[Ontbirds] ACADIAN FLYCATCHER - Oxford Mills - South of Ontario

Hello, Sorry for the late post but my original email didn't go through last night? I understand the significance of this sighting to the Capital Region and I wanted to get it out everyone earlier. Hello, At 1830 last night (May 7) I observed an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER calling and actively

[Ontbirds] Fw: Lapland Longspurs, Richardson Side Rd. and Lakeshore Rd. 311, Essex County, Northeast of Leamington

‎As of 8:25am this morning the Lapland Longspurs continue. See directions below.. Rick Thornton and Nancy Smith From: Garth Riley via ONTBIRDS birdalert@ontbirds.ca Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 8:56 PM To: Ontbirds Reply To: Garth Riley Subject: [Ontbirds] Lapland Longspurs, Richardson Side Rd.

[Ontbirds] Rondeau Migration Report May 8, 2014

Good morning birders, We've had a significant influx of birds into the park overnight. As in the last few days, large numbers of songbirds including a wide variety of warblers have been flying north very early in the morning through the north part of the park. Golden-winged Warbler, White-eyed

[Ontbirds] Hooded Warbler@Presqu'ile

Greetings Ontbirders Today at 8:10 Maureen Riggs, Bill Edmunds and I found a male Hooded Warbler on Paxton Rd just north of the Lighthouse parking lot. Bill To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton. Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a

[Ontbirds] Wilson's Warbler at Derwent Park/Windsor, ON

Good Morning! At 9:25 this morning, I was lucky enough to have a Wilson's Warbler pop right in the tree in front of me. A Lincoln's sparrow did the same thing as I was ready to leave. I don't have internet access when I'm out and about so my apologies for the tardy report.

[Ontbirds] Fallout at Black Oak/Ojibway Shores, Windsor

In 2.5 hours of birding this morning I got 62 Species, including 16 warblers and 10 firsts of the year. Nothing unusual, but huge numbers of White-throated Sparrows, Nashvilles, Yellows, and Gnatcatchers. Birding at times was manic - I couldn't keep up with the flow. The two areas are

[Ontbirds] Chaffey's Lock: Yellow-throated Vireo's

Hi everyone, Lots of activity today at Chaffey's Lock, compared to a visit on May 6th. At least 3 Yellow-throated Vireos were singing at multiple places throughout the area. Lots more warblers present, with at least 10 Ovenbird, many Black-and-White Warbler, Northern Parula, and Yellow Warbler

[Ontbirds] Chaffey's Lock: Directions

Hi All, Forgot to include directions in previous email. Thanks, Bruce Chaffey's Lock can be accessed from Hwy. 15 out of Smith Falls. Head south on 15 towards Kingston, and make a right turn off 15, to Opinicon Road/Chaffey's Lock Road. To access from Kingston, take exit 617 off 401 and head

[Ontbirds] Point Pelee N.P. Migration Report - May 8, 2014

Southerly winds and warming temperatures brought in a good influx of migrants this morning. Activity was most evident at the Tip where many birds were observed flying south overhead. Participating in this movement were hundreds of ORIOLES. Also heard and observed in high numbers were INDIGO

[Ontbirds] Golden-winged/Blue-winged hybrid at Derwent Park/Windsor

Gosh, I'm having a stellar day! I returned to Derwent Park to see if I could rustle up some new birds and I did! A very co-operative Golden-winged/Blue-winged hybrid was feeding in the tree above me. (about 1 pm and was still there when I left) I marked the spot with sticks and a note if

[Ontbirds] Soiled Reputation Farm Birds

While working up the soil to plant peas this morning, I was joined by 3 American Pipits. A flock of about 75 Blue Jay's passed through, as well as 2 Chimney Swifts (very unusual for our farm). Tree, Bank, Barn and Cliff Swallows are all feeding along our drainage ditch as well. Antony JohnSent

[Ontbirds] Wilson's Phalarope - Sobey's Pond - Whitby

Male Wilson's Phalarope at 2:00pm at Sobey's Pond Whitby. Directions: Sobey's pond is the large puddle located north of Victoria Street at the corner of Montecourte Street and Nordeagle Avenue. Montecourte Street is the third light west of Brock Street (not Brock Road in Pickering) north

[Ontbirds] Rondeau Update May 8, 2014

Good afternoon, There are many warblers and other migrant songbirds in the park right now, but they are generally low and hidden and it takes hard work to find them. Still, there have been several great sightings. At least 23 species of warblers have been seen today, with highlights including

[Ontbirds] HSR: Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (08 May 2014) 9 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: May 08, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[Ontbirds] Franklin's Gull, Blenheim SL - Thu May 8

Hello Ontbirders, My brother and I just had the Franklin's Gull fly over our heads and around the 3 southerly ponds at the Blenheim Sewage Lagoons and then kept flying off to the south. We watched it for several minutes noting the dark grey mantle, black wingtips, darkish underwing with white

[Ontbirds] STILT SANDPIPER, Wilsons phalarope @ Hillman Marsh, May 8

Birders, A group of us are viewing a stilt sandpiper and Wilson's phalarope at the hillman Marsh in Essex county. Hillman Marsh is is Essex county on mersea road 2. North of point Pelee and south of wheatley. L.Manning J.Redwood B.Vaughan R.Poort K. McLaughlin 289-456-6502

[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 May 2014

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/08/2014 * NYBU1405.08 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- YELLOW PALM WARBLER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE ROSS'S GOOSE

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending May 8, 2014.

The excitement that invariably comes with May birding has been building up all week at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. Inevitably, there have been both rare and uncommon birds among the hordes of expected species. If favourable weather conditions prevail, the first flocks of BRANT can be expected

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - May 8, 2014 - recent reports

Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler and transcriber Bob Cermak robertcerm...@hotmail.com or sighti...@ofnc.ca Recent reports to May 8, 2014 This is Chris Lewis covering for Bob Cermak while he's chasing Summer Tanagers and

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl north of Erieau Lapland Longspurs nr Blenheim

Hi again Ontbirders, While at the Blenheim sewage lagoons my brother noticed a wet area in the field north of the lagoons so we headed up to Allison Line which runs across the north side of the lagoons. Here we had 3 Ruddy turnstone, several Least Sandpiper and Dunlin as well as 2 Lapland

[Ontbirds] Pelee Island Reverse Migration

There was a strong reverse migration at Fish Point this morning with many warblers, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks, and blackbirds streaming south. Between 8 and 9 am, birds were leaving at a rate of 100+ individuals per minute, tapering off to 45-50 birds/minute for the next hour, then diminishing

[Ontbirds] Great Cormorant in the 1000 Islands

This morning, along with Hans van der Zweep and Bob Scranton I had an adult male Great Cormorant clearly showing white flank patches flying west over the St. Lawrence at the U.S end of the 1000 Islands Bridge. While the bird was over American waters, it could end up anywhere along Lake Ontario so