[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (17 Oct 2014) 845 Raptors

2014-10-17 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey Vultu

[Ontbirds] Long Point Bird Observatory Update to October 17

2014-10-17 Thread Stuart Mackenzie
Long Point Bird Observatory Sightings Board - October 10 to 17, 2014. It took a few days for the massive movement that occurred last week to die down, but warm weather, south winds, and rain kept most new passerine movement at bay. Waterfowl numbers and diversity continue to build. More than 10,

Re: [Ontbirds] Rare heron type bird possibly- Fayette county 40516

2014-10-17 Thread Weseloh,Chip [Ontario]
Yes, this sounds like one of our birds. We did apply blue wing-tags to about 154 young, flightless, Great Egrets this year. All of them we banded at Nottawasaga island, near Collingwood, Ontario….about a 1.5 hr drive NNW of Toronto. If you see the bird again, please take a re-newed stab at tryi

[Ontbirds] HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (17 Oct 2014) 26 Raptors

2014-10-17 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 10th - 17th October 2014

2014-10-17 Thread Mark D. Read
Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintains records in a 50km radius of MacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders already using eBird are encouraged to share their sightings with 'Kingston FN'. Alternatively, please email, phone or post records directly to me - contact details below. Note: some sightings ma

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, October 17, 2014

2014-10-17 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
EURASIAN WIGEON AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN SABINE'S GULL POMARINE JAEGER PARASITIC JAEGER Tundra Swan American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead

[Ontbirds] HSR: Detroit River Hawk Watch (17 Oct 2014) 785 Raptors

2014-10-17 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] North Bay Ross's Goose - likely a hybrid

2014-10-17 Thread Josh Vandermeulen
After work yesterday I stopped in to check for the reported Ross's Goose in North Bay. It was feeding with a group of about 100 Canada Geese on the same set of sports fields when I arrived shortly before 5:00 PM. Several field marks seemed a bit off for Ross's Goose, and it is likely that this b

[Ontbirds] Fox Sparrows at Jack Pine in Ottawa

2014-10-17 Thread Brian Mortimer
This morning at 8:40 I found two Fox Sparrows at Jack Pine Trail in Ottawa. The birds were with a huge flock of Slate-coloured Junco and White-troated Sparrows on the initial segment of the trail between the parking lot and OFNC feeder site. I did not relocate the Black-backed Woodpecker or Evening

[Ontbirds] West Perth Wetlands - Waterfowl and Shorebirds

2014-10-17 Thread Dave & Tracey Brown
Hi folks, I wanted to provide a quick update on the West Perth Wetlands here in Mitchell as we progress into Fall. Water levels in the fenced cell are back down (finally) and are good for any late shorebirds and many waterfowl. The other cells are great for waterfowl with the one right behind