I was advised this morning that due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,
Nonquon lagoons are closed to all birders until further notice. No
permits are being issued at this time. I will let you all know as soon
as I am advised that things have changed.
Geoff
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Thank you,
Geoff Carpentier
right now a mountain bluebird is visible on concession 8 of Pickering just
east of sidelines 32. It's on the north side of the road in the far side of
a cornfield. I've been advised that you are not to trespass across the
cornfield as it is federal land.
Yesterday on the Sandbanks CBC I found a presumed McCowan's Longspur on
the beach along the Lakeview Trail (43.89269, -77.28151) in Sandbanks
P.P. It was seen shortly thereafter by Peter Hogenbirk in flight at the
same location. This was at about 12:30 p.m. About 2:30 p.m. Mike
Ferguson and
Twelve folks joined me as we explored the Whitby shoreline on this
gorgeous fall day on our OFO walk. Sixty-one species included a Cackling
Goose at Cranberry, the first Fox Sparrows of the season, Winter Wren
and Phoebe at Thickson and four species of warbler at Lynde Shores -
Palm,
I had my first southbound shorebird today at the Bethesda Sports Fields in
Whitchurch Stouffville. It was a beautiful adult plumaged bird as expected.
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Pink-footed goose is back in the same spot as yesterday. It is on the east
side of the road north of Russell on Frank Kenny Road by the bridge in a
flooded field
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The 2019 Nonquon lagoon permits are now available for purchase.
Durham Region has updated their application forms and provided more
clarity to permitees in their online revised permit application.
One important change from previous years is that *you must download an
application form,
The bird is calling right now near the tennis courts at Rondeau
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I just had eight evening grosbeaks fly over westbound. The seems to be a
continuation of an emerging trend of the passage of these birds this fall.
Location was just east of Uxbridge
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The Hudsonisn Godwit is still visible at Brock Street in Whitby. From the
401 go south through one traffic light and then you'll see a bridge with
concrete barriers. The bird is on the right hand side (the west side)
forging on the mud. There was also Dunlin, Pectoral Sandpiper Semipalmated
There are five snow geese at least 7 cackling geese and a white-fronted
goose in with a huge flock of Canadas about 1 km north of Taunton Road. The
white-fronted is visible from Taunton Road on the east side as is 1
cackling goose. The rest of the cackling geese and the snow geese are
visible from
The bird is showing well now to the east of the path near the controlled
burn sign
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From: Lev Frid via ONTBIRDS
Date: Sun, Sep 30, 2018, 7:36 AM
Subject: [Ontbirds] Say’s Phoebe continues in Algonquin
To: birdalert@ontbirds.ca
Hi birders,
Mark Patry and
Showing well right now about a hundred meters down the marsh trail
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Visiible now at bridge north of the soy bean fields on Klondike Rd.
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Showing well now just north of marina on Shoreline Rd.
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Snowy egret continues at Cranberry Marsh as of 2 p.m. It is standing on the
mud due east of the north platform. There are also 3 black-bellied plovers
on the mudflats. There's quite a bit of fog so it's a bit difficult to see
... bring a scope.
To get to Cranberry exit 401 at Lakeridge Road
I was just advised that an American avocet is at the North platform at
cranberry right now. To get there from Toronto exit at Lakeridge South to
the first traffic lights east of the first road and then South to the
platform from the East exit at Brock in Whitby to Baylyy turn right proceed
across
The mail Eurasisn Wigeon continues at "Cranberry Marsh. Visible from the
north platform off of Halls Road in Whitby. From 401 Eastbound take
Lakeridge South to the first traffic light East to the first road then
South to Cranberry
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Approximately 200 to 250 Pine Siskins just showed up at my house. At first
they were feeding on the cedars but then quickly dropped to the ground in
an open area and I believe were picking up thrips or snow fleas as they are
also known . There seems to be a good "hatch" right now of the thrips.
This morning about a hundred and twenty-five Common Redpolls dropped into
my feeders for a few minutes. Nearest intersection Lakeridge and Reach in
Scugog Township.
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I forgot to mention there were 24 birds in the kettle
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The first flock of Broad-winged Hawks that I've seen this fall is just
passing over my house in Scugog township. Nearest intersection Lakeridge
and Reach ... the birds are following a southwest path
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I went to Nonquon lagoons yesterday and the birding was quite good. In an
hoir or so I had 55 species including six species of Sandpiper. Killdeer,
Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Lellowlegs
and snipe. There were also nine species of warblers there, a Moorhen and
The YCNH is visible right now at 3147 Morgans Rd. Newcastle. Exit 401 at
hwy 115/35 and go north to conc 3 then east to Morgans Rd. Then north to
property. Pond is set back from road on east side. Do not enter property
pls.
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At approximately 8 o'clock this morning 39 whimbrel flew north over my
house followed by approximately 35 more at 8:10 a.m. Nearest intersection
Lakeridge and Reach just east of Uxbridge.
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There were about 49 Lesser and 12 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Hendersonii
Short-billed Dowitcher, , 1 Dunlin, 1 Least Sandpiper and 12 Spotted
Sandpipers at Nonquon today. There were also hundreds of ducks of several
species, Trumpeter Swans, Marsh Wrens and Caspian Terns. The shorebird
habitat is
A single yellow-headed blackbird was feeding in the fields to the east of
the large marshes at the end of Anglers Road. A clay-colored sparrow was
found in the yard of the fishing camp beside the trailer park. Anglers road
is just south of the town of Mitchell's Bay Northeast of Pelee
Peter Hogenbirk and I are looking at an adult Little Gull. Cty Rd. 33 in
field on east side between Mersea Rd. 2 and Seacliffe Dr. E. This is the
field where the avocet was a couple of years ago.
