Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Frank Pinilla (gmail) via ONTBIRDS
Birders, Just a follow-up on this mega-rarity. A few of us watched the Black-throated Sparrow right up till sunset. It seemed to stay along the fence line behind (east of) the covered picnic area for the time I was there (6:15 to sunset around 7), at around 6:50 or so it flew to the line of

[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Hawk Watch (04 Oct 2019) 7847 Raptors

2019-10-04 Thread reports--- via ONTBIRDS
Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2019 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vulture

[Ontbirds] Toronto Islands - Sedge Wrens, Clay-colored and Le Conte's Sparrows, etc.

2019-10-04 Thread Norm Murr via ONTBIRDS
Today Friday Oct. 4 Bob Tyler, Margaret Liubavicius, Jenny Bull and I birded Hanlan’s and Gibraltar Points and though it was a long day it was a good day and tomorrow could be very good as well (or not). Following are some of the birds we found. 2 Pied-billed Grebes, Great Blue Herons, Great

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Michael Ferguson via ONTBIRDS
Take Courtice Rd exit off 401, proceed south on Courtice Rd for 100m, turn left on Megawatt Dr for 1km, turn right on Crago Rd for a few 100m, soccer fields on left On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 3:29 PM Peter Gilchrist via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > I am having difficulty following the

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Peter Gilchrist via ONTBIRDS
I am having difficulty following the directions to this bird. The maps I have do not show Megawatt Road or Cargo Road. If someone has a set of directions which explains how to access those roads, I would much appreciate it. Thanking in advance, Peter Gilchrist Sent from my iPhone > On Oct

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Taylor Brown via ONTBIRDS
Bird was still present when I left 10 mins ago, for those interested. Still many birders there. Good views but moving about the edge surrounding the soccer fields. On Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 1:15 PM Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS, wrote: > Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower

[Ontbirds] Black throated sparrow - warning accident on the 401 eastbound

2019-10-04 Thread charmaine anderson via ONTBIRDS
FYI - 401 is backed up to Salem. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit

[Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS
Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower field this morning The bird is still here.   Directions Exit courtice rd and head south to megawatt rd. Turn left and follow megawatt. To crago rd. Turn south. The soccer field on on the east side of rd. Bird is feeding with

[Ontbirds] Western Kingbird

2019-10-04 Thread Richard Skevington via ONTBIRDS
I am currently studying a bird that appears to be a Western Kingbird It is sitting on some wires at the intersection of Cove roan and lakeshore road which is west it Port Royal Richard Skevington Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the