[Ontbirds] Results of today's OFO outing at Larose Forest east of Ottawa

2016-06-05 Thread Jacques Bouvier
Hello birders, On 3 June we had 70 species in the forest but today because of moderate drizzle during the first 2 hours and a real downpour during the last hour, we managed to identify only 32 species of which 7 were warblers (14 a few days ago). The upside was that each participant

[Ontbirds] Dickcissels east of Wheatley

2016-06-05 Thread Leon's Mail
Dickcissels are back on the field east of Wheatley. I saw one perched in a short shrub and heard at least another one. The field is 2 to 3 km east of Wheatley, on the south side of the highway. There are storage tanks and a pump for crude oil on the field. Leon A. Barlow

Re: [Ontbirds] Townsends warbler at rondeau

2016-06-05 Thread Dean Ware
Hi is the bird still there? On Jun 2, 2016 8:47 AM, "Steve Charbonneau" wrote: > Hi all, > I have just found and photographed a singing Townsends warbler at 17364 > Lakeshore Rd Rondeau. > > Sent from my iPhone > ___ >

[Ontbirds] Iceland gull Port Dover pier

2016-06-05 Thread Lynn Jones
At 0830 this morning there is a all white Iceland gull among the ringbills, This bird has a bill that is light at the basal half & tip half dark. Believe it or not there was another Iceland on the pier June 2 that had a bill almost all dark, only a little light color at the base. I've never seen

[Ontbirds] Yellow-throated Warbler at Thickson's Woods - Yes - 5 June

2016-06-05 Thread Glenn Coady
Ontbirds subscribers, The singing male Yellow-throated Warbler is present and singing nearly continuously this morning. It started out at dawn singing in the large pines in my backyard and gradually worked its way east to the property just east of the Dennis Barry/Margaret Carney home at