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the male Ruff is located on Holt Road,1/2 km north of Nash Road, in a
flooded field on the east side of Holt Road.
is sitting well back in the tall grass so some patience is needed. it is a
well-marked black bird with white patches on the sides of the breast.
originally found by Peter Hogenbirk
Five of us braved the fairly high winds and very cool temperatures today
along the Durham Waterfront on t
He OFO walk. In total we saw 73 species ibcluding several types of
sparrows, two warblers, a pair of gnatcatchers but very little else of
excitement. Over the lake at Thickson and Cranberry
From about 5:30 until 7:15 p.m. tonight hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls swarmed
over my house, flycatching the millions of “flying” ants that emerged today.
Joining them were at least 46 Common Nighthawks (for about 10 minutes only),
and a few Baltimore Orioles and Cedar Waxwings.
This spectacle
I was showing a visiting British birder around southern Ontario this week and
have had some nice successes. Nonquon continues to be good with hundreds of
Bonies and several Black Terns still. The Osprey have fledged so up to 5 birds
are visible there. Lots of sandpipers – nothing uncommon.
The birds are on the move up here in the hinterland ...
On Friday evening, the first 3 Common Nighthawks came through southbound and
this morning Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird and Bobolink were
moving south. Broad-winged Hawk family is very vocal and visible now and
preparing to
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Durham Festival of Birds – September 21, 2014
Registrations are now being accepted for the September Durham Festival of
Birds, an event sponsored by Durham’s 3 nature clubs – Pickering Naturalists,
Durham Region Field Naturalists and North Durham Nature.
The event will
While the migration for some species has begun (e.g. shorebirds), there is
another phenomenon that is happening at the same time that can be a bit
confusing as it overlaps migratory patterns and that is post-breeding
dispersal. At this time of year, most birds have finished nesting and the
The habitat is getting better everyday and the birds are here in good numbers
Highlights amongst my 47 species today:
large numbers of Midland Painted Turtle and Green Frogs
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) 5
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 10
Common Gallinule (Gallinula
I visited the lagoons this evening expecting the expected but lots more was
happening than I anticipated. First of all the Indian Runner duck met its
demise and I found its body on the shore of the south most lagoon. Cause of
death unknown but it doesn't look like a predator.
There was lots
Betsy Smith and I had the Indian Runner Duck at Nonquon today – feeding
actively in the southern cell. Lots of habitat persists and shorebirds numbers
are good:
Killdeer - 14
Spotted Sandpiper - 16
Least Sandpiper - 38
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 12
Black Terns – 8
Permits must
sorry if this is a duplicate – got a weird bounce message the first time ...
Nonquon lagoons were quite good today with lots of waterfowl and shorebirds.
There is a lot of shorebird habitat in several cells at the present time.
Highlights were:
Common Gallinule – 1 – rare here
Killdeer - 36
I had the opportunity to bird an area new to me day - albeit the timing was
bad (mid-day on a hot sunny June day) but lots of song ensued ... full list
follows but the highlight for me was the displaying Red-shouldered Hawk in
full song ... excellent
The Durham East Cross Forest can be
Two species of phalaropes were at Nonquon sewage lagoons this afternoon. One
was a basic plumaged female Wilson’s and the other an alternate plumaged female
Red-necked. Also present were about 47 Black Terns, Least Sandpipers and
Dunlin. The Piping Plover and White-rumped Sandpipers have moved
Yes you read the trip itinerary correctly. Peter Hogenbirk, Steve Burrows and I
travelled about 1000 kms. to log 172 species of birds in a 24 hour period from
Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. Tony Bigg of Peterborough helped out
with the Algonquin and Carden legs. Despite the huge
An Olive-sided Flycatcher graced my yard today and stayed for about 10 minutes
before continuing north. It was interesting to see this northern species still
enroute to it breeding grounds, while other species are well into the breeding
cycle already – for example, Chipping Sparrows mated, a
Tony Bigg, Bob Prentice and I had a female Prothonotary Warbler at Second Marsh
at 9:30 today. The bird was foraging at eye level just south of the T-junction
of the trail that leads from the parking lot to the viewing tower and Cool
Hollow. A huge fallout of warblers and orioles was evident
Lagoons were very productive today:
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 5
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 1
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 4
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 3
Least Sandpiper
As most birders search Rondeau, Long Point and Pelee for migrants and
rarities, I spent some time watching migrants further east in Scugog Twp.
26 loons and several large flocks of Canada Geese and 17 Herring Gulls were
noted heading north this morning. A few Ring-billed Gulls were also seen
29 hardy soles wouldn’t let the weather dampen their enthusiasm as we birded
Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa today, where we visited Second Marsh, Thickson’s Woods
and Cranberry Marsh between the rain showers. A total of 74 species included: 9
Little Gulls with hundreds of Bonies, Virginia Rail, Common
oops 29 hardy soles should be 29 hardy souls ... ugh! the observant
amongst you caught that little slip!
Geoffrey Carpentier
www.avocetnatureservices.com
On May 3, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Geoff Carpentier via ONTBIRDS
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29 hardy soles wouldn’t let the weather dampen
Terrie Smith and I did a mid-day run up to Carden. Cool windy conditions and
the timing of the trip produced little song, but we did have some ...
Loggerhead Shrikes at Wylie Rd (southeast of Box 10) and 200 meters north of
corral at Cameron Ranch (one singing). Upland Sandpipers at the latter
The lagoons were crowded with waterfowl today – mostly divers and few puddle
ducks – nothing rare but a nice mix. What was suspiring was there was not a
single teal, swallow, warbler (in the woods) or shorebird. The Osprey was back
on the nest, a latish Fox Sparrow was singing, two Trumpeter
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