[Ontbirds] Dunnville CBC Results

2019-01-18 Thread Matthew Timpf via ONTBIRDS
The 3rd Dunnville (ONDU) CBC was held on Sunday December 30th 2018. The new Dunnville CBC circle was shifted and restarted in 2016 (it ran previously from 1998-2000). The information included below is based on the new circle only. The circle has a wide diversity of habitats including the Grand

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 10 to 17 January 2019

2019-01-18 Thread Ron Tozer via ONTBIRDS
Some days with cold temperatures, even colder wind chill temperatures and occasional heavy snow squalls combined to dramatically reduce birding activity and reports this week. The limited information that did come in suggested little change. Residents: One to three Ruffed Grouse are being

[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 17 Jan 2019

2019-01-18 Thread David Suggs via ONTBIRDS
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/17/2019 * NYBU1901.17 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Tundra Swan Cackling Goose Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine

[Ontbirds] Eastern Phoebe Highland Creek Scraborough

2019-01-18 Thread alec dobson via ONTBIRDS
At 11.15a.m. today, moving along the east bank of Highland Creek beneath the newly renovated bridge on Morningside Ave. Also in the area a raven flying around. A. Dobson ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the

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2019-01-18 Thread Steve LaForest via ONTBIRDS
65th Pickering CBC – December 29, 2018 We held our 65th Christmas Bird Count for Pickering on Saturday December 29, 2018. The count was sponsored by Pickering Naturalists. A total of 74 species were tallied, well above our 10-year average of 68.3 species. The highest count of the last decade

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Bird Report for 11-17 Jan 2019

2019-01-18 Thread Doug McRae via ONTBIRDS
Presqu’ile Bird Report for 11-17 Jan 2019 HIGHLIGHTS: ICELAND GULL, BROWN THRASHER, PINE GROSBEAK It was a painfully quiet week at Presqu’ile as the cold sets in. Apart from the typical winter ducks, very few species are lingering. Two REDHEAD were seen on 12 Jan, a WHITE-WINGED

[Ontbirds] Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin at Erieau

2019-01-18 Thread Allen Woodliffe via ONTBIRDS
Birders: This afternoon I found a Purple Sandpiper and a Dunlin, both of which were at the base of the pier that sticks out into Lake Erie, at Erieau in the municipality of Chatham-Kent. Directions: from Hwy 401, take exit 90 south to Blenheim. At the main intersection in Blenheim (Main