[Ontbirds] Snow Buntings Carden Plain

A small bunch 7 or 8 flew over Victoria Road near the eastern end of McNamee at about 1330 today. Have seen SBs in this area before. Local resident has well stocked feeders. http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20553280 g -- Please use george.t...@gmail.com as default mail

[Ontbirds] Cattle Egret, Whitby

Cattle egret in same location as noted below this morning. John Carley Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: rile...@yahoo.com Date: November 13, 2014 at 9:24:36 AM EST To: Ontbirds birdalert@ontbirds.ca Subject: Cattle Egret, Whitby ‎The Cattle Egret is still present today

[Ontbirds] Nashville Warbler, Leslie St. Spit, 9 November

Apologies for the late posting — last Sunday afternoon I had a Nashville Warbler at Leslie St. Spit, about 200m south of the kiosk in some bushes on the west side. I’m posting now in case this is of interest for local seasonal record keepers. I had about 15-20 Snow Buntings further south on

[Ontbirds] Cattle Egret - Whitby - trespass issues - URGENT

George Arevalo. Director of Golf at Carruthers Creek Golf and CC just called me to say that a group of birders was asked to leave one of the fairways this morning as they were in an area not permitted for viewing. I was asked to email birders and remind them that liability and safety issues

Re: [Ontbirds] Cattle Egret - Whitby - trespass issues - URGENT

Hi Geoff The continuing issues of etiquette. When I was there this morning, birders were viewing from a slight knoll at the north edge of the parking area. The egret was well in view in the rough straight north from that viewpoint. Cheers John Sent from my iPhone On Nov 15, 2014, at 10:27 AM,

[Ontbirds] Chatham-Kent: Brewer's Blackbird-Rondeau PP

Adult male foraging and vocalizing on dry ground in the open right next to Pony Barn. First seen at 11:45am. Good video and photos available. With Dave Smitley and Ed O'Connor. Chatham-Kent Sent from my iPad ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario

[Ontbirds] Pelee Island sightings

Birders, At around 10am this morning a female Common Eider flew along the shoreline from east to west at sheridain point. The bird joined up with 20 Red breasted mergansers and flew towards the Ohio Bass islands. Also 5 brewers black birds were in a weedy field- NE corner of the island. Dean

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Glaucous Gull

A third-year bird - very pale, with a dark band on bill. With Herring, greater and lesser black-backs. Seen at the Johnson Pit, 4250 Trail Road, Ottawa. Ottawa Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists -

[Ontbirds] Cattle Egret, Whitby

The Cattle Egret was being seen very well from the parking lot of the Carruthers Creek Golf Course at 12:30 today. Directions: Take Lakeridge Road south from Bayly St. in Whitby, then take the first right turn into the Golf Course. Park in the gravel parking lot and look north. Mark

[Ontbirds] Possible Yellow-billed Loon, Sabine's Gull Niagara Falls

We are looking at what seems to be a good candidate for juvenile Yellow-billed Loon below niagara falls. It has a noticeably larger and much paler bill than the nearby common loons, which it isn't associating with. It is browner and paler overall and the head pattern seems to be right. Noticeable

Re: [Ontbirds] Possible Yellow-billed Loon, Sabine's Gull Niagara Falls direction

Sorry, Dufferin Islands is SOUTH of the falls (upriver) On Nov 15, 2014 3:23 PM, Reuven Martin jaege...@gmail.com wrote: We are looking at what seems to be a good candidate for juvenile Yellow-billed Loon below niagara falls. It has a noticeably larger and much paler bill than the nearby

[Ontbirds] Yellow-billed Loon retraction

Views have improved greatly and the bird seems to be a pale juvenile common loon. Apologies for any inconvenience. Reuven Martin ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to

[Ontbirds] Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Nov. 15th 2014

ISRW North Whitby, Ontario November 15th 2014 Turkey Vulture - 4 Bald Eagle - 1 N. Harrier - 2 Sharp-shinned - 1 Cooper's - 1 Red-shouldered - 1 Red-tailed - 20 Golden Eagle - 2 UB - 1 Total No. - 33 Total Species - 8 Total Hrs - 3 BE - 11:02 GE - 11:55, 12:25 (juv) Also observed - Cackling

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (15 Nov 2014) 121 Raptors

Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 15, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (15 Nov 2014) 96 Raptors

Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 15, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Brant at Burleigh Falls and Snow Goose near Lajefield

This morning I looked for the Brant seen by Martin Parker last week and found it feeding on the grass beside the boat launch in Burleigh Falls. The entrance to the parking lot is just north of the bridge at the falls on Highway 28. On the way home I found the Snow Goose which has been seen on