Ontario Birds

[Ontbirds] Mills Block Forest, Thunderbay

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:53:10 -0500

About 500 metres from the parking lot in the flooded area with dead-tree spires 2 Olive-side Flycatchers. Canada Warbler, singing Connecticut Warbler in the poplars on the "bulge" of the "B" on the trail, Black-throated Warbler, Ovenbirds and Nashville. A soaring Broad-winged Hawk over the forest.
Kevin Shackleton
Mills Block

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Friday, May 25th, 2012

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:08:28 -0500

On Friday, May 25th, 2012, this is the HNC Birding Report:

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
MISSISSIPPI KITE
FISH CROW
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER

Tundra Swan
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ring-necked Pheasant
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey
Semipalmated Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Swainson's Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided

[Ontbirds] Snowy Owl - Casselman

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:01:23 -0500

This is a late report that I received last night. On Saturday, May 19 a
mostly white Snowy Owl was observed just south of Hwy 417 at the Hwy 138
exit east of Casselman. The bird was on the ground atop a mound of topsoil
south of the offramp at

[Ontbirds] Whimbrel, Red Knots at J.C. Saddington Park

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:31:43 -0500

Ontbirders:

This morning from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. I watched for Whimbrel from the
edge of the Hamilton Study Area at J.C.Saddington Park in MIssissauga. I
was delighted to have three, similarly sized flocks of Whimbrel, totaling
199 birds. I also had a flock of 16 Red Knots and two flocks of smaller
shorebirds

[Ontbirds] Golden Eagle South end of James st near CN swing bridge Thunder Bay

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:20:14 -0500

Iain Wilkes, Ric Muise, Ryan LeBlanc and Kevin Shackleton had an adult Golden Eagle soaring near Mt McKay.
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[Ontbirds] Kingston Area Birds for the Period May 19-25, 2012

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:48:47 -0500

No rarities to report but a diversity of shorebirds were arriving in
good numbers this past week. Landbird migration has slowed down
considerably but some birds are still moving through. In particular,
late-migrating species such as COMMON NIGHTHAWK, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE,
ALDER and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS and BLACKPOLL WARBLER were all reported
from a across the Kingston

[Ontbirds] Mission Marsh, Thunder Bay shorebirds

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:37:48 -0500

Stilt Sandpiper, Dunlins, Least Sandpipers, Semi-palmated Sandpipers, 2 Whimbrel, Lesser Yellowlegs, Black-bellied Plovers harassed by a Peregrine Falcon at 10:30 a. m.
Peter Lyons, Jim Miller, Iain Wilkes, Ric Muise and Kevin Shackleton and Ryan LeBlanc.
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[Ontbirds] Piping Plover absent

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:09:10 -0500

25.05.12 - as of 6.30 am the Piping Plover was absent from Reesor Pond - 1 White-rumped Sandpiper
remained as a consolation prize - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
- cheers - Stan Long
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[Ontbirds] Good whimbrel flight this morning at Ajax

Fri, 25 May 2012 06:07:55 -0500

Between dawn and 6:15am I observed 200+birds in 5 flocks passing westward along the lakeshore. One flock of 34 birds went inland over carruthers marsh in southeast Ajax to avoid dark clouds to the west.

Tyler Hoar

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[Ontbirds] Goatsuckers on the Barrens

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:01:51 -0500

After sunset last night on Torrance Barrens my wife and I had ringside seats
to performances by 5 Common Nighthawk, 20 Whip-poor-will and one American
Woodcock.

Because of the elevation on the barrens we could follow the Nighthawk's
curious flight for some distance and see, and then hear their booming dives.
I enjoy spotting

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - 24 May 2012 - Recent Reports

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:24:11 -0500

Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
24 May 2012

Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (OFNC)
Phone number: 613-860-9000
For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star)
To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one)
Coverage: Ottawa/Gatinau (Canada National Capital Region)
E. Ontario, W. Quebec
Compiler & transcriber Bob Cermak (email address filtered) or
(email address filtered)

Most reports this past week were of local breeding birds, though

[Ontbirds] CORRECTION: 482 Whimbrels at Colonel Samuel Smith Park: Day 6 of Toronto Ornithological Club Whimbrel watch results

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:21:27 -0500

Don Barnett, Tim McCarthy and I spent 14 hours today starting at 5:20 am
and had six flocks totaling 482 Whimbrels; flocks were seen in early
to mid morning; then between 6:00 and 7:00 pm. Other migrant
shorebird consisted of 12 Dunlin and 28 Black-bellied Plovers. We had
18 Common
Loons.

