[Ontbirds] Collingwood CBC Results

2019-01-03 Thread Burke Korol via ONTBIRDS
The 11th Collingwood Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was held on Thursday, 27 December 2018 - here are the unofficial results. The Collingwood CBC count circle centres just SW of Nottawa, and is bounded on the north by Nottawasaga Bay (southern Georgian Bay), in the west by the Niagara Escarpment, in

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 27 December 2018 to 3 January 2019

2019-01-03 Thread Ron Tozer via ONTBIRDS
The influx of birders during this week of the holidays and 83 observers on the Christmas Bird Count of Dec 29 combined to produce a better idea of the birds along the Highway 60 Corridor. However, the number of species and individuals observed remained low. A male and female BUFFLEHEAD were

[Ontbirds] Ontario winter bird list - update #2

2019-01-03 Thread Josh Vandermeulen via ONTBIRDS
Several days into 2019 the Ontario winter bird list stands at 197, following the addition of 8 new species since my last update on December 17, 2018. Last year at this time the list was 192 species (finishing with 200), while in 2016 at this time the last was 207 species (finishing with 216).

[Ontbirds] Sutton C.B.C. Results Dec. 29, 2018

2019-01-03 Thread Paul Harpley via ONTBIRDS
Saturday December 29, 2018 birders in the field and registered feeder watchers in the Georgina, East Gwillimbury and northwest Uxbridge areas participated in the 32^nd annual Sutton C.B.C. The day started off fully overcast for owling with a low temperature of almost -7 degrees Celsius. As

[Ontbirds] Adult Bald Eagle Hastings County

2019-01-03 Thread Michael Williamson via ONTBIRDS
Happy New Year all, I've observed this Eagle now several times since the beginning of December 2018. It's favoured location is on the east side of the Trent River between lock 7 & 6 in Frankford just north of Trenton. The damn is keeping the majority of the river open water so obviously good

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/ Gatineau-recent sightings to January 3, 2019

2019-01-03 Thread Gregory Zbitnew via ONTBIRDS
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Gregory Zbitnew at sighti...@ofnc.ca January 3, 2019 There were many out-of-season species sightings this week, although nothing that would not be expected later in the year.