[Ontbirds] White-winged Crossbill - University of Guelph Arboretum

This morning at about 9:00 am, two white-winged crossbills flew over my head and landed briefly at the top of a pine tree at the SW corner of the Arboretum (right near the entrance). They continued heading South after a couple of minutes, making their distinctive flight-calls. Not much else of

[Ontbirds] Pine Siskins at Thickson's Woods

Took a quick pass through the woods Sunday am, and found things pretty quiet except for big flocks of finches passing overhead. We did get a good look at a flock of maybe a dozen Pine Siskins feeding voraciously in the canopy of a deciduous tree on the W side. (Our first sighting this season.)

[Ontbirds] Pine Siskin - Cobourg

Shortly after mid-day the season's first Pine Siskin of the season arrive at our backyard feeders with several Goldfinches. Our house backs onto Dunegan Park which is on D'Arcy St. in the east end of Cobourg. Bill Logan ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the

[Ontbirds] Request for Purple Sandpiper observations

Hello Ontario Birders, In an effort to understand Purple Sandpipers a bit better (the timing of their movement, locations of stopover, and numbers moving through the province), we are requesting that if you encounter a Purple Sandpiper this fall and winter please submit your observations to

[Ontbirds] Cackling Goose at Strathroy Conservation Area

This afternoon, there was a lone CACKLING GOOSE in with the hundred or so CANADA GEESE in the lake at the Strathroy Conservation Area. This conservation area is located in downtown Strathroy. Strathroy is located about 20 km west of London. Take Highway 401 going west from London. Take the

[Ontbirds] Blenheim Lagoons---birds permit info

Birders: As a follow-up to Blake Mann's report yesterday regarding our very late Wilson's Phalarope--the bird is still there today. Easily found in Pond 1, just up the slope from the gate. We have had a number of Phalaropes this year that preferred this same pond. Pond 1 has undergone some

[Ontbirds] Cave Swallows, Hillman's Marsh

At 12:40 today after searching the onion fields without any luck we discovered a flock of about 10 swallows at the shorebird habitat at Hillman's Marsh. The flock was a mix of Tree and Cave Swallow. I was able to identify at least two Cave Swallows. They were visible from County Road 37 also

[Ontbirds] Cranberry Marsh Hawk Watch- Nov 1

Cranberry Marsh Hawk Watch Monday, November 1 Turkey Vulture- 145 Northern Harrier- 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk- 6 Northern Goshawk- 3 Red-shouldered Hawk- 6 Red-tailed Hawk- 230 Rough-legged Hawk- 20 Golden Eagle- 3 Total- 415 Other birds: Fox Sparrows, Rusty Blackbirds Official Counter: Les Sayer

[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (01 Nov 2010) 4748 Raptors

Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2010 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Oct 31 OFO field trip - Grand Bend to Kettle Point

Hi all, It was a very blustery Halloween day with intermittent rain, sleet and even a short burst of hail but some 2 dozen hardy OFO members met at 0830 hrs to enjoy some 'birding around the bend' - pun intended! Most of the waterfowl flying past the beach were quite far out but both