[Ontbirds] Green Heron Still Lingering in Haliburton

2017-08-26 Thread Steve Kinsley via ONTBIRDS
Thought I would send an update, that the first summer (versus juvenile) Green Heron first seen a month or so ago is still present on Beech River (also called Gull River on Google Maps) approximately 2-3 km north of Hwy 118 on Hwy 35. This rarely seen species (for northern Ontario) can be seen

[Ontbirds] Marbled Godwit at Presqu'ile

2017-08-26 Thread Baxter via ONTBIRDS
Yesterday evening when I approached Ron Tozer on Beach 3, he had just recently found an adult Marbled Godwit. I first viewed it feeding towards Owen Point from Beach 3, at the "No Access beyond this point" sign on the shore. Sometimes it would hide in the willows along the beach and at one

[Ontbirds] Blue-winged and Connecticut Warblers, etc. - Toronto Islands

2017-08-26 Thread Norm Murr via ONTBIRDS
Yesterday Margaret Liubavicius, Bob Tyler, Gunnar Bessell and I birded Ward’s Island and a bit of Algonquin Island and though it started off slow it ended with a small bang. We came up with 56 species of birds and 2 young Mink and the following are some of those 56 species that we found.