[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Conservation Area (13 Nov 2015) 3 Raptors

2015-11-13 Thread reports
Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Turkey

[Ontbirds] Cave swallows and Franklin's gulls Erieau area Friday

2015-11-13 Thread Steve Charbonneau
Hello again Everyone, For those of you who don't follow Ebird, I thought I would post a quick report of the interesting birds seen in and around Erieau today. I arrived at the Erieau harbour this morning at 7:10 and Jim Burk came soon after. >From 7:30 until 8:00, Jim and I saw at least 5

[Ontbirds] Detroit River Hawk Watch (13 Nov 2015) 4 Raptors

2015-11-13 Thread reports
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[Ontbirds] Quick correction- Direction to Second Marsh

2015-11-13 Thread Tim wilgan
Sorry folks. Its a left turn from Farewell onto Colonel Same Drive. Good birdingTim Logan ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to

[Ontbirds] Cave swallow at Second Marsh in Oshawa

2015-11-13 Thread Tim wilgan
This afternoon at approximately 1:30 (from the Berm Trail), I observed a cave swallow flying out over Harmony Creek and the marsh for several minutes. The bird was in the SW corner of the marsh about 100m north of the lake. It was a small swallow with a square tail and a pale rump and

[Ontbirds] Huge number of Common Loons in Barrie

2015-11-13 Thread Burke Korol
On Friday 13 Nov 2015 I estimated the number of COMMON LOONS Loons in a loose, swimming raft at at least 2,300 birds. I was at Minet’s Point Park in Barrie at around 10 a.m. I could not find any Pacific Loons among them, but there was at least one adult RED-THROATED LOON. There were also good

[Ontbirds] Erieau Sightings today

2015-11-13 Thread Brian Morin
I encountered the same flock of gulls noted by Steve Charbonneau in the field with mostly Ring-billed Gulls at 3:45 and at that time I scoped 35 Franklin's Gulls which may be the day's high for that area. Brian Morin Directions as per Steve Charbonneau: Erieau is in Chatham-Kent at the

[Ontbirds] Possible Eurasian Wigeon (female) Grand Bend SL Nov 13/15

2015-11-13 Thread kenneth . gd . burrell
Hi Birders, This afternoon Kathryn Hoo and I briefly checked out the Grand Bend sewage lagoons. Close to 3,000 ducks, predominantly dabblers, were present.  ‎ In the last cell, we briefly saw a female wigeon, before it spooked, that looked very good for a female Eurasian. I lost the bird

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 7th - 13th November 2015

2015-11-13 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. Please note that some

Re: [Ontbirds] Huge number of Common Loons in Barrie

2015-11-13 Thread Brenda Evers
Sent from Samsung tablet Original message From: Burke Korol Date: 11-13-2015 7:15 PM (GMT-05:00) To: birdalert@ontbirds.ca Subject: [Ontbirds] Huge number of Common Loons in Barrie On Friday 13 Nov 2015 I estimated the number of COMMON LOONS Loons

[Ontbirds] Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (13 Nov 2015) 17 Raptors

2015-11-13 Thread reports
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture