The coming weekend will be the last for bird feeding at the Visitor Centre
and Spruce Bog Boardwalk as both sites will be shut down as of April 1 to
remove potential attractions for bears that will soon emerge from
hibernation. If you have not seen the Boreal Chickadees at the Spruce Bog
Boardwalk
On Friday, March 25th, 2011 this is the HNC Birding Report:
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Osprey
Turkey
After last weekend's influx of Greater Snow Geese (50,000 +) the birds are
spreading out in the southern portion of the region. The flooded fields
along County Rd 34 near Green Valley have dried up quickly so this area is
no longer the draw that it was although birds may periodically land near
The ice certainly isn't all gone but the impatient waterfowl are moving in to
fill all the open spots. Last Saturday, in Prince Edward County, there were 800
Greater Scaup at PEPt and an equal number of Snow Geese at the Kaiser X-Road.
The latter included 12 blue phase and were in a flooded
Hi Ontbirders
There are now 4 adult Ross's Geese along the Carp River at Carp. Also, 6
Greater White-fronted Geese were present too. The geese were still feeding at
12:00 noon.
good birding, Bruce
Directions: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Carp Road exit. and turn
right and follow
Today I did my 6th annual informal Greater Snow Goose Survey in eastern
Ontario. It encompasses Ontario between Ottawa and St Lawrence rivers running
east from Cornwall.
There very few geese (1000 Canada Geese) in traditonal areas north of Green
Valley.
The usually very reliable extensive
Following Brian Morin's post of this morning we drove down to Lancaster this
afternoon. We found no snow geese in the area just north of Hwy 401, but
found several heavy concentrations in the St Lawrence River east of
Lancaster south of Bainsville just west of the Quebec border.
I use the term
Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 25, 2011
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Black
Hello birders. As I was on my way past Stoney Creek today I decided to check
for the Mountain Bluebird being reported the last few days. There were no
posts today but I figured I'd give it a try anyways. I spoke with the Owner(?)
of the winery inside and he let me check around the area as
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