[Ontbirds] Great Gray Owl west of Sudbury

I just had a call from Erwin Meissner who had a solid report of a Great Gray Owl observed last week near Massey about 100 km west of Sudbury. Erwin thought that this might be an early indication of a movement this fall and winter. Small mammal populations may be low in northeastern Ontario based

[Ontbirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 1997 Gordon Lake Rd. - Johnson Township - YES

Posted for Ken McIlwrick... Hi Folks, This evening (Thursday October 23) between 5:45pm and 6:10pm I observed and photographed the Johnson Township Scissor-tailed Flycatcher that was first observed in the yard of Terry Winter (local naturalist) and first reported to ONTbirds on October 22/14

[Ontbirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 1997 Gordon Lake Rd. - Johnson Township - Amended

Some slightly amended text... Hi Folks, This evening (October 23/14) between 5:45pm and 6:10pm I observed and photographed the Johnson Township Scissor-tailed Flycatcher that was first observed in the yard of Terry Winter (local naturalist) and first reported to ONTbirds on October 22/14 by

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (24 Oct 2014) 1025 Raptors

Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] High Park Hawkwatch Fri., Oct. 24, 2014

from Tim Mccarthy via Ontbirds Today a bunch of folks came out to the Hill to see for themselves if we could possibly get 3 good days of hawkwatching in a row. And you others, well I guess you're all still waiting for today's result? Well, the answer is. Nope. So here's what we

[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (24 Oct 2014) 169 Raptors

Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, October 24th, 2014

LITTLE GULL POMARINE JAEGER PARASITIC JAEGER Snow Goose American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Greater Scaup Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tiled Duck Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Wild Turkey Red-throated Loon

[Ontbirds] Pacific Loon - Kempenfelt Bay, Barrie

Hi all, This afternoon, Burke Korol (from Barrie) and David ___?___ (from London) re-found one of the Pacific Loons reported a couple days earlier. My son and I were grateful to have them show it to us as well. The bird was visible from Minet Point Park, on the south side of the bay.

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (24 Oct 2014) 1869 Raptors

Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Long Point Bird Observatory Sightings Board Update - October 24. Oregon Junco, Oregon Junco, Red Phalarope,

Long Point Bird Observatory Sightings Board - Oct 19 to 24, 2014. It was another exciting week in the Long Point area. Waterfowl numbers continue to build with greater than 30,000 waterfowl of most species on the Inner and Outer Bays. Numbers of Tundra Swans and Sandhill Cranes are also slowly

[Ontbirds] Rusty Blackbirds at the University of Waterloo

At about 5:30 pm today (Friday October 24th), I observed a pair of rusty blackbirds on the University of Waterloo campus in the Village 1 marsh. 1 had distinct fall plumage and the other was darker, possibly still in breeding plumage or else molting. Both birds were vocalizing (singing) quite