[Ontbirds] Marsh Monitoring Program Training and Orientation Session in Belleville, Ontario

2006-03-16 Thread Kathy Jones
Bird Studies Canada's Marsh Monitoring Program (MMP), in conjunction with Terry Sprague, Environment Canada, the Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan and Quinte Conservation are looking for outdoor adventurers to be trained as amphibian and/or bird monitors (no prior experience necessary) for

[Ontbirds]York Region Migrants

2006-03-16 Thread RON FLEMING
In York region, which is north of Toronto and south of Lake Simcoe, the flooded fields at the northern terminus of Bathurst Street constitute a sort of poor man's Long Point. The spectacle of seeing literally thousands of swans, ducks and geese staging along the northern shore of Lake Erie is

[Ontbirds]Quinte Area Bird Report for week ending March 16, 2006

2006-03-16 Thread Terry Sprague
WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR THE WEEK ENDING Thursday, March 16, 2006 From a week that was so boring that I was reduced to reporting rats at a feeder to create any kind of a report at all, to one that is bustling with signs of spring in the offing.

[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 16 Mar 2006

2006-03-16 Thread David F. Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/16/2006 * NYBU0603.16 - 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 dfsuggs

[Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending March 16, 2006.

2006-03-16 Thread Fred Helleiner
After being held back by unfavourable winds for a week or more, the first major surge of spring migrant birds, both land birds and water birds, reached Presqu'ile Provincial Park on the weekend. Most of those birds are still present and should provide interesting birding for visitors to the