[Ontbirds] Eastern Phoebe - Chesley

There was an Eastern Phoebe on my deck catching flies this morning. Good birding! John ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about

[Ontbirds] Pintails at Reesor Pond

Noonish - 03.04.14 Melt-down and winter's siege is over - the birds have come back to the pond : Bufflehead, Black Duck, Mallard, Pintail : Common and Red-breasted Merganser dive in an open lead - a couple of Trumpeter Swans make a flyby, a female Northern Harrier swivels across the fields,

[Ontbirds] ADMIN - Migration Reporting

Birders, The floodgates are opening and many seasonal species are returning. While we have no hard rules about what is reportable on Ontbirds, many would like to see the focus on rare and unexpected birds. Regular expected migrants should be reported on eBirds. One resource for evaluating

[Ontbirds] East Gwillimbury: gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon is just off 9th line a 1/2 km south of mount Albert rd. on the west side in the tree line for the first farm field . East Gwillimbury Regards Brandon McWalters MPM Electrical inc. c-(416)717-1656 ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario

[Ontbirds] Brown Thrasher at Derwent Park/Windsor, ON

Hi All, I wanted to wait until my submission was approved by ebird to report a Brown Thrasher at the woodlot I like to frequent. It's located beside Place Concorde Centre on Forest Glade Dr. at Lauzon Pkwy. I spotted it yesterday (April 2/14) high up in a tree. It was not singing. I returned

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Rough-legged Hawks (6) along Earl Armstrong Rd.

Hi there, Today, from 15:05 - 15:40 PM, I observed 6 Rough-legged Hawks (5 light morph, 1 dark morph) along a 500 meter long stretch of road (Earl Armstrong)! Not like this species is a rarity, but I figured with a density like that I'd toss a note up on this list serve. Photos are posted on my

[Ontbirds] The Birds of Thickson's Woods - new publication

We are posting this with the permission of Mark Cranford, Ontbirds Coordinator. Thickson's Woods in Whitby, east of Toronto, is one of our favourite birding hotspots. This small oasis for birds on the north shore of Lake Ontario has recorded an amazing 313 species. Now there is a new book

[Ontbirds] East Gwillimbury: Gyrfalcon - No, Red-tailed Hawk - Yes

Hi Folks, I decided to head up to Mt. Albert to see what the fuss was about and after doing a few loops of Centre St, Mount Albert Rd and 9th Line, a leucistic Red-tailed Hawk flew in and perched in a field on 9th Line just south of Mt Albert Rd. It was quite far but well seen through a scope. A

[Ontbirds] Eastern Phoebe - Sixth Line and Upper Middle Road East - Munns Public School - Oakville

This morning Lynda and I were doing some outdoor education about birds for some grade one and two students and to our surprise the first bird we introduced the kids to was an Eastern Phoebe searching for insects in their play field.   Lynda Jim Mackiewicz Owners Wild Birds Unlimited in

[Ontbirds] Sandhill Cranes @ Strongville Road, Minesing Wetlands

today at 6:00 pm there were 140 Sandhill Cranes along with 1000 Canada Geese and several Hooded Mergansers in a field on the south end of Strongville Road. The Nottawasaga River has been rising as of 3 days ago. Also had 1 Snowy, a Northern Harrier, Red-Tailed Hawk and lots of blackbirds.

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (03 Apr 2014) 249 Raptors

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

[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 03 Apr 2014

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/03/2014 * NYBU1404.03 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- [The April BOS meeting will be on Wednesday, April 9, at 7

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - April 3, 2014 - Recent Reports

Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau April 3, 2014 Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler transcriber Bob Cermak robertcer...@hotmail.com or sighti...@ofnc.ca Early spring migrants continue to arrive with increasing numbers of CANADA GEESE, RED-WINGED

[Ontbirds] Greater Snow Geese in Eastern Ontario

Following a major push on Tuesday and a followup on Wednesday, no birds were noted anywhere in Eastern Ontario today to our knowledge. Areas were checked along the river and some points north, right into Montreal. Thousands of Canadas did stick around across a broad region but not one Snow Goose

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 3 April 2014

Knee-deep snow and very limited open water continued this week. New arrivals reported were Canada Goose, American Robin, Eastern Meadowlark (one feeding on sunflower seeds below Visitor Centre feeder on the 2nd and 3rd), and Common Grackle. Northern Saw-whet Owls were calling in the evening on