[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Conservation Area (09 Nov 2015) 300 Raptors

Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

Re: [Ontbirds] Pink Footed Goose Update November 9

 Being seen now from Laflèche road.  Found by Jamie Spence.Jacques BouvierSent from my Virgin smartphone -- Original Message -- From : Richard PoortTo : birdalert@ontbirds.ca;Sent : 11-05-2015 12:40 PMSubject : [Ontbirds] Pink Footed Goose Update November 5 David

[Ontbirds] Black-headed Gull - Niagara-on-the-Lake

This evening, I observed an adult Black-headed Gull with a group of Bonaparte's Gulls during my daily watch of the gulls flying out of the Niagara River, as viewed from Queen's Royal Park in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Black-headed Gull passed by with about 40 Bonaparte's Gulls at 5:07 PM. Every

[Ontbirds] Detroit River Hawk Watch (09 Nov 2015) 1067 Raptors

Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

Re: [Ontbirds] NO Pink-footed Goose on November 9 INSTEAD it was a Dark juvenile Snow Goose

According to some birders Jamie Spence's photos show a distant dark Snow Goose and not a Pink-footed Goose (PFGO). My photos support this also. Sorry for the false hope. Although it has not been seen for several days I think it should still be around. If we see the PFGO again we will post.

[Ontbirds] High Park Hawk Watch, Nov 8/15 - 37 Raptors

A light to medium west wind all day without a strong north component resulted in a limited flight of birds, although the day was not completely without migrants. Aside from the usual red-tailed hawks, sharp-shinned, red-shouldered and turkey vulture, a high dark morph rough-legged