[Ontbirds]Cedar Creek CBC results

2005-12-22 Thread Paul Pratt
The Cedar Creek CBC covers the central southern portion of Essex County including Kingsville, Harrow, McGregor, Essex and a portion of the Lake Erie shoreline. The 21st Cedar Creek CBC was held on December 17. 88 species were recorded. Cackling Goose (3) was new to the count, bringing the

[Ontbirds]Bald Eagle

2005-12-22 Thread Joan Kotanen
This morning, Dec 22. there was a beautiful bald eagle flying back and forth for about 15 minutes over the lake close offshore by my building. It eventually flew eastnover the lake. I live at 2160 Lakeshore Rd. in Burlington. It is between Brant St and Guelph line where Rambo Creek flows

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

2005-12-22 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
On Thursday, December 22nd, 2005, this is the HNC Birding Report: BARROW'S GOLDENEYE TURKEY VULTURE GRAY CATBIRD PINE WARBLER EASTERN TOWHEE VESPER SPARROW SAVANNAH SPARROW RED CROSSBILL Pied-billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup White-winged

[Ontbirds]Toronto - Purple Sandpiper / CBC update

2005-12-22 Thread Marcel Gahbauer
Hello Ontbirders, A count week bird which may be of interest to birders is a Purple Sandpiper at Humber Bay East. It was seen Tuesday and yesterday at the far east end of the peninsula, near where the male Harlequin Duck has been frequently observed. Yesterday 3 Cackling Geese were also

[Ontbirds]6 taxa of Gulls @ SSM Landfill

2005-12-22 Thread Kirk Zufelt
Although the majority of Herring Gulls headed south about 3 weeks ago and the Ring-Billed Gulls are long gone many of the winter Gulls seem to be hanging in at the Sault Ste. Marie Landfill. In about 2 hours this afternoon I had 1-1st winter Great-Black Backed Gull, 6- Glaucous Gulls in various

[Ontbirds] Fwd: 40th. KETTLE POINT CHRISTMAS COUNT. December 17th. 2005.

2005-12-22 Thread ALFRED RIDER
Hello Ont Birders. Here are the results of the K.Pt. CBC. We had 31 registered Participants who braved the cool weather and icy streams to find the following birds. Total Species 66. That includes the 5 PEAHENS.Total individual birds-- 8868. Two

[Ontbirds]Bruce Peninsula National Park - CBC results

2005-12-22 Thread Ethan Meleg
Here are the results of the Bruce Peninsula National Park CBC, held on Wednesday, Dec. 21. 46 - species total (slightly above average for past 10 years) 2177 - individual birds (slightly below average for pas 10 years) 23 - particants (Thank you volunteers!) Highlights: Red-necked Grebe (14)

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending December 22, 2005.

2005-12-22 Thread Fred Helleiner
Now that it is officially winter, one could expect to find fewer birds at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, but the Christmas Bird Count last Sunday proved that there are more birds to be found in the Park than one might suspect, as long as there is a sufficient number of birders present to find

[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 22 Dec 2005

2005-12-22 Thread David F. Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/22/2005 * NYBU0512.22 - Birds mentioned -- Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL

[Ontbirds]Kingston area report to Dec 22

2005-12-22 Thread Peter and Jane Good
Kingston had another very successful Christmas bird count last Sunday Dec 18. The deep snow made walking in the bush somewhat difficult but milder temperatures meant lots of open water and therefore thousands of waterfowl. A Pacific Loon, Barrow's Goldeneye and an im. male King Eider were sighted