[Ontbirds] Orillia Birds On Christmas Bird Count

2008-12-21 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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

[Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl in Orillia

2009-01-11 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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

[Ontbirds] Orillia Hawk Owl 2009 Update

2009-01-18 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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

[Ontbirds] Bohemian Waxwings in Orillia

2009-12-10 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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 ___

Fw: [Ontbirds] Northern Hawk Owl - Orillia

2010-01-04 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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

[Ontbirds] Carden Alvar CBC on Saturday, January 2, 2010

2010-01-05 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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

[Ontbirds] Results of the Carden Alvar CBC

2011-01-04 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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,

[Ontbirds] Carden Hawk Owl Dead

2011-02-14 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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.

[Ontbirds] The Saga Of the Carden Alvar Northern Hawk Owl

2011-02-16 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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

Re: [Ontbirds] american avocet oshawa second marsh

2013-04-13 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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

[Ontbirds] Gulls At the Orillia Landfill Site

2013-12-21 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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

Re: [Ontbirds] Western Grebe- Midland

2016-12-05 Thread ROBERT BOWLES
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

Re: [Ontbirds] American Avocet, Brant - Bracebridge Lagoons

2017-10-30 Thread ROBERT BOWLES via ONTBIRDS
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