[Ontbirds] Thickson's Woods Winter Wren singing at first light, Thursday, March 5

Hi, At 6:25 a.m. this moring a winter wren was singing repeatedly, probably the individual that has been around all winter. Dennis Directions to Thickson's Woods Nature Reserve To

[Ontbirds] Gyrfalcon - Wolfe Island Ferry, Thurs AM

I'm posting for Mark Conboy, who re-found the white adult Gyrfalcon from the Wolfe Island ferry early this morning (March 5th). Mark had the bird on the west side of the channel today, a long distance from the ferry between the mainland and Garden Island. While the ferry channel is still heavily

[Ontbirds] 250 Common Redpolls - Owen Sound March 5th

A very large flock of Common Redpolls was observed this afternoon visiting backyard feeders in Owen Sound. An ultra - conservative estimate is 250 birds, but that number could easily be much higher. The largest flock of Redpolls I have ever seen. Birds were swirling to and from nearby trees on

[Ontbirds] Bird report Gowganda On. Timiskaming Dist. North

Hi Everyone, Except for the hundreds of Common Redpolls cleaning out the feeders all day long not much else is visiting. ( I have seen only 1 Hoary Redpoll all winter) I do not have any Pine Siskins or American Goldfinches and as far as I know from reading the Timiskaming Bird reports NO Pine

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds to March 5, 2009

Spring is gradually on its way. This time of year there is an interesting mix of winter birds and early arrivals from the south. There is now considerably more open water; the south shore of Amherst Island has good numbers of Greater Scaup and Common Goldeneye, the ferry channels are wider, as are

[Ontbirds] No Great Gray Owl - Holland Landing

No Great Gray Owl along that section of Bathurst St. North from Yonge St. to the flat marsh fields area - 1 pm to 1:30 pm. However, Bathurst St. was quite busy at that time of day, and perhaps this was not the best time of day to look for it. Excellent directions below from earlier posts. Don

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending March 5, 2009.

Until today there was very little sign this week, either in the weather conditions or in the bird life, that spring is imminent at Presqu'ile Provincial Park. That has changed now and new migrants are beginning to show up. At least one of the Trumpeter Swans that have been spending the

[Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 05 Mar 2009

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/05/2009 * NYBU0903.05 - Birds mentioned - Please phone in rare sightings for update Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David - Horned Grebe Green-winged Teal

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 5 March 2009

Summary of reported sightings this week: Spruce Grouse: female in Mew Lake Campground on March 4; male 50 m north of gate (displaying) and female 100 m north of Costello Creek culvert, on Opeongo Road on March 5. Bald Eagle: third-year bird on moose carcass in Sunday Creek bog off Visitor