The Ross's Goose found yesterday evening by Eugene Jankowski and reported to
Ontbirds by Cheryl Edgecombe last night is currently still present this morning
in the flooded fields located at 9th Line and Britannia Road in Mississauga.
David Pryor
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The location of the Ross's Goose is 8th Line and Britannia Road in Mississauga,
NOT 9th Line Britannia.
Apologies for the previous error in directions.
David Pryor
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On 2013-04-13, at 7:04 AM, David Pryor s...@sympatico.ca wrote:
The Ross's Goose found yesterday evening
There are two Snow Geese (one White morph and one Blue Morph) among hundreds of
Canada Geese in the large pond on the east side of Hwy 407 at the southeast
corner of Britannia Road and 9th Line (yes, 9th Line).
David Pryor
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Rayfield Pye and myself are currently looking at an american avocet on the
sandspit straight out from the gm platform 810am
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The 2 Snow Geese are in a field on the southwest corner of Britannia Rd and
James Snow Parkway. A couple of kms west of Trafalgar rd in north Oakville.
Mark Peck
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ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial
Because of the tremendous interest in Cackling Geese, we thought Ontbirders
would be interested in this recent paper published electronically in The Auk
that describes a hybrid zone between Canada and Cackling Geese just west of
Hudson Bay. See abstract below.
ABSTRACT: We studied patterns of
Hello Ontbirders,
I am currently looking at a pair (male/female) of Harlequin ducks mingling with
some scaup at Wrigley lake near Ayr.
Directions from the 401: Get off 401 at exit 268 (regional road 97/Cedar Creek
Rd.). Go east on Cedar Creek Rd. (toward Cambridge). Travel for about 4 km
a number of birders looked for this bird this morning not seeing it goes
behind the inland and disappears .. so be patent its there some wear .
Craig McLauchlan
- Original Message -
From: Tyler Hoar th...@rogers.com
To: birdalert@ontbirds.ca
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:14 AM
Greetings birders:
I'd like to report a Vesper sparrow observed yesterday around 12 N while
passing through Port Royal on our way to Long Point. The bird flew across the
road and flashed it's distinctive white outer tail retrices.
Directions to Port Royal:
Take Highway #3 to Highway #19 and
Birders,
Lisa Teskey and I just returned from looking for some previously reported geese.
We re-found the 2 SNOW GEESE (1 blue, 1 white)on 4th Line, just north of
Britannia, on the west side. Check the grassy field with some rolling hills.
This is where they were, in the company of many
Today there were three molting male and two female ruddy ducks at Cranberry
Marsh. Also seen were a pair of blue-winged teal and a peregrine falcon.
Of course there were many other waterfowl all wondering why we would bother
looking at them with ice pellets coming down!
Eric Davis, Woodville
Ontbirders,
The Avocet was still present at 3:45 on the sand spit
West of the GM platform. Although briefly startled into flight
by a passing harrier along with 3 Dunlin,
it returned to the spit shortly after.
Dave Szmyr
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Today was a mixed bag here in the hinterland ...
13 Bohemian Waxwings
1 Common Redpoll
4 Bluebirds
1 Phoebe
5 species of woodpeckers
Cooper's Hawk doing a display flight
3 Common Loons heading north
Woodcock displaying
Lakeridge and Reach area
Geoff Carpentier
www.avocetnatureservices.com
Thousands of Snow Geese were still present in the flooded fields of Cobb
Creek, visible from Russell Road, 3.5 km east of Bourget. However, I saw
none along Milton Road, which is much closer to Ottawa. Both areas still
have many Canada Geese and some Northern Pintails, more of the latter than
last
An American Avocet has just shown up in the flood fields east of Orillia. Don't
know but it may be the same bird.
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario
From: Craig McL. c...@sympatico.ca
To: Tyler Hoar th...@rogers.com; birdalert@ontbirds.ca
Sent: Saturday, April
American Avocet-1
still present at Oshawa Second Marsh at 6 PM.
Directions: Get off the 401 at the Harmony/Bloor exit in the
east end of Oshawa (exit # 419)
Go south on Farewell St. to Colonel Sam Drive. Go east on
Colonel Sam Drive to the GM Canada headquarters. Park in
the lot on the west
WESTERN GREBE
EARED GREBE
RED-NECKED GREBE
PIED-BILLED GREBE
As of about 17h00 on Saturday, 13 April 2013, the western grebe is still
present, found on the inside, marina side toward the western end of the
outer breakwater. (The windy end with the flagpole.) It briefly swam
with bill gaping and
As several people have kindly pointed out to me, HORNED GREBE is a
couple of orders of magnitude more likely than EARED GREBE.
(I knew EARED was less likely, but not by how much!)
So before anyone makes a special effort to go see, please keep in mind
that I am by no means an expert birder of any
Ontbirders:
Blenheim Lagoons are officially opened for the birding season.
Water levels are high, no surprise there, with our wet Spring.
An abundance of Ruddy Ducks are there just now, and many
more species are anticipated shortly.
Our usual Phalaropes are a wee bit tardy--but will come.
Sadly,
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