[Ontbirds] TUNDRA SWANS. 15,000

2014-03-31 Thread Alf Rider
Hello Birders Today there are about 15,000 TUNDRA SWANS down Greenway Rd. opposite the Pinery Park. The area is quite dry so far this year. Good flight photos can be taken at about 4.pm. in the evening sunshine as they leqave the fields to spend t5he night on the Lake

[Ontbirds] More Trumpeter Swans Kilmarnock

2014-03-31 Thread iain wilkes
On this glorious day, I came across what I believe are three more Trumpeter Swans. A day for Gabriel. They are west of the Kilmarnock bridge across the Rideau, resting on the ice. Take Cty Rd 43 east out of Smith Falls to the Kilmarnock sign and turn south. The bridge is just a little

[Ontbirds] Whitby: Snowy owl

2014-03-31 Thread Charmaine Anderson
Snowy owl sitting at the end of the pier at whitby harbour Whitby Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon near McGeachey's Pond Erieau

2014-03-31 Thread Dave Martin
While birding along the Lake Erie shoreline today from Port Glasgow, Clear Creek, Rose Beach Line to Erieau highlights included 5 Red-necked Grebes off the boat launch at Clear Creek and a male Eurasian Wigeon in a flooded corn stubble field near McGeachey's Pond. The male Eurasian Wigeon was

[Ontbirds] Raven +++, Lakeside Promenade Park, Mississauga

2014-03-31 Thread Luc Fazio
Hi folks This beautiful Monday pm there was a Common Raven , with wedge tail and Deep low cr-uuk...cr-uuk calls, at the Lakeside Promenade Park. It circled 3 times over the baseball diamond at the base of Godwin st. and flew toward Lakeside Promenade, it was about 5 pm. Other birds at the

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (31 Mar 2014) 788 Raptors

2014-03-31 Thread reports
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 31, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owls near Exeter...

2014-03-31 Thread Rick Thornton
Just to let you know that they haven't left yet, on my way home from Kitchener last evening, I had four different Snowy Owls along a 20 mile stretch of county road. That was between highway 7 and Exeter along highway 83. All very beautiful, sitting on telephone posts in the setting sun. As