Re: [Ontbirds] American White Pelican- Oshawa

2010-07-03 Thread michael ferguson
Saturday July 2, Am. White Pelican on its usual log across the marsh from the platform by the GM building, roosting and preening. There is a gravel lane with a gated and locked entrance east end of the bridge on Col Sam Dr, east side of the water treatment plant. The lane runs up the west side of

[Ontbirds] Second Marsh

2010-08-23 Thread michael ferguson
Sunday evening at Second Marsh: Two fall warblers, Cape May along the marsh trail, Chestnut-Sided in the open woods on the high ground between the marsh trail and the bay trail (resident catbirds, flycatchers, waxwings, including numerous juveniles, and kingbirds all busy at this spot as the

[Ontbirds] Wild turkeys in Scarborough

2011-02-28 Thread michael ferguson
At 9am this morning noted ~20 WILD TURKEY in a field on the south side of Steeles Road between Reesor Road and Ninth Line. (Markham Road S off 407 or N off 410, E on Steeles.) Mike Ferguson Oshawa ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Reesor Pond 16 Sep

2011-09-16 Thread michael ferguson
At 2 this afternoon stopped by Reesor Pond, Stan Long was there as well. The pond is high and not attracting much in the way of shorebirds. Of interest: 5 Redhead 1 Snow Goose, adult The Trumpeter Swan continues its stay. Mike Ferguson Oshawa ___

[Ontbirds] Greater White-fronted Goose at Whitby harbour

2012-02-13 Thread michael ferguson
Greater White-fronted Goose 8:50am Monday Feb 13 Whitby harbour Departed alone from the creek on east side of the Brock Rd bridge, flying west. Did not appear to travel far, coming down on the west side of the harbour. Exit Hwy 401 at exit 410, take Brock St. south to the bridge. Mike

[Ontbirds] Marbled Godwit at Reesor Pond not there at 3pm

2012-05-15 Thread michael ferguson
Marbled Godwit at Reesor Pond was still present at 8am, but no longer there at 3pm. (Reesor Pond in Markham is on W side of Reesor Road and the N side of the 407, S of hwy 7.) M Ferguson Oshawa ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Red Knots at Reesor Pond

2013-05-23 Thread michael ferguson
At 5 pm today at Reesor Pond, 20 Red Knot on the NW spit. Reesor Pond lies between highways 7 and 407 on Reesor Road in Markham. Exit 407 on Philip Murray, north to 7, east to Reesor, south to pond. Mike Ferguson Oshawa ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the

[Ontbirds] Lapland Longspur - Oshawa (Harmony & Conlin)

2016-02-18 Thread michael ferguson
There haven't been many longspurs in Durham County this winter so I thought I would post this. Charmaine Anderson found these birds yesterday afternoon. Relocated them myself yesterday as the sun went down, returned this morning with my scope to confirm. Bruce Aitkins stopped by for a look as

[Ontbirds] Arctic Tern - Cobourg harbour

2016-06-28 Thread michael ferguson
At about 11 AM today Tim Logan and I bumped into an Arctic Tern at Cobourg harbour on the east breakwater perched near a Common Tern. Flew west. We located it again from the beach immediately west of the harbour, it was fishing close to shore. Flew east. Located it again at noon.with several

Re: [Ontbirds] Smith's Longspur at Long Point

2016-12-22 Thread michael ferguson
Smith's Longspur continues at Concession A just west of Norfolk 59, as of 7:35 - 9:00 AM this morning. Cheers, Mike Ferguson On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 8:01 AM, rex bartlett wrote: > Good morning. > It is currently 8AM here in sunny Norfolk and the Smith's Longspur is >

[Ontbirds] Sabines Gull, Port Bolster, Durham

2017-11-09 Thread michael ferguson via ONTBIRDS
Sabine's Gull continuing at Port Bolster SE corner of Lake Simcoe, N end of Lakeridge Road ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For

[Ontbirds] Ruff at Cranberry Marsh not being seem this morning

2018-06-08 Thread Michael Ferguson via ONTBIRDS
Ruff at Cranberry Marsh not being seem this morning Mike Ferguson ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS

[Ontbirds] Ruff at Cranberry Marsh in Durham Region

2018-06-07 Thread Michael Ferguson via ONTBIRDS
Ruff at Cranberry Marsh south end Exit 401 at Brock St in Whitby, south to Victoria, west to Halls Road at west side of Lynde Shores CA, park at south platform, walk to south enf of trail by lake Mike Ferguson Charmaine Anderson ___ ONTBIRDS is

[Ontbirds] Brown Pelican, Newcastle Harbour

2019-05-22 Thread Michael Ferguson via ONTBIRDS
Andrea Kingsley just called me asking me to send an alert out that Phil Holder is currently watching a Brown Pelican at the marina in Newcastle Harbour, also known as Bond Head, in Durham. To get to the harbour exit 401 (east of Bowmanville) on Mill St and proceed south to the parking lot right

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Michael Ferguson via ONTBIRDS
Take Courtice Rd exit off 401, proceed south on Courtice Rd for 100m, turn left on Megawatt Dr for 1km, turn right on Crago Rd for a few 100m, soccer fields on left On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 3:29 PM Peter Gilchrist via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > I am having difficulty following the