[Ontbirds] Pine Siskins Redpolls Sundridge

Big changes in birds at my feeders today. For most of the winter Goldfinches dominated with number between 30 to 80 birds. The occasional Siskin and Common redpoll showed up from time to time. Today the feeders were dominated by Pine Siskins just over 100 birds. A small flock of 24 Common

[Ontbirds] Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (02 Mar 2017) 20 Raptors

Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 02, 2017 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[Ontbirds] Ross's Goose - Belwood Lake

At approx 3:40pm I observed a single Ross's Goose amidst 100+ Canada Geese at the north end of Belwood Lake. I observed from the county road 26 bridge south of town. It was noticeably smaller than CANG with short stubby bill.  It was off the west side of bridge on north shore. I watched for a bit

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 2 March 2017

Warmer temperatures earlier in the week resulted in record-early spring records for Canada Goose (a pair on February 25), Lesser Scaup (male photographed on open water of the Madawaska River on February 26) and American Tree Sparrow (February 25). Other signs of spring-to-come included a pair

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/ Gatineau-recent sightings to March 2, 2017

Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Gregory Zbitnew at sighti...@ofnc.ca March 2, 2017 There was a major highlight this week. The Gray Morph GYRFALCON near Carleton Place was refound on the 23rd on Appleton Sideroad,

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending March 2, 2017.

In terms of both weather and bird life, it has been like early spring at Presqu'ile Provincial Park until this morning. Birds have arrived back much earlier than usual and open water extends over much of the area that is normally frozen until at least mid-March. A TRUMPETER SWAN was seen on