[Ontbirds] White-faced Ibis, Amherstburg

The White-faced Ibis was seen well by Andrew Keaveney and I today in the same location at approximately 5:00 this afternoon. No luck with the Harris's Sparrow. The location is on the south side of County Road 20 at the Big Creek Bridge, southeast of Amherstburg. Good birding, Josh Vandermeulen

[Ontbirds] Rusty Blackbird, Bald Eagle, Broad-winged Hawk, etc. York Region

A field trip designed for two local nature clubs today yielded 66 species in 5 hours - all good numbers for York Region on May 1st except for the priceless fact that nobody showed up.  As the trip leader I carried on solo, eventually picking up my dog for company, resulting in a very pleasant

[Ontbirds] Anhinga , Sault Ste. Marie Ont & MI, Saturday-May 1st

Birder's Dave Bell phoned me this afternoon after seeing an Anhinga fly over his house heading North. On the off chance that it might return I headed down to the St. Mary's River and spent several hours combing the usual spots. I was scanning from the Ontario side from the Locks complex right a

[Ontbirds] Chimney Swifts Barrie

While doing some training for the Chimney Swift monitoring program run by BSC we heard and saw four chimney swifts in downtown Barrie this afternoon. - Bruce Wilson Barrie, Ontario Life Member NMRA Member Gauge 0 Guild Member Scale 7 GroupMember 7mm NGA Member Bird Studies Cana

[Ontbirds] Eastern Medowlark in Innisfil

Yesterday I saw a beautiful singing Eastern Meadowlark sitting on the hydro lines on Hwy. 11 just north of Killarney Beach Road, Innisfil. Happy birding, Linda Crome ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding o

[Ontbirds] OFO Trip-Minesing Swamp

Saturday 27 birders attended the OFO outing to Minesing Swamp. A total of 83 species were recorded with 8 more on the way home for a grand total of 91. Highlights: 10 species of Sparrow including scope views for everyone of Grasshopper Sparrow. 6 warbler species, all seen well. Despite the l

[Ontbirds] Chimney Swifts in Peterborough

As I type this (4:30 in the aft) there are at least 2 CHSW flying in the vicinity of downtown Peterborough. They're certainly moving fast this year! Hazel Wheeler Guelph, ON ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial

[Ontbirds] ANHINGA - Sault Ste. Marie

Hello, I got an email today that mentioned the hawks were really moving today, and Skye Haas had a Swainson's Hawk over his house in Marquette, MI, so decided to do some hawkwatching of my own. Less than 30 seconds after I sat down I had a female-type Anhinga fly over! I got good looks through

[Ontbirds] Red-necked Grebes nesting in Bronte Harbour

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

[Ontbirds] Long-billed Dowitchers, Tavistock Sewage Lagoons, May 1 / 10

Ontbirders, There were 4 Long-billed Dowitchers, in full alternate plumage, in the east [drawn down] lagoon at Tavistock today. Besides noting all of the relevant field marks, the dowitchers were giving their diagnostic ''keek'' [or ''peep'' to my ear] call frequently; while feeding as well as

[Ontbirds] East Point Park- Bobolinks etc.

New arrivals at the park today... Lincoln's Sparrow Least Flycatcher- 2 American Bittern- standing on the road. Great Egret- in the pond at the east end of the park. Bobolink- 6 Baltimore Oriole- 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler Common Yellowthroat Warbling Vireo- 3 Blue Jay- 540 streaming through al

[Ontbirds] Rondeau Migration Report May 1

Posting for Steve LaForest Friends of Rondeau Bird Guide Hello Ontbirders. The Rondeau Provincial Park spring birding program will run from Saturday May 1 through to Victoria Day. There will be daily Bird Hikes and a Birders' Breakfast. The star of the show today was a Prothonotary Warbler. I

[Ontbirds] Point Pelee National Park Migration Update for May 1, 2010

Posting for Friends of Point Pelee Mild temperatures and thundershowers greeted birders first thing this morning. Perhaps because of this changing weather birds seemed to be especially active, only resting briefly at the top of trees before moving on. Many birds were observed flying south off

[Ontbirds] Golden-winged warbler Westminster Ponds, London

We had a good view of a Golden-winged warbler this morning at Westminster Ponds in London.  Seen at the Parkwood Hospital entrance on the path to the left of and near the current parking area.Lars and Diane Kristensen ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the On

[Ontbirds] Carden Alvar - Loggerhead Shrike

We birded the Carden Alvar with Eleanor Beagan on Thursday and Friday. We saw a Loggerhead Shrike both days on the east side of Wylie Road between bluebird boxes 3 and 7 about 0.3 km south of traditional box 10. Scan tops of hawthorns near the large White Birch east of the road. We didn't post unti

Re: [Ontbirds] Chiney swift over Cabbage Town

I saw them here this evening as well.  Parliament and Carlton. A group of 5 or 6  also in cabbgetown.   q --- On Fri, 4/30/10, robert.cumm...@rogers.com wrote: From: robert.cumm...@rogers.com Subject: [Ontbirds] Chiney swift over Cabbage Town To: Ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: Friday, April 30