[Ontbirds] Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (06 Mar 2016) 8 Raptors

2016-03-06 Thread reports
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 06, 2016 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[Ontbirds] Odd Female American Wigeon on Leslie Street Spit

2016-03-06 Thread Andrew Keaveney
I too ventured out to see the Eurasian Wigeon this afternoon, which, in tow with Baxter Naday, the two of us did see with no problem. We only counted 3 other wigeon there. 2 of these were clearly adult male alternate American Wigeons.The third bird however was a bit puzzling. Jean Iron was

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagles southwest of Delhi were seen at 1000 this morning. I stopped at 1026 Concession Road S.which is west of Fernlea Road. Originally thought they were both adults. After study, ag

2016-03-06 Thread Gerard Binsfeld
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[Ontbirds] Tufted Duck x Scaup Hybrid - Toronto

2016-03-06 Thread Iain Fleming
While scanning for the Eurasian Wigeon at the spit late this afternoon (4:45pm), I came across what appears to be a Tufted Duck x Scaup hybrid. The bird has a noticeable stubby tuft and charcoal back (darker than surrounding Greater Scaup). It was roughly 150m offshore at the mouth of the

[Ontbirds] Lambton Gyrfalcon - earlier today

2016-03-06 Thread Tim Arthur
I just got home and wasn't able to post earlier. At about 12:10 I saw the Gyrfalcon on Brick Yard Line between Bethel Rd. and Nauvoo Rd. across from house #7664. It flew by extremely fast and low with relatively slow steady wing beats. It was a fairly brief look since it passed so quickly, but

[Ontbirds] Lambton - Gyrfalcon mistake

2016-03-06 Thread Henrique Pacheco
It appears my email didn't go through so I'll send it again. My mom called me back saying she realized the bird was an adult male northern harrier. Apologies Henrique Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists -

Re: [Ontbirds] [SUSPECTED SPAM] Gyrfalcon

2016-03-06 Thread Henrique Pacheco
My mom just found the bird at 7153 Brick Yard Line. It's flying all over the place. Henrique Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2016, at 12:29 PM, scouse-...@cogeco.ca wrote: > > > No sign of the Brick yard line Gyrfalcon this morning. Spoke to one birder > who has been here 4.4 hrs, with no

[Ontbirds] [SUSPECTED SPAM] Gyrfalcon

2016-03-06 Thread scouse-one
No sign of the Brick yard line Gyrfalcon this morning. Spoke to one birder who has been here 4.4 hrs, with no luck. Tom Miller -- Sent from myMail app for Android ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding

[Ontbirds] Eurasian Wigeon - Toronto yes

2016-03-06 Thread Chris Cheatle
Tommy Thompson park. I was leaving for a trip but figured I could check at first light for the reported bird from yesterday. Still present this morning. When I left at approx 745 it was at the far south end of marina channel. In open water with a large group of 500+ ducks. Near the boat mast