[Ontbirds] Brighton Constructed Wetland

Greetings: A quick note to let everyone know that Tiny has photographed baby Virginia Rails at the Wetland. Totally awesome photos of the elusive bird. It was also reported that a baby Osprey has been seen on the nest. Maureen The Brighton Constructed Wetland is located on the south side of

[Ontbirds] Grassland species take over Windsor park.

Here in Windsor the outdoor workers have been on strike for over seven weeks now, leaving the city parks in grass about 50 cm high. Today (June 5th) at around 9 a.m. I was riding my bike at the Ford Test Track park, which is normally mowed for soccer and baseball games. I heard a familiar

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, June 5th, 2009

On Friday, June 5th, 2009, this is the HNC Birding Report: Blue-winged Teal Canvasback White-winged Scoter Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Common Loon Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmate

[Ontbirds] OFO Field Trip - Skunk's Misery - Sunday, June 7

Hi All, For anyone interested, here are the details for this Sunday's OFO trip to Skunk's Misery (west of London). Leaders: Gavin Platt and Rob Read. Meet 7:30 a.m. at Newbury Hospital (Four Counties Health Services) parking lot just NE of Newbury on 5th Line/Concession Dr. Trip consists of drivi

[Ontbirds] Ottawa Int'l Airport - Clay-coloured, Vesper, Grasshopper Sparrows

Greetings ONTBirders, I documented 47 species in the area around the Ottawa International Airport this morning. All seven species of sparrow were present, including 7 CHIPPING, 11 SONG (a pair seemed to be nesting, but I did not locate the nest), 12 SAVANNAH, 5 FIELD, 5 GRASSHOPPER, 5 VESPER

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds to June 5, 2009

We may have a few days of spring migration left as the last of the warblers and shorebirds make their way north. The latter were on Amherst in good numbers on Tuesday: a Black-bellied Plover, a White-rumped Sandpiper, about 30 Ruddy Turnstones, several Semipalmated Plover and Dunlin as well as an

[Ontbirds] Reporting Breeding Birds

Birders This weekend's Carden Nature Festival helps focus how birders can interact with the local community and help maintain a wonderful natural environment. One of many special birds found around Carden and Eldon Townships is the Loggerhead Shrike. An active recovery program for Loggerhead

[Ontbirds] Northern Wheatear

My wife Elaine and I were blessed to observe a Northern Wheatear in our gravel pit this morning, Thursday June 4th. It was an adult male and stayed for just over 1 hour. We live on 76 acres of mixed forest, field and gravel pit ( moss, short grasses and gravel ) 17 km northeast of North Bay on H