[Ontbirds] Kentucky Warbler - Kingston

At 8:00a.m. today I heard then observed a Kentucky Warbler at Parott's Bay C.A. near Kingston. It was calling the entire time I observed it. It moved around quite a bit was still there as I left. I managed to get a photo for the record. Good Birding Bruce From the 401, take County road 6 south

[Ontbirds] Migrating Long-tailed ducks

Outside our Carden cabin on Sunday night about 10 pm, we could hear many (probably hundreds) Long-tailed Ducks calling above us as they migrated straight north. Clear calm conditions, and very distinctive calls. Carden Alvar is located just north of Kirkfield.

[Ontbirds] Western Grebe @ long point

I just found a western grebe near shore on Hastings Dr. @ Long Point, just before cottage 291 Denis Lepage dlep...@bsc-eoc.org Senior Scientist, National Data Center Bird Studies Canada PO Box 160, Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0 519-586-3531 x155 visit Avibase: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org eBird Canada

[Ontbirds] Franklin's Gull Wheatley Harbour

There was an adult Franklin's Gull on the east side of Wheatley Harbour. The bird was sitting on the water ~100m from shore. Among the other gulls on shore there was also a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Both birds were still present when I left at 12:30. Directions: foot of Erie street in

[Ontbirds] Summer Tanager - Skunk's Misery

This morning at approximately 9 am, Bill Maddeford and I found a Summer Tanager at Skunk's Misery, southwest of London. The bird was seen on Sassafras Road, just southeast of the intersection with Trillium Drive. It was a first spring male with dull yellow plumage blotched with red on the

[Ontbirds] Golden-winged Warbler - Etobicoke

The male Golden-winged Warbler is still at Crawford-Jones Memorial park. I observed the bird between 09:30 and 10:00 this AM singing consistently high up in the tall trees alongside the Humber River. The bird was on the west side of the river about 50m south of the walk bridge over the

[Ontbirds] Day 2: Toronto Ornithological Club Whimbrel Watch results

Today the watch lasted 9 hours form 5:30 am to 2:30 pm when the rain started. One flock of 45 Whimbrels was seen at 2:15 pm just the rain was starting: they flew in low from sse, circled the point then landed somewhere down along the sw end of the peninsula. There was no one there hiking or

Re: [Ontbirds] Migrating Long-tailed ducks and local Loggerhead Shrikes

While camping at Balsam Lake Prov. Pk., we also heard the Long-tailed ducks at the same time (10:00 P.M.) but assumed that they were simply displaced from the lake by rampant fireworks! Our Carden weekend list topped 104 species, including at least two Loggerhead Shrikes on Wyllie Road at

[Ontbirds] Bruce Peninsula big day results (May 19)

Hello Birders: Mark Wiercinski, John Haselmayer and I are recovering after completing our 10th annual Bruce Peninsula birdathon yesterday (May 19), reaching a total of 167 species - our third best total. Calm conditions were ideal to hear the expected nocturnal species. Morning at MacGregor Point

[Ontbirds] Virginia Rail - midtown Toronto

There is a Virginia Rail at Cottingham Public School. It is in the garden at the south east corner of the building. It is healthy and hopefully leaving soon. Cottingham School is on both Birch and Cottingham streets, just north of the CPR Tracks, between Yonge st and Avenue Rd. The Summerhill

[Ontbirds] Common Raven, Thickson's Point May 20

At 10:30 this morning we had a Common Raven fly from south to north over the Goodman Hiking Trail near just east of Thickson's Point. This is at the southern end of Thickson's Road, which runs north and south, intersecting Taunton Road, or, further south, Highway 401, at right angles in the

[Ontbirds] Carden Alvar - Yellow Rails

At 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday 20 May 2014, a Yellow Rail started ticking in the Sedge Wren Marsh on Wylie Road on the east side about 10 metres north of the yellow bridge. Eleanor Beagan and I walked the road and heard another Yellow Rail 100 metres farther north when the original rail was ticking