[Ontbirds] Durham Festival of Birds – September 21, 2014

Posted with permission Durham Festival of Birds – September 21, 2014 Registrations are now being accepted for the September Durham Festival of Birds, an event sponsored by Durham’s 3 nature clubs – Pickering Naturalists, Durham Region Field Naturalists and North Durham Nature. The event will

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending August 7, 2014.

The fall bird migration is slow to get under way at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. Most of the birds being seen these days are local residents that have dispersed from their somewhat restricted breeding territories and are showing up in unusual parts of the Park. It is perhaps too much to expect

[Ontbirds] 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPE / 2 STILTS now at West Perth Wetlands

Hi folks, Just got back from checking out the wetlands this afternoonand found there’s now 3 WILSON’S PHALAROPES actively feeding in the fenced in cell. All 3 are in different plumages and were roughly together in the right (south) end of this cellbest seen from the last observation

[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 07 Aug 2014

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/07/2014 * NYBU1408.07 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BAIRD'S SANDPIPER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER OLIVE-S.

[Ontbirds] Oak Ridges Chukars Clarification

My apologies to those of you not familiar with the area.  Oak Ridges is in/near Richmond Hill, which is a northern suburb of Toronto.   ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird

Re: [Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending August 7, 2014.

Three turkey vultures soared east to west over the park road about 10:30 last Saturday near the Beach #3 entrance.     Don Davis Toronto, Ontario, Canada On Thursday, August 7, 2014 3:52 PM, Fred Helleiner via ONTBIRDS birdalert@ontbirds.ca wrote: The fall bird migration is slow to get

[Ontbirds] red-neck phalaropes in Alfred Lagoons

Two red-neck phalaropes were spotted by Brian Morin, Dave Kaddie and myself swimming in the eastern cell at the Alfred Lagoons this evening at 6PM. These were adults in winter plumage. To get to the Lagoons go east from Alfred on Peat Moss Rd. The Lagoons are about one kilometer south on the

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - Aug 7, 2014 - Recent Reports

Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler and transcriber: Bob Cermak at robertcerm...@hotmail.com or sighti...@ofnc.ca Recent reports to August 7, 2014 Shorebirds continue to move through the area with reports from the eastern