[Ontbirds] Ross’s Goose Whitby

2018-01-20 Thread charmaine anderson via ONTBIRDS
Posting for Sara and Ian Miron - they just had a Ross’s Goose on the lake at the base of Gordon Street. The bird flew north possibly to the soccer fields on Bayly at Gordon. You can exit the 401 at Lakeridge and go south to Bayly and east to Gordon. Sent from my iPhone

[Ontbirds] Kingston: Gyrfalcon

2018-01-20 Thread Jon Ruddy via ONTBIRDS
Our birding group was just treated to a spectacular view of an adult gray morph Gyr hunting Mallards. It was a beast of a bird; essentially raven-sized. We are on the Kingston ferry, heading over to Wolfe Island. The bird split the Mallard flock right in front of us! It was unseccesful in its hunt

[Ontbirds] Townsend's Solitaire - Yes

2018-01-20 Thread Ethan Gosnell via ONTBIRDS
For all of those who want it for the year, or missed it last (me), the Townsend's Solitaire that MacNeal found last November still continues today. I haven't seen any updates on this listserv since Dan refound it on the 16th, but I thought I'd let people know. It seems to be most reliable in a

[Ontbirds] Gyrfalcon in Whitby

2018-01-20 Thread Glenn Coady via ONTBIRDS
Ontbirds subscribers, About 4:40 p.m. I had a juvenile white morph Gyrfalcon fly past me at Thickson Point going due east over the lake. This late in the day one has to figure that this bird was headed for an overnight roosting site and I watched it fly straight toward the Darlington Nuclear