[Ontbirds] Cape May and Orange Crowneds,sedgewick park, oakville

While looking for the Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Rob Dobos and I found a Cape May, two Orange-crowned Warblers in the south east corner of the park, east of the sewage tanks down near Lakeshore Road. Also a Yellow-rumped. Take third line from QEW down to Hixon, east on Hixon to the end where it dead

[Ontbirds] Harlequin Duck, Glaucous and Iceland Gulls-Ottawa

Birders- A first-winter male Harlequin Duck was cruising the Deschenes Rapids in the Ottawa River at noon today, visible from the Britannia Filtration Plant at the end of Cassels Street.  Maybe it is the same bird that has been downstream at Bate Island over the past few days, or possibly a

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owls, Dunlin, and Tundra Swans at Presqu'ile

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[Ontbirds] 2012-2013 Ontario winter bird list update

ONTbirds subscribers, After 9 days we are up to 166 species for the 2012-2013 Ontario winter bird list. Lots of lingering birds have been reported and there are bound to be quite a few more out there! Last year, we had an astonishing number for the winter list, a total that should be very

[Ontbirds] Glaucous Gull, Ottawa, Mud Lake

At Mud Lake in Ottawa this morning (Britannia Bay section of the city), Jim Nealon and I saw a first or second winter glaucous gull standing on the open ice. The bird was visible from the main road (Cassels Street). We saw it from the small parking lot on the left just before you reach the

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings, B-H Cowbirds and Merlin - Port Hope

Today after Ian Cannell and I finished birding Reesor Pond (White-fronted and Cackling Geese and Ring-necked Ducks) and Darlington Prov. Park beach (no Purple Sandpipers) we drove along Lakeshore Rd between Newcastle and Port Hope. In the trees and behind a house Just west of Jaynes Rd we

[Ontbirds] great grey owl hilliardton marsh

Greetings birders hilliardton marsh has a great gray owl thought i would let southern birders know Bruce Murphy Hilliardton Marsh/Terra Instructor Marsh location is 20 minutes North of Newliskeard Banding station is accessed from Wool Mill road entrance off of hwy 569 lat long 474-0794

[Ontbirds] cardinal hilliardton marsh

we banded a cardinal at the hilliardton marsh it has been one of several cardinals spotted in our area this year. Cardinals are very rare for us in the north but this year we have had over a dozen sightings. I was hoping someone might be able to shed some light on why we have so many this year.

[Ontbirds] York Region ( south Simcoe County) Birds

The beginning of December has yielded some noteworthy sightings in this area between Toronto and Barrie.  Ann Brokelman sent me an email on December 2nd reporting the return of SNOWY OWLS to Ravenshoe Road in southwest Keswick. Since then she, Kevin Shackleton, and Linda Hollinshead have all

[Ontbirds] Ravens - North of Newcastle, Durham Region

And furthermore – Ian Cannell and I also found 3 Common Ravens together along Concession Road 6 at Darlington-Clarke Townline Road (Regional Rd 42) north of Newcastle and NW of Orono in Durham. Region. Norm Murr 303-48 Laverock Ave. Richmond Hill, Ontario L4C 4J5

[Ontbirds] Purple Sandpipers - Leslie Spit, Toronto

There were four Purple Sandpipers foraging together, sometimes on the same rock, at Pipit Point on the LSS this afternoon. The spit is closed during the week, so this is really just a heads up to watch for these birds in general, as they seem to be numerous this year. I wish somebody would put up

[Ontbirds] Snow Goose - Blenheim, Ross's Goose - Ridgetown

This afternoon at 2:30 pm (December 9, 2012), my mom and I observed a blue morph Snow Goose flying with Canada Geese near the Blenheim sewage lagoons. We observed the small group flying over the intersection of Talbot Trail and Lagoon Road and they landed out of sight to the East of the