[Ontbirds] Snowy Owls and Gulls in Oxford

Hey, Over the weekend I found two local Snowy Owls - one just east of Zorra Line, about 1 km north of Beachville, and a 2nd sitting on the ice in the west end of Pittock Lake. Although mostly frozen, Pittock had good numbers of (mostly) Herring Gulls fishing the open leads. In their midst were a

[Ontbirds] Snowy owls. Northern Shrike, Red Polls

I was in Keswick today and traveled out Ravenshoe Rd off of Leslie St.At the end of the road ( at #25) I saw a Northern Shrike. While looking at it on a wire I then spotted a heavily streak Snowy Owl sitting on the last pole on the road.Going down a dead end portion of Yonge St to the south I s

[Ontbirds] Sedgwick Woods on Monday

Where have all the song birds gone?After a couple of very quiet hours we were rewarded with two very close views of two warblers, Nashville and Tennessee. A very different scene from the frantic chases on the previous two days! Roy Allen. --- This email is free from viruses and malware

[Ontbirds] Great Egret- Lighthouse Cove

Tonight around 4:15pm I observed and photographed a Great Egret at Lighthouse Cove, in Lakeshore(Tilbury). It hunkered down for the night at 5:00pm across from the Marina. Lighthouse Cove is north of Tilbury, on Lake St. Clair. Off Hwy 2, turn north onto Lighthouse Side Rd. Follow this right, th

[Ontbirds] Great Egret- Lighthouse Cove

Tonight around 4:15pm I observed and photographed a Great Egret at Lighthouse Cove, in Lakeshore(Tilbury). It hunkered down for the night at 5:00pm across from the Marina. Lighthouse Cove is north of Tilbury, on Lake St. Clair. Off Hwy 2, turn north onto Lighthouse Side Rd. Follow this right, th

[Ontbirds] Great Egret- Lighthouse Cove

Tonight around 4:15pm I observed and photographed a Great Egret at Lighthouse Cove, in Lakeshore(Tilbury). It hunkered down for the night at 5:00pm across from the Marina. Lighthouse Cove is north of Tilbury, on Lake St. Clair. Off Hwy 2, turn north onto Lighthouse Side Rd. Follow this right, th

[Ontbirds] Ross's Geese - Ressor Pond & Snowy Owls -Ravenshoe

Further to Peter's earlier report of the Ross's Geese, just to show how they move around, when I was a Ressor Pond around 11:15 the 3 Ross's & 4 Snow Geese were all there resting amongst all the Canada's. Earlier in the morning I was at Ravenshoe Rd in Keswick and counted 13 Snowy Owls (this may

[Ontbirds] ADMIN: Birders need to behave better

This isn't confined RARE birds, winter listers also seem to be getting into the act but This is getting ridiculous, from the Eurasian Tree Sparrow to the Brambling, or a Cattle Egret visible from a public road and now the owner of a residence near Bailieboro, where a Townsend's Solitaire

[Ontbirds] Ross's geese

I missed the Ross's at ressor pond but did see 3 birds fly in along the Durham York line about half a kilometre south of the 407. The 4 snow geese were also present there, 2 white and 2 blue along with several thousand Canada's This was at about 10 am Peter Hogenbirk Sent from my iPhone ___