[Ontbirds] Durham Fall Field Day

2018-09-19 Thread Hugh Currie via ONTBIRDS
Our 85th consecutive bird tally was held Sunday September 16. A new all time high species total of 162 species was reached and individual groups had as many as 120 species. There were at least 10 species counts that equaled or bettered all time highs. These included Clay-colored and Grasshopper Sp

[Ontbirds] Godwit at Exeter Lagoons....

2018-09-19 Thread rtontbirds via ONTBIRDS
As a point of clarification, the Godwit at Exeter is a HUDSONIAN.  In my original post to Ontbirds I stated that it was a PROBABLE Marbled. It turned out to be Hudsonian!  Please excuse the confusion and verify/correct any ebird posts made as a Marbled.Thanks. Rick Thornton,Exeter _

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl Alma

2018-09-19 Thread Bradley Bloemendal via ONTBIRDS
This morning at 09:50 heading NW on Wellington road 8 towards Wellington road 12 I saw a Snowy Owl on the east side of the road on a telephone pole. It was about a kilometre SE of the roundabout on Wellington road 8. Figured it's a pretty rare bird this time of year. Brad Bloemendal _

[Ontbirds] Willet, Pickering, Frenchman's Bay North mud flats

2018-09-19 Thread Rick Lauzon via ONTBIRDS
At 12:30, there is a Willet with a group of G & L Yellowlegs. The "trail" from the s/e corner of the daycare parking lot on Bayly is VERY overgrown. I was the first to crash thru the phrag this year to get to the mud flats. Maybe someone who knows the route could put up some trail marking tape. Si

[Ontbirds] High Park Raptor Watch

2018-09-19 Thread Tim McCarthy via ONTBIRDS
Hi In the last 10 minutes we’ve seen bigbird - 3 Bald Eagles 1 Golden Eagle and 2 Ospreys BestBirds Tim Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to b

[Ontbirds] Broad-winged Hawks- Georgetown

2018-09-19 Thread Max Perren via ONTBIRDS
There is a kettle of 60+ BWH heading west across highway 7 between the town of Norval and Georgetown. Georgetown is on highway 7 west of Brampton. Max -- Max Perren Upper Canada College 220 Lonsdale Road Toronto, On M4V 2X8 416-484-8636 x4096 Head Coach: Team Ontario U18 Lacrosse Head Coach: UCC

[Ontbirds] Wilson's warbler

2018-09-19 Thread Stephen Phillips via ONTBIRDS
Mud lake Ottawa yesterday , many others as well. ___ 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 unsubsc

[Ontbirds] Broad-winged Hawks over Thornhill

2018-09-19 Thread murray Shields via ONTBIRDS
Kettles of Broad-winged Hawks have been migrating over Thornhill today in good numbers. I’m in the Yonge Street and Steele’s Avenue area. They are specks in the sky, binoculars are a must. I have counted over 1100 Broad-winged Hawks since 10:00 am. Still continuing overhead as of 2:45 pm. Ge

[Ontbirds] Detroit River Hawk Watch (19 Sep 2018) 22726 Raptors

2018-09-19 Thread reports--- via ONTBIRDS
Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2018 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture