[Ontbirds] Huron Fringe Birding Festival

2019-03-01 Thread Fred Jazvac via ONTBIRDS
Huron Fringe Birding Festival Posted with the permission of the Ontbirds coordinator. Spring soon will be in the air, migrants are on the move and the Huron Fringe Birding Festival is ready for the arrival of both birds and birders! The Festival runs over two, 4-day weekends, from May 24 to

[Ontbirds] Algonquin Park Birding Report: 21 to 28 February 2019

2019-03-01 Thread Ron Tozer via ONTBIRDS
Despite extremely cold temperatures and gale-force winds mid-week, there were a good number of birders in the Park and birds reported during the period. Further signs of coming spring included an AMERICAN CROW in Mew Lake Campground (the usual time and location of the first arriving migrants her

[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds: 23rd February - 1st March 2019

2019-03-01 Thread Mark D. Read via ONTBIRDS
Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintains records in a 50km radius of MacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders using eBird are encouraged to share their sightings with 'Kingston FN'. Alternatively, please email or post records directly to me - contact details below. Please note that some sightings may re

[Ontbirds] Harry Kerr - 100th Birthday

2019-03-01 Thread Glenn Coady via ONTBIRDS
Ontbirds subscribers, This post is made with the permission of Ontbirds coordinator Mark Cranford. I wanted to make a post to tell his many friends that today was long-time Toronto birder Harry Kerr's 100th birthday. I held off on posting this until now because when I spoke to his wife Eileen