The Orillia CBC was held yesterday with nine teams out in the count area
recording 50 species of birds. Ice moved in during the night of December 19th
so all the bays on north Lake Simcoe were frozen over by count morning leaving
only a few small patches of open water at the Narrows and Mill
Ontario Birders:
It is with great sadness that I send this post tonight after hearing reports
from two different sources. A male Northern Hawk Owl first appeared in a field
along the Monck Road, a very busy road east of Orillia, in mid-November and was
first reported to OntBirds on December
It has been a week since I last posted on the Northern Hawk Owl that has been
in the Orillia area since mid-November feeding on Meadow Voles in a field along
Monck Road. The farmer left a second-crop of timothy and alfalfa in the field
which produced an abundance of seeds for rodents mostly
There was a flock of over 100 Bohemian Waxwings in my backyard in Orillia
today. Lots of Trumpeter Swans on the open water in Orillia and counts of up to
500 last week in an area near Midland on Georgian Bay.
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario
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Hi All;
I can only echo Kyle remarks of please be good since we don't want this bird to
end up like the bird did at this time last year east of Orillia. This bird has
been in the area for the last four days hunting west of hwy 11 at Orillia on
Harvie Settlement Road but moved to the east side
Carden Alvar Christmas Bird Count January 2, 2010
The 12th annual Carden Alvar Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, January
2, 2010. The day was cold and clear with temperatures from -21 0C to -17 0C.
Most of the water was frozen with only a few patches of fast moving open water.
A
The 13th annual Carden Alvar Christmas Bird Count was held on Sunday, January
2, 2011. There were 16 field observers and 8 feeder watchers recording species
of birds and mammals in the count circle which is centered on Cameron Ranch and
includes all of Carden Township to Sebright, Uphill,
The Northern Hawk Owl that was found during our Carden Alvar CBC on January 2,
2011 has been hunting in the wetland near the junction of Road 46 from Simcoe
and Road 6 from City Of Kawartha Lakes. Several birders have reported this bird
this winter during the month of January and into February.
I posted that the Northern Hawk Owl that we have been watching at Carden since
January 2, 2011 was found dead on the side of the road near where it has
been observed hunting by several birders on the morning of Monday, February 14,
2011. I had posted that I knew the owl had been banded but when
An American Avocet has just shown up in the flood fields east of Orillia. Don't
know but it may be the same bird.
Bob Bowles
Orillia, Ontario
From: Craig McL. c...@sympatico.ca
To: Tyler Hoar th...@rogers.com; birdalert@ontbirds.ca
Sent: Saturday, April
There were 21 Glaucous Gulls and 4 Iceland Gulls along with only 15 Great
Back-backed Gulls among about 250 Herring Gulls at the Orillia Landfill Site
today. The gulls would fly up every time one the three Bald Eagles at the site
would take to the air. It was interesting to be able to study all
The bird was still at the park area today at 2:00 p.m. and at one point closer
to shore.
Bob Bowles
On Monday, December 5, 2016 10:45 AM, David Szmyr
wrote:
The Western Grebe is still present off of Midland Bay Landing Park (288
Bayshore Drive). It was
The bird was still there at 3:00 p.m. today but being flushed often. I was able
to watch it flying over the cell with my spotting scope set up out of the rain
under the shelter of the observation deck at the brow of the hill.
Bob BowlesOrillia
On Monday, October 30, 2017 11:11 AM, Barbara
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