[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 14 March 2013 Addendum

Additional record of Great Gray Owl missed in report: -March 12: one at km 48 on Highway 60 DIRECTIONS: Algonquin Provincial Park is three hours north of Toronto, via Highways 400, 11 and 60. Follow the signs which start in Toronto on Highway 400. From Ottawa, take Highway 17 to Renfrew,

[Ontbirds] Tundra Swans Durham

20 Tundra Swans at Hwy 7 and North Rd. North of Whitevale. They are feeding in the cornfield in Northwest corner. Eleanor Beagan Sent from my iPhone. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization.

[Ontbirds] Ringed Kingfisher?

Today around noon I was walking my dogs through Thomson Park when I saw an unusual bird perched on a branch over the creek.  I studied it for a while to put its appearance to memory.  When I got home and looked it up it had the exact appearance of an adult male Ringed Kingfisher.  I went back

[Ontbirds] Bewick's Swan at Ridgetown Sewage Lagoons

Ken Burrell and Andrew Dean just found a Bewick's Swan at Ridgetown Sewage Lagoon. Their bird was in the company of several Whistling Tundra Swans. Bewick's Swan is the old world subspecies of Tundra Swan and is a very rare migrant to Ontario. Ken managed to take a photo of the bird through his

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, March 15th, 2013

HARRIS SPARROW Snow Goose Ross's Goose Brant Cackling Goose Tundra Swan Wood Duck American Wigeon Northern Pintail King Eider Ring-necked Pheasant Red-throated Loon Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Merlin Sandhill Crane

[Ontbirds] Kingfisher dilemma

Ok everyone,  I need to express that I am very inexperienced in identifying birds.  I stand by my description of the bird I saw but as many people have informed me, it could have been a female belted kingfisher.  So we will say it was some kind of Kingfisher and if I see it again I will

[Ontbirds] Paleta park birds

We were in the area, so stopped by Paleta Park for a brief visit this afternoon. Aside from large numbers of Red-breasted Merg's and Buffleheads, plus a scattering of other ducks, the highlights were a Carolina Wren singing briefly, and what appeared to be a Grey-cheeked Thrush skulking along

[Ontbirds] Seven Ross's Geese approx. 3 km northeast of Strathroy, Ontario

This afternoon, Pete Read and I met up on Amiens Road (between Glengyle Drive and Ilderton Road), just about 3 km northeast of Strathroy. This is the area where Les Griffith reported seeing 7 Ross’s Geese earlier this week. The geese were quite easy to spot and were in the company of numerous

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose: Aylmer, Elgin Co.

This afternoon there was a nice adult at the swan viewing area at the police college north of Aylmer. Close views. Roughly 5 km north of Aylmer on Hwy 73 then follow signs east to the police college, then signs to the swan viewing facility. Note however that the volunteer host there was

[Ontbirds] Western Grebe Still in Toronto

The Western Grebe was still at Sam Smith Park in Toronto late this afternoon. It was in the mouth of the harbour, where it has been seen regularly for the past two weeks. It was associating with Red - necked Grebes. Numbers of the typical grebes are building. I counted 24 Red - necked and 4

Re: [Ontbirds] Tufted Titmouse Orangeville Ontario

Thank you Mark. To view this bird contact Rob @ 519 942 0042 from 8am to 5 pm. Location 7 Klics n/e of orangeville @ 674138 hurontario st Mono Rob Best Mono Ontario On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:55 PM, rob best bestr...@gmail.com wrote: 4pm March 15 2013 Male singing. I have

[Ontbirds] Restricted Access to LaSalle Marina re Bay Race

Bay Race Sunday March 24th 2013 Access restricted to LaSalle between 10:30am and 1:30pm If visiting in the morning get out before 10:30am .. Sorry for any inconvenience . Sent from my iPad Michael Zajczenko Race Director ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings Markham

At 3 pm on Friday, a flock of approximately 50 Bohemian Waxwings was feeding on crabapples between 175 and 177 Ramona Blvd in Markham. This is in the same area of Markham indicated by Stan Long earlier in the week. They headed north at approximately 3:20. Cathy

[Ontbirds] Tundra Swans, Missssauga/Milton border

Hi Birders, 300 plus Tundra Swans, probably a thousand of Canada Goose, a pair of Northern Pintail, Mallards, Am. Black Duck... We were there at about 3 PM, and watched the wetland for several minutes only, from the shoulder of 407 (practice not suggested). Closer, longer observations of this