[Ontbirds] Short-eared Owl and Rough-legged Hawk in the Hydro Road area, Mississauga

At 12:30 am I flushed a Short-eared Owl from a scrubby area at the base of one of the old hydro towers leading to the decommissioned Lakeview Coal-fired Power Plant site (exact co-ordinates: 43.575234; -79.55394). It flew south and landed in similar scrubby area secure by 'No tresspassing signs'

Re: [Ontbirds] Turkey Vultures

A friend just called to tell me that there are turkey vultures circling just above the treetops on Christopher Plummer Dr. in Stratford. Forget the groundhogs and listen to the turkey vultures instead. Rhonda Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 30, 2016, at 12:30, Carol Berney

[Ontbirds] 9 Ross' Geese at Barcovan Channel

Checked Barcovan harbour this afternoon. There were 9 Ross' Geese (where were the other two?) in a tight raft floating just outside the harbour mouth. While I watched they drifted further away from the harbour mouth but were close to shore for pretty good looks. They seemed somewhat

[Ontbirds] 9 Ross's Geese at Barcovan Feb.2

At 3pm today Richard Pope and I had great looks at 9 Ross’s Geese in the Barcovan Channel – all today appeared to be adults. When we saw them they were in a small group floating near the lake entrance to the channel – their very small size was immediately obvious especially compared with the

[Ontbirds] Ross's Geese at Long Point

At 4:30 this afternoon there were 7 Ross's Geese, plus two birds that were mostly Ross's Goose but appeared to have some Snow Goose genes, in the field on the NE corner of Front Rd. and the Walsingham W 1/4 Line. This is about half a km. west of the Lee Brown WMA on the Front Rd. west of Port

[Ontbirds] Happy World Wetlands Day! Bird and Amphibian surveyors needed for the Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program

Happy World Wetlands Day!  Bird Studies Canada is looking for pro-active naturalists to monitor birds and/or frogs throughout Ontario (and the Great Lakes states). Our 2016 goal is to fill survey gaps and ensure quality marsh monitoring continues. The Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program is a

[Ontbirds] Northern Shrike - South Lake Simcoe area

On Monday February 1st at 4:30 p.m., I observed a Northern shrike hunting the meadows and fields on the west side of Park Road, and alighting in roadside small Buckthorn shrubs about 1000 feet south of the hamlet of Egypt (in the Town of Georgina). This may be the same bird I observed in the

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl, Merlin, Burlington QEW at Leon's Furniture

First time posting. Access Guelph Line from the QEW in Burlington and head North. The area around  Home Depot and fields Southwards towards the Leon's Furniture. * Snowl Owl --- From about 2:00 am - 3:30 am early Tuesday morning, I'm a Night shift worker, There was a Snowy Owl Hunting the

[Ontbirds] Harlequin Duck

The continuing Harlequin Duck was active and visible yesterday during the warm weather. I last saw it yesterday at around 1:30 pm, usually hanging at the rear of the redhead and scaup rafts. This was near the north shore of Humber Bay West, nearest to the gazebo. There were also 2 Coots,

[Ontbirds] Saint Isidore: 10 Bald Eagles in a single field

Hi there, Today (2 February 2016) at 1100 AM I observed 10 Bald Eagles (7 perched along a tree line and 3 in the adjacent field) seen from Concession 21, looking N, just W of Renaud crossroad. The eagles were also seen by looking S from Concession 20, just W of Renaud. Not a rare species but a