[Ontbirds] OFO outing to Durham waterfront - Oct 19th
Twelve folks joined me as we explored the Whitby shoreline on this gorgeous fall day on our OFO walk. Sixty-one species included a Cackling Goose at Cranberry, the first Fox Sparrows of the season, Winter Wren and Phoebe at Thickson and four species of warbler at Lynde Shores - Palm, Yellow-rumped, Magnolia (very late) and Northern Parula. However after the walk I went back to where we had looked for and missed the Fish Crow at Whitby harbour and there it was. Apparently it likes the afternoons better. We didn't do well on raptors, counting only 5 species but in North Oshawa others found Golden and Bald Eagle, Northern Goshawks, hundreds of vultures and at least 80 Red-shouldered Hawks. All this bodes well for the TOC walk tomorrow. Side note to those that joined me today. I shared the 3 eBird checklists with you based on the info you gave me so if you didn't receive them lmk as I must have mis-entered or misread your info. Victor - eBird wouldn't accept the name you gave me. -- Thank you, Geoff Carpentier AVOCET NATURE SERVICES Contact me at: 905-852-2011 or avocetnatureservi...@gmail.com Visit my website: http://www.avocetnatureservices.com/ Environmental & Natural History Surveys and Expedition & Personalized Guiding Services ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
[Ontbirds] OFO Outing to Durham waterfront
20 OFOers joined me today on the Durham waterfront walk. We focussed our attention on Cranberry Marsh, Thickson Woods and Second Marsh locales and were not disappointed. The cool weather kept us bundled up but the birding was very good and the company great. Highlights included in our total of 64 species were: 4 Horned Grebes 16 species of waterfowl 5 Great Egrets 6 raptors including a Bald (immature) and Golden Eagle (adult) Killdeer and Lesser Yellowlegs several American Pipits a late Swainson’s Thrush and many Hermit Thrushes Nashville Warbler Blue-headed Vireo and Eastern Phoebe Fox & Savannah Sparrows and Eastern Towhees several Rusty Blackbirds Common Raven thx to all who attended Geoff Carpentier AVOCET NATURE SERVICES Contact me at: 905-852-2011 or avocetnatureservi...@gmail.com Visit my website: www.avocetnatureservices.com Specializing in Environmental & Natural History Surveys and Expedition & Personalized Guiding Services ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
[Ontbirds] OFO Outing to Durham Waterfront - May 3/14
29 hardy soles wouldn’t let the weather dampen their enthusiasm as we birded Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa today, where we visited Second Marsh, Thickson’s Woods and Cranberry Marsh between the rain showers. A total of 74 species included: 9 Little Gulls with hundreds of Bonies, Virginia Rail, Common and Caspian Terns, Red-necked Grebe, R.B. Grosbeak and 2 Baltimore Orioles at Second Marsh, a Raven, House Wren, Chestnut-sided and Black-thr. Green Warblers, several Rusty Blackbirds and a White-crowned Sparrow at Thickson’s, 4 Common Loons, a pipit and a Wood Duck flying over the Go Station in Ajax and lots of ducks and swallows + 3 miserable looking Turkey Vultures at Cranberry. Thx to all who attended and tolerated my bad jokes! Geoffrey Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
Re: [Ontbirds] OFO Outing to Durham Waterfront - May 3/14
oops 29 hardy soles should be 29 hardy souls ... ugh! the observant amongst you caught that little slip! Geoffrey Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com On May 3, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Geoff Carpentier via ONTBIRDS birdalert@ontbirds.ca wrote: 29 hardy soles wouldn’t let the weather dampen their enthusiasm as we birded Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa today, where we visited Second Marsh, Thickson’s Woods and Cranberry Marsh between the rain showers. A total of 74 species included: 9 Little Gulls with hundreds of Bonies, Virginia Rail, Common and Caspian Terns, Red-necked Grebe, R.B. Grosbeak and 2 Baltimore Orioles at Second Marsh, a Raven, House Wren, Chestnut-sided and Black-thr. Green Warblers, several Rusty Blackbirds and a White-crowned Sparrow at Thickson’s, 4 Common Loons, a pipit and a Wood Duck flying over the Go Station in Ajax and lots of ducks and swallows + 3 miserable looking Turkey Vultures at Cranberry. Thx to all who attended and tolerated my bad jokes! Geoffrey Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
