[Ontbirds] Lark Sparrow Point Pelee National Park

2017-04-27 Thread Sarah Lamond via ONTBIRDS
At around 8:10 PM I found a Lark Sparrow in the Blue Heron parking lot feeding with a group of Chipping Sparrows. Hopefully this bird is still around in the morning! Sarah Lamond and Kathleen Gardiner ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending April 27, 2017.

2017-04-27 Thread Fred Helleiner via ONTBIRDS
Newly arriving migrants have made for great birding at Presqu'ile Provincial Park this past week, though the stereotypical fallout that has trees dripping with birds that wintered in the tropics has yet to occur. The first BLUE-WINGED TEAL of the season was in the woodpile marsh on April 21.

[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 27 Apr 2017

2017-04-27 Thread David Suggs via ONTBIRDS
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/27/2017 * NYBU1704.27 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Green Heron Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Broad-winged Hawk

[Ontbirds] Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (27 Apr 2017) 113 Raptors

2017-04-27 Thread reports--- via ONTBIRDS
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 27, 2017 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

Re: [Ontbirds] Chimney Swift, North York

2017-04-27 Thread Richard Sigesmund via ONTBIRDS
Heard 1 after lunch and then spotted 1 at 4 PM in East York. On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Joyce Collier-Brown via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > At approx. 6:20 pm we saw one Chimney Swift from our balcony, borne on the > SW winds about 20 min before the thunderstorm hit. We

[Ontbirds] Chimney Swift, North York

2017-04-27 Thread Joyce Collier-Brown via ONTBIRDS
At approx. 6:20 pm we saw one Chimney Swift from our balcony, borne on the SW winds about 20 min before the thunderstorm hit. We have only lived here for 4 years, but we usually see our first Swifts in the first few days of May. We are in a building at the southeast corner of the 401 and Yonge

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/ Gatineau: recent sightings to April 27, 2017

2017-04-27 Thread Gregory Zbitnew via ONTBIRDS
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Gregory Zbitnew at sighti...@ofnc.ca April 27, 2017 The highlight of the week and perhaps the year so far, was an adult plumaged LAUGHING GULL, seen on the 22nd on Cambrian just

[Ontbirds] Willets at Wheatley

2017-04-27 Thread Steve Charbonneau via ONTBIRDS
There are currently 7 willets resting on the Wheatley beach, Chatham-Kent side. Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca

[Ontbirds] Birding Opportunities on the Cameron, Windmill and Bluebird Ranches on the Carden Alvar

2017-04-27 Thread Bruce Wilson via ONTBIRDS
I wish to thank everyone who responded to my request for volunteers. I now have enough people to fill out the survey teams for this year. We will be carrying out the point counts again next year on the second weekend in June so if you can't make it this year there is always a chance in 2018.