[Ontbirds] Kentucky Worm-eating Warbler - Kingston

2014-05-28 Thread Bruce Ripley via ONTBIRDS
Kentucky and Worm-eating Warbler are still at Parrott's Bay C.A. as of 5:30 a.m. today. Good Birding Bruce From the 401 take County Rd. 6 (Exit 599) south to the end. Turn right (west) and drive 2km until you see Parrott’s Bay C.A. on the north side. Walk the trail about 50m until you see a

[Ontbirds] OFO Young Birders Event - Sunday, June 1, Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto

2014-05-28 Thread Lynne Freeman via ONTBIRDS
Hello everyone, OFO is hosting a Breeding Birds Blitz at the spit this Sunday from 7:30 to 1:00 for young birders between 9 - 19. Meet at the entrance and bring rubber boots, drinks, lunch and a pen and clipboard if you have one. We will be locating and recording nests for the Ontario Nest

[Ontbirds] Reesor Pond note :

2014-05-28 Thread Stan Long via ONTBIRDS
Yesterday - 27.05.14 - about 8 pm : A Red-throated Loon that showed after 8 pm yesterday was not there this morning - however Ross Lamb who reported it has photos of the bird - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 - south of Hwy 7 - on Reesor Road in Markham - cheers - Stan long

[Ontbirds] Kirtland's Warbler

2014-05-28 Thread Gavin Platt via ONTBIRDS
The bird is now hanging out in a group of scots pines just north of the location I posted earlier. It has apparently been faithful to this group of trees all day. Gavin Platt ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the

[Ontbirds] Kirtland's Warbler - Toronto Islands

2014-05-28 Thread Gavin Platt via ONTBIRDS
Not sure if this went through earlier, apologies if I'm reposting. There is a Kirtland's Warbler along the eastern gap of Toronto Islands. It's in a group of scots pines about halfway between the north and south end of the island. The bird has apparently been here all afternoon. Take the

[Ontbirds] Kirtland's Warbler - Toronto Islands

2014-05-28 Thread Frank Pinilla via ONTBIRDS
Birders, after about 1.5hrs of searching one of our group of 7 found the bird in the furthest north of the Scots Pines (2nd tallest of the group) which are about 1/3 of the way north of the southern end of the eastern concrete dock, this is just 100m from the main trail out of the residences on

Re: [Ontbirds] Kirtland's Warbler - Toronto Islands

2014-05-28 Thread alfred adamo via ONTBIRDS
It should be clarified that the bird appears to be a first spring male. While it was first singing when discovered by Jeff Harrison early this afternoon, it was not singing at the time of our observation between 4:15 and 5:15 pm. At the latter time, it flew westwards from the Eastern Gap and

Re: [Ontbirds] Possible Bewick's Swans, Cochrane - Commando Lake

2014-05-28 Thread Rhonda Donley via ONTBIRDS
did think it a bit odd that a pair of wild swans would decide to hang out on the lake in the middle of Cochrane, but stranger things have happened. The birds were wary of people and tended to quickly drift away instead of looking for a handout. However, I learned this morning that the birds

Re: [Ontbirds] Possible Bewick's Swans, Cochrane - Commando Lake

2014-05-28 Thread Rhonda Donley via ONTBIRDS
Ah joys of typing on a tablet. I'm sure you figured out that I meant the town GOT new birds this year Rhonda Sent from my iPad On May 29, 2014, at 12:06 AM, Rhonda Donley via ONTBIRDS birdalert@ontbirds.ca wrote: did think it a bit odd that a pair of wild swans would decide to hang out

[Ontbirds] OFO Northumberland County Big Day

2014-05-28 Thread Doug McRae via ONTBIRDS
Hi Ontbirders, I had the honour of being OFO’s Guest Birder for the 2014 Birdathon and did my big day on May 27th within Northumberland County. Two long-time friends, Barb Charlton and Don Sutherland helped me out this year and were critical to our success. We struggled throughout the day to