[Ontbirds] Red-bellied Woodpecker -Gowganda ON..Temiskaming Dist.

2019-05-21 Thread ptrudel--- via ONTBIRDS
Hi, Was very excited to see the male Red Bellied Woodpecker on 5 different occasions today at the black oil feeder. Also present throughout the day were 2 male Rose Breasted grosbeaks. My feeders are very active.about 50-75 Purple Finches everyday . American Goldfinches and Pine Siskins here

[Ontbirds] Mourning Warbler London ON

2019-05-21 Thread Mark Conlon via ONTBIRDS
I located a Mourning Warbler at Springbank Park, Storybook Gardens at about 1pm. This hot has been highly productive all week and is well worth visiting. Access is simple to the spot just behind the amusement park. I would not be surprised if another was found here given the numbers of birds all

[Ontbirds] Laughing gull earlier today Whitby Harbour.

2019-05-21 Thread charmaine anderson via ONTBIRDS
Apologies for not getting this out earlier. We had a potential Laughing Gull at approximately 10:40am. Bird was sleeping and hidden making ID confirmation difficult. The bird finally woke up and flew shortly after that giving everyone good looks, confirming identification. As far as I know the

[Ontbirds] Black Vulture Etobicoke

2019-05-21 Thread cver via ONTBIRDS
Just had a Black Vulture fly over my house at 12.45. It was travelling with one Turkey Vulture. Going south towards the lake. I am located near Browns line and Horner in south Etobicoke. Cecilia Verkley Etobicoke Ont ___ ONTBIRDS is

[Ontbirds] Red Knots Woodbine Beach Toronto

2019-05-21 Thread Don Graham via ONTBIRDS
Last evening at about 8:30 I was pleasantly surprised to see about 40 Red Knots as well as 70 Dunlin feeding in a large flooded area that has developed on Woodbine Beach in Toronto. The birds were ignored by thousands gathered to watch the impending fireworks show, frequently disturbed and the

[Ontbirds] OFO outing to Murphys Point Provincial Park (Sunday 19th May)

2019-05-21 Thread Mark D. Read via ONTBIRDS
Ten members joined me for an excellent morning's birding at the park, from 7am to midday. In total we saw 75 species, including 22 species of warbler! Warbler highlights included almost a dozen Golden-winged Warblers, 2 Blue-winged Warblers, 2 Cerulean Warblers, and a good mix of the others,

[Ontbirds] Prothonotary- Wards Island

2019-05-21 Thread Marc Lichtenberg via ONTBIRDS
Watching and listening now at east end of Lakeshore Ave. South of trail. 8 am Marc Lichtenberg Sent from Outlook ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send