vultures were over Glen Abbey and Dorval Drive in Oakville
yesterday at 4 pm. Also we had a Sharp Shinned Hawk looking for its lunch at
our feeder on Glen Oak around 1 pm. Two Pine Siskens are still hanging
around here as well.
Judy
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I saw two Turkey Vultures this morning at the junction of CR 10 and CR
11, in Prince Edward County.
Garry
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I had a good group of TV's 36 in total over Altona Rd and Whitevale Rd at
2: 05 EDT. Once again this location is in Pickering ON.
Cheers
Mike Williamson
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Hello Everyone:
I saw a group of 16 Turkey Vultures in that same location Jan 2nd from the
403 looking north. Probably the same bunch.
I thought that group was well known so I did not post. I am pretty sure we
would have gotten them in the Hamilton CBC December 26.
Rob Porter, our proficient col
The Turkey Vultures have successfully laid 2 eggs in the same nest site
as last year near Taylor Woods. Pictures may be seen at:
http://www.sentex.net/~tntcomm/kwfn/KWFN%20Photo%20Gallery.html
The handsome red-bellied male has managed to lure a bedraggled female to
the feeder station at Taylor
The highlight of the day at Beamer Hawkwatch occurred in the first 10 minutes.
At 9:10, five turkey vultures flew along Ridge Road heading west. The only
other raptors today were two red-tails.
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A group of 15 turkey vultures were seen soaring high above Peterborough from
the downtown area at approximately 5:00pm on Friday, March 23. The group
appeared to be moving west.
Cheers
P. Woodard
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A large flock of Turkey Vultures have been roosting in the forest at the edge
of Warwick, Ont for years. At this time of year, with no leaves on the trees,
they are very visible from the side of Hwy #7, right where the road curves at
the west end of town, looking west into the forest.
This morn
Mar. 19, 2011
While traveling north to Gravenhurst today my wife and I spotted several Turkey
vultures and two Tundra swans flying over Highway 169 between Beaverton and
Gravenhurst. Several more Turkey vultures were seen just north of Huntsville
on Hwy 11. It seems the vultures have arrive
Today Kenny and I had 5 Turkey Vultures near the town of Crosshill,
north-west of Waterloo, they were moving north-westerly fairly slowly. This
follows a report of 2 Turkey Vultures over Fisher Hallman and University
Roads in Waterloo about 2 weeks ago by my sister, Gill.
The feeders at our ho
Turkey Vultures are flying in groups from the lake north over our farm in
Houghton Township, Norfolk County today (Mar 14th).
We are located at the southwest edge of Norfolk County approx 14 kms east of
Port Burwell, at the corner of Fairground Road and North Road.
Kathryn Boothby
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Good day Ontbirders,
I took a day off work to tour around a bit today, got a couple, missed a couple.
Started by heading to Brantford Airport where I could not find any Gray
Partridges, there were several (10+) prairie subspecies Horned Larks feeding
along the roadsides. On my way back toward
Winter Listers:
Just a few goodies that people have dug up today for winter listers who are
out.
1) Dave Don just phoned to advised that there are 5 Turkey Vultures at
the same roost as last year on Concession 5 just west of Woodhill Road near
the Patterson Tract. Earlier today, I ha
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