Re: [Ontbirds] 11 Ross' Geese at Barcovan Channel, Hastings Cty

2016-02-01 Thread Kyle Blaney
After hearing Doug's report (thanks Doug!), I went to Barcoven Beach and got photos of what I assume is the same flock: http://www.kyleblaneyphoto.com/2016/0201-Barcoven-Beach/n-F8fhj4/i-gzrvkTh Kyle Blaney On 1 February 2016 at 19:15, Doug McRae wrote: > Hi all, > > I was stunned this afterno

[Ontbirds] 11 Ross' Geese at Barcovan Channel, Hastings Cty

2016-02-01 Thread Doug McRae
Hi all, I was stunned this afternoon to see 11 (10 ad., 1 imm) Ross’ Geese with Canada’s at the Barcovan Channel today. Ross’ Geese are still pretty rare in this part of Ontario and 11 is remarkable, especially on 1 Feb.! Hard to know which way they are going. I have no idea if they will stay

[Ontbirds] 2015-2016 Ontario Winter Bird List update #4

2016-02-01 Thread Josh Vandermeulen
We are about 70% of the way through the winter birding season in Ontario. Six new additions to the winter bird list have been brought to my attention since my last update on January 5, bringing the list up to 218 species, the second highest total in the 9 winters that I have data for. Only the w

[Ontbirds] Fw: new message

2016-02-01 Thread mbourdeau1
Hey! Open message mbourde...@cogeco.ca ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBI