[Ontbirds] Brighton Constructed Wetlands

Well we are happy parents again in the Wetlands, George and Gracie (the osprey) have two more young. Tiny ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca

[Ontbirds] Northern Goshawk in Rosedale

On Beaumont just north of Glen Rd Bridge. May be nesting ? Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert

[Ontbirds] Dickcissels Pelee/Wheatley/etc.

Given the time of year and recent reports of Dickcissels, not surprisingly I came across a few singing Dickcissels today. These were at locations the same as last year. The first at 07:30 this morning was at the scrubby field outside of Point Pelee Park near the SW corner of Concession C Road

[Ontbirds] Conn. & Kirtland's Warblers, Piping Plovers, Swainson's Hawk -OFO Field Trip-Chippewa Co. MI

Birder's- a small group of us toured Chippewa County in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. At Trout Lake we were graced with amazing prolonged scope views of a singing Connecticut Warbler as another Connecticut sang in the background. The next stop produced a pair of Kirtland's Warblers wi

[Ontbirds] Dickcissels east of Wheatley, Ontario

Late in the afternoon (about 4:00 pm) of June 10, I saw five Dickcissels on and near a field about 2 km east of Wheatley on the Talbot Trail at the southeast corner of Campers' Cove Road. There was one male singing on a hydro line next to the field. There was another Dickcissel, possibly anot

[Ontbirds] OFO Trip - 10 June Long Point Area

Hello Ontbirders, Yesterday morning 23 birders were on hand for a tour of the Long Point region. Starting at 6:30 am we spent most of the morning birding the trails of Backus Woods, with stops later in the day at the Bird Studies Canada (BSC) property, Big Creek Marsh and Hastings Drive. Despite t

[Ontbirds] Hooded marganser breeding summary on Eglinton Flats Toronto

Hello Ontbirds, On May 12 I posted – “ For first time since 2002 (...) on May 10, I have seen Hooded Merganser female with 11 chicks (...).” May 14 – 6 chicks , May 18 – 5, May 25 – 3, May 29 – 2, June 2 – only female, June 3 and 4 – no Hooded Merganser on Topham Pond in Eglinton Flats! After 2

[Ontbirds] Predation chipmunk.

I witnessed an actual predation of a black capped chicadee nest on our cottage property at on stoney Lake at miday today. The nest cavity of the chicadee was 5 feet up in a small snag, tree species undetermined. Presumed hen sitting and being visited and fed regularly by the male . I was