Today Jean Iron and I observed a rare "Yellow" Palm Warbler (eastern
subspecies hypochrysea) in the Wet Woods at the base of Tommy Thompson Park
(Leslie Street Spit). This rarer of the two subspecies in Ontario breeds
mainly east of Ontario into Atlantic Canada.
Link to eBird list including
I just checked the updated AOS (AOU) Check-list of North American Birds
online. Here are three highlights:
1. Common and Hoary Redpolls were NOT lumped. Great news for Canada Day.
2. Thayer's Gull was lumped as a subspecies of Iceland Gull.
3. Willet was NOT split into Eastern and Western
This is Jean Iron's first report for the period July 29 to August 5, 2017
from Longridge Point (51.798942N, 080.69204W) on the southwest coast of
James Bay in Ontario about 910 km (565 mi) north of Toronto. Two other
survey crews are at Little Piskwamish and Northbluff Point. See locations on
map
This will be a banner winter to see finches in the Northeast. Please see
link to this year's Winter Finch Forecast.
http://jeaniron.ca/2017/wff17.htm
Ron Pittaway
Ontario Field Ornithologists
Toronto, Ontario
21 September 2017
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This is Jean Iron's first report for the period July 31 to August 7, 2018
from Longridge Point (51.798942N, 080.69204W) on the southwest coast of
James Bay in Ontario about 910 km (565 mi) north of Toronto. Two other crews
are at Little Piskwamish and Northbluff Point. Locations shown on map in
Today we saw 37 juvenile Baird's Sandpipers at Owen Point in Presqu'ile
Provincial Park on Lake Ontario. The highest count for Presqu'ile on eBird
is 31 on 23 August 1995. Juvenile Baird's Sandpipers should be found in most
flocks of peep sandpipers seen this weekend in southern Ontario.
This is an irruption (flight) year for finches in the East. See link for
this year's Winter Finch Forecast.
http://jeaniron.ca/2018/wff18.htm
Ron Pittaway
Toronto ON
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This is not an irruption (flight) year for winter finches in the East. Most
finches will stay in the north. Please see link to this year's Winter Finch
Forecast.
http://www.jeaniron.ca/2019/wff19.htm
Ron Pittaway
Toronto ON
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