[Ontbirds] Brewer's Blackbirds, Bruce Peninsula

2017-08-20 Thread ALFRED RAAB via ONTBIRDS
32 Brewer's Blackbirds,  300m south of Pike Bay Rd along Hwy 6.Each year at this time a large flock feeds along the highway and they stay until mid to late August.Best time to see them is between 7:30 and 8:00pm when they all sit on the hydro wires. Directions: This location is 22 km north of

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Sunday, August 20th, 2017

2017-08-20 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe via ONTBIRDS
RED KNOT WESTERN SANDPIPER FISH CROW Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Red-shouldered Hawk Merlin Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs

[Ontbirds] Red-necked Phalaropes at Strathroy Sewage Lagoons

2017-08-20 Thread Quinten Wiegersma via ONTBIRDS
This evening there were two Red-necked Phalaropes at the Strathroy Sewage Lagoons in Middlesex. The two seen tonight were part of a trio originally found earlier today by Paul Nicholson. These are the first Red-necked Phalaropes to my knowledge since 2014, when there was one found also in

[Ontbirds] Red knot port colborne

2017-08-20 Thread Ryan Griffiths via ONTBIRDS
Sorry Typo, it is quarrie road not quarry. Red knot still foraging with mix bag of shorebirds. Parking just past goes Harry trail. Hwy3 to quarries road, port colborne. Get Outlook for Android ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the

[Ontbirds] Red knot port colborne

2017-08-20 Thread Ryan Griffiths via ONTBIRDS
I have a red knot in the quarry on the west side of quarry road mixed with 5 short billed dowithchers. Hwy3 to quarry road wainfleet/port colborne. Get Outlook for Android ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Ruddy Turnstone

2017-08-20 Thread kiah Jasper via ONTBIRDS
Hi, There is a lone Ruddy Turnstone on the dock in the port Dover harbour. It was last seen feeding beside the lighthouse. Directions: follow highway 6 into port dover then follow Main Street to the intersection of harbour street. Then turn right and go to the end of harbour st. Good birding!

[Ontbirds] Red knot and stilt sandpiper @ Windermere basin

2017-08-20 Thread Owen Yates via ONTBIRDS
Hey all. Red knot juvenile seen on far bank of Windermere basin nr tern flock. Found by RMFP, the driver to the stars. Yours sincerely, Owen Yates Owen Yates Event Planner Joy Events Telephone: +1 416-567-9669 Skype: onwyates24 Address: 220 George Street, 502, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A

[Ontbirds] Fall is coming and so is the OFO Convention at Long Point, Sept 22-24

2017-08-20 Thread Lynne Freeman via ONTBIRDS
Hello everyone, Although the weather is still hot and lovely, the fall migration is underway and it's time to register for the OFO Convention. This year it's at Long Point from September 22-24th. Bird Studies Canada staff and volunteers are busy preparing fantastic field trips for us in this very

[Ontbirds] Shorebirds at Wildwood Lake

2017-08-20 Thread Richard Skevington via ONTBIRDS
The east end of Wildwood Lake is nearly water free. The mud flats are now filling with shorebirds. This morning I had 1 Wilson’s Phalarope, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 45 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 18 Least