[Ontbirds] Hooded warbler at Sparrow Field Point Pelee

Being seen now singing Michael Tate 1-613-863-8455 michaelt...@rogers.com Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For

[Ontbirds] Swainson's thrush, East York

Seems like I get this consistent migrant every spring/fall for 1-2 days. First Swainson's thrush of the year, hence the report. Considering that I live at Pape and O'Connor, I'm always surprised to find it in my backyard. If you're in the neighbourhood, keep your ears and eyes open for them,

[Ontbirds] Eastern Bluebird - High Road, Ottawa

On a blustery, sunny morning today, I found a pair of Eastern Bluebirds on High Road, south of the Ottawa Airport. The pair tried at several nesting boxes to oust Tree Swallows, with some success. Also Barn Swallows at the barn on the corner of Earl Armstrong and High Road and several Eastern

[Ontbirds] Empowering Citizen Scientists in the Lake Simcoe and Nottawasaga Valley Areas (Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program)

posted with the permission of the Ontbirds Coordinator Empowering Citizen Scientists in the Lake Simcoe and Nottawasaga Valley Areas (Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program) Sunday, May 4, 2014 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT); Utopia, ON Bird Studies Canada, through support

[Ontbirds] Trumpeter Swans, Prince Edward County

Two Trumpeter Swans were surprise late arrivals at Kaiser Crossroad this morning. DIRECTIONS: From Picton, take Bridge Street AKA Glenora Road toward the Glenora ferry. Turn right on Lake on the Mountain Road/County Road 7, then right on Kaiser Crossroad. The swans were on the first wetland on

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Yellow Palm Warbler

Hi there, Today (24 April) at 1:00 PM, I observed a Yellow Palm Warbler (hypocrysea) along a trail within Maple Hill Park. I have X'd the spot on the trail where I observed the bird. All-round good spring birding throughout the trail system and along the adjacent Rideau River: Yellow-rumped

[Ontbirds] Blue Birds

Happy to report I have three Blue Bird eggs in one of my three nest boxes. Tree swallows are interested in one and another is vacant.I am 2.5 Km west of the village of Townsend on Stone Quarry Road. Townsend is north of Jarvis off off Hwy 6.Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Koodo

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending April 24, 2014.

At Presqu’ile Provincial Park, as at most other locations in Ontario, spring bird migration comes in waves, and there have been none of any significance for over a week. Instead, the expected migrants at this time of year have come as a slow steady stream. WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, as many as 14,

[Ontbirds] Ashbridges Bay April 24

Went out after work and saw quite a bit! Red-necked grebe Red-breasted merganser Black-crowned night heron (x5) Horned grebe And also... Common merganser Gadwall Buffleheads Lesser scaup Belted kingfisher Mute swan Mallards Song sparrow Northern flicker