[Ontbirds] LOST: Compact Flash card. Cranberry Marsh, Whiby

2013-01-28 Thread Mark Cranford [Ontbirds]
LOST: 16 GB Compact Flask card. SanDisk, Cranberry Marsh, 1st trail, Sunday afternoon at about 3:30 pm. Full of Barred Owl and American Tree Sparrow images. If using Photoshop my name is in the file information under description. Most images taken Saturday on Trail 2. Please contact me

[Ontbirds] white winged dove Rondeau PP

2013-01-28 Thread RIC MCARTHUR
As at 10.20 am the white winged dove is still at the visitor centre garden. It was sitting in a tree just outside the garden fence. Ric http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricmcarthur/8424097788/in/photostream Take 401 to exit 101 and follo0w signs to the park. Admission fee or park pass is required.

[Ontbirds] Ontario Birds - December 2012

2013-01-28 Thread Weseloh,Chip [Ontario]
Hi All, We are a little late with the December issue of Ontario Birds but all is in hand. It has gone to the printer and we are hoping for distribution within the next two weeks or so. This issue will contain the following contributions: 1. Band encounters of Canada Geese banded in Ottawa,

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings - Sideline 24, SW of Claremont

2013-01-28 Thread Mark K
The Bohemian Waxwings reported yesterday were still to be found today, albeit only about 35 of them. They were on Sideline 24, feeding on what appeared to be cherries, a few hundred metres north of Concession 7.  Concession 7 is the first concession road north of Hwy 7, running east from the

[Ontbirds] White-winged Dove still at Rondeau PP

2013-01-28 Thread Allen Woodliffe
The White-winged Dove is still at the Rondeau Provincial Park Visitor Centre as of ~3:30 p.m. today, January 28. The bird is most often seen with feathers all fluffed up, on a horizontal branch about three metres off the ground, just a few metres south of the Visitor Centre's feeding station.

[Ontbirds] Strange Visitors

2013-01-28 Thread Glenn Sloggett
Hi fellow Birders On January 5th I went to see the Snowy Owl in St. Catharines and while there noticed a strange bird over head and snapped a quick photo, turned out to be an Egyptian Goose of all things, Thanks goes to Mark Cranford for the ID. On Jan 24th I

[Ontbirds] WHITE-WINGED DOVE (Rondeau) VESPER SPARROW (west of Port Dover)

2013-01-28 Thread Matt Timpf
Hi Birders, The WHITE-WINGED DOVE was still present at 12 today at the Visitor Centre Feeders at Rondeau Provincial Park. It was perched up in a small tree immediately behind the fenced area. Also of interest today was a VESPER SPARROW west of Port Dover this afternoon, feeding on the