[Ontbirds] Guelph Arboretum - 130 Bohemian Waxwings

2019-01-29 Thread Chris G Earley via ONTBIRDS
Hi, everyone, Sally Cheung (our interpretive naturalist intern) just found 130 Bohemian Waxwings in The Arboretum at the University of Guelph. They appeared to be eating buckthorn berries. There is a good chance they will stick around for a bit as we have lots of berry-producing woody

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Lazuli Bunting update

2019-01-29 Thread Jon Ruddy via ONTBIRDS
Ontbirds subscribers: The bird was last seen at 12:30 PM today. No updates since then, at least that I am aware of. Additionally, I recently heard from Jeff Skevington that he had chatted with the neighbour next door to Denise's property. This neighbour is fine to have people stand next to his

[Ontbirds] Update on Lazuli Bunting

2019-01-29 Thread Jeff Skevington via ONTBIRDS
The bird was seen briefly by me at 8:40 am and then for longer at about 9am by Paul Matthews and Richard Killeen. No one has seen it since. More photos are still needed to support this being a morphologically pure Lazuli but the original photo from the finder is convincing. Access is from Iris

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Lazuli Bunting viewing access point

2019-01-29 Thread Jon Ruddy via ONTBIRDS
Ontbirds subscribers: Apologies for the spam, but sort of a preemptive detail here, as I don't believe I made this as clear as I could in my previous posting. You can only view the bird from the NCC property, which is located behind the home of Denise and James Smith. You cannot see her backyard

[Ontbirds] Pine Grosbeaks at 157 London Road, Newmarket, Ontario at 10:30 a.m. today

2019-01-29 Thread kevin.shackleton--- via ONTBIRDS
I was pleasantly surprised to find a small flock of 5 female Pine Grosbeaks feeding in my Chanticlear Pear tree this morning.Newmarket is accessible via the 404 exiting at Davis Dr. or the 400 exiting at Hwy 9/Davis Dr.From the 400 go east on Davis Dr to Yonge St and turn N and go to the 3rd

[Ontbirds] Lazuli Bunting visitation structure

2019-01-29 Thread Jon Ruddy via ONTBIRDS
Ontbirds subscribers: The homeowner's are Denise and James Smith. I've chatted with Denise by email this morning. I wanted to go over a visitation structure with her, once again, especially now that the bird has been re-seen. Ultimately, Denise would prefer that visitors visit anytime during the

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Lazuli Bunting details

2019-01-29 Thread Jon Ruddy via ONTBIRDS
Ontbirds subscribers: The bird was visiting feeders located in the backyard of 1265 Fellows Rd. in the Iris/Pinecrest Creek area. Please note that Mike and I checked for viewing possibilities from Fellows Road and there are none. Fellows Rd. is relatively narrow and fairly busy (school just down

[Ontbirds] Lazuli Bunting Ottawa

2019-01-29 Thread Jeff Skevington via ONTBIRDS
Is at the feeder now. As reported by Jon Ruddy. Access from Iris near Parkway. Jeff Skevington -- Jeff Skevington, Research Scientist Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6,