[Ontbirds] Pinery Prov Park; Whippoorwill and Eastern Screech Owl calling

2010-07-12 Thread Richer, Sarah
Greetings all, While camping in perfect summery weather this past Saturday night/early Sunday morning July 10th at Pinery Provincial Park (Riverside campground, Area 2, site 563), an EASTERN SCREECH OWL was heard calling (from within 30 m of the campsite) intermittently between 12:00 a.m. and

[Ontbirds] 2 adult Sandhill Cranes with 1 young chick,

2010-07-08 Thread Richer, Sarah
I apologize for not submitting until now, yesterday disappeared on me. 2 adult Sandhill Cranes with 1 young chick were observed Tuesday July 6 at 9:10 a.m. feeding in a mowed field (I think hay) despite the heat of the day, approximately 75 m from the road (Regional Road 17). The chick was

[Ontbirds] Birds at Snider's Flats - Kitchener/Waterloo

2009-04-06 Thread Richer, Sarah
Hoping to spur an increase in the amount of postings for this area of Ontario! Sorry for the lateness; went to Snyder's (Snider's?) Flats early Saturday evening, parked by the gate and took the trail as far as it would take me, around the ponds close to the Grand River. There is an OSPREY

[Ontbirds] Peregrine Falcon, Kitchener

2009-01-07 Thread Richer, Sarah
A Peregrine Falcon was observed flying briefly today at approximately 11:30am before it perched on the roof of the white apartment building at the northwest corner of Queen and Ahrens Street West. It stayed perched there for approximately 20 minutes at the top of what I think is the radio antenna.