[Ontbirds] Northern Shoveler at Little River, Windsor

I checked out the spots mentioned by Kelly Morrisey this morning. The Detroit River had nothing mentionable, but the pond located on the Ganatchio Trail south of Wyandotte Street was very productive. I only saw one Ruddy Duck, but there were also four Buffleheads, two Pied-billed Grebes, and

[Ontbirds] ontbirds: Survey Routes available in Ontario for the American Woodcock Singing-ground Survey

The American Woodcock Singing-ground Survey (AWSGS) monitors the size of American Woodcock breeding populations in North America. The data collected is a key tool used to guide federal, state and provincial American Woodcock programs. Each year, Ontario participants donate one spring

[Ontbirds] Ottawa east OFO trip results for Sunday April 1st

Twenty people joined Bernie Ladouceur and myself on a search for migrant spring waterfowl east of Ottawa this past Sunday. We saw a total of 49 species including 4 geese, 12 ducks, 3 hawks and 2 falcons. There was virtually no remaining spring flooding and the lagoon (Casselman and Embrun)

[Ontbirds] Fish Crow at Bronte Harbour

At 5:45 the Fish Crow was still calling and very visible in the parking lot at the east side of the marina Mark peck Location Directions: Exit the QEW at Bronte Rd. (Oakville) and go to the lake. Oakville transit routes 2 and 14 serve the area from the Bronte and Oakville GO stations

[Ontbirds] BLACK VULTURE IN HAMILTON

Good evening all, Driving home this evening at 5.50pm, I observed a single Black Vulture, whilst in stop and go traffic on the East bound 403, just West of the Hwy 6 North ramp, in Hamilton. It was in the company of three Turkey Vultures, the small kettle slowly drifting North East out of

[Ontbirds] 3 April 2012: Red-necked Grebe numbers (total = 3414) continue to build along sw Toronto and se Mississauga lakeshores

Today I did a complete survey of Red-necked Grebes from Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Etobicoke via Marie Curtis Park, Lakefront Promenade Park, Saddington Park/Credit River mouth, Jack Darling Park/Rattray Marsh from 11:30 am to 7:45 pm. David Hallett was with me for most of the count. The