[Ontbirds] 482 Whimbrels at Colonel Samuel Smith Park: Day 4 of To ronto Ornithological Club Whimbrel watch results

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:18:01 -0500

[Ontbirds] Piping Plover at Reesor Pond

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:51:16 -0500

24.05.12 - 8 pm - Piping Plover still at Reesor Pond - Reesor Pond
lies just north of Hwt 407 on Reesor Road in Markham - cheers
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 24 May 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:19:04 -0500

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/24/2012
* NYBU1205.24
- Birds mentioned
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WHIMBREL
BRANT
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
WHITE-R. SANDPIPER
WHITE-W. CROSSBILL
Red-throated Loon
Horned Grebe
Least Bittern
Trumpter Swan
Northern Pintail

[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 24 May 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:19:04 -0500

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending May 24, 2012.

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:35:48 -0500

As usual, the diversity of habitats at Presqu'ile Provincial Park has
created a diversity of bird life, which makes the Park an attractive
place for birders trying to find as many species in a day as possible.
Large numbers of birders in the past week have found a good

[Ontbirds] Wylie Road Sedge Wren Marsh--two wrens, two bitterns, two rails

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:55:52 -0500

The well-known Wylie Road Carden Alvar Sedge Wren Marsh has expanded this
year as a result of beaver-created high water levels. This morning for the
first time I heard a Least Bittern (only a 10-day display period, cf. Atlas)
in the south-west corner along with ~3-4 Marsh Wrens which I do not recall
recording

[Ontbirds] Piping Plover, Pipit and more at Ressor Ponds

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:40:03 -0500

I stopped by Reesor Pond at about 11 this morning to view the Piping Plover. It was on the small sand spit in the northwest quadrant of the pond. As I watched it, it started to prepare a nest scrape and then did a raised wing display and then

[Ontbirds] Laughing Gull

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:12:26 -0500

At 1300 Hours Dan Salisbury and I observed an adult Laughing Gull on the
rocks at Rock Point Provincial Park. The bird was sitting on the tip of
the rocky shore immediately to the east of the sandy beach area with
Bonaparte's and Ring-billed Gulls. Also ppresent were 8 Ruddy

[Ontbirds] Dickcissel - Point Pelee

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:26:40 -0500

At 9:10 this morning I had a female Dickcissel flying around at the tip. It flew out over the lake and returned, so it is most likely still in the park.

Good birding,
Josh Vandermeulen

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[Ontbirds] Piping Plover at Reesor Pond

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:38:55 -0500

24.05.12 - 9.30 pm - 1 Piping Plover, 3 Semipalmated Plovers, 1 Black-bellied Plover,
2 Dunlin and both Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers - Reesor Pond lies just north
of Hyw 407 on Reesor Road in Markham - cheers - Stan Long
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[Ontbirds] White-rumped Whimbrel in Toronto

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:08:27 -0500

There has been considerable interest in the White-rumped Whimbrel spotted by
Wayne Renaud and Tim McCarthy at the Toronto Whimbrel Watch on 22 May 2012.
Dave Milsom gave permission to post his three photos. Please see:

http://www.jeaniron.ca/Shorebirds/2012/wrwhimbrel.htm

Directions to Whimbrel Watch at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto. Take
Kipling Avenue south of Lake Shore

[Ontbirds] Brighton Constructed Wetlands

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:35:20 -0500

I would like to thank all of the attendees at the wetlands this past weekend, fun was had by all. We did have quite a few people who trying very hard to see the Virginia Rail that they could hear, I am glad to say the Coots and Moore hens

[Ontbirds] Scarlet Tanagers nesting south end Niagara Falls

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:37:25 -0500

I have spent three evenings observing a scarlet tanager pair calling territorially at 5pm-6pm on the north end of the old McKenny Road allowance. This area makes for an absolutely excellent evening birding walk that traverses several different habitats. An access road to an array of radio towers and nearby

[Ontbirds] Colonel Samuel Smith Park Day 5: Toronto Ornithological Club Whimbrel watch results

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:10:19 -0500

Don Barnett, Jean Iron, Mark Field, Tim McCarthy and I spent 12 hours
minutes today
starting at 5:30 am
and recorded 202 Whimbrels in 8 groups, all between 5:30 and 10:30 am.
Hope, a Whimbrel with a satellite transmitter, flew over Lake Ontario
very
close to Toronto either yesterday or this morning and is

[Ontbirds] Rondeau update MAy 23

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:13:33 -0500

Common loon(s) calling at beach access 10 - across from visitor centre.
On west beach - whimbrel, dunlin, ruddy turnstones, least and spotted
sand pipers.
Black and caspian terns and a kingfisher.
With a bit of luck all should be visible from the Erieau channel.

>From Hwy 401, take exit #90, go southeast on Chatham-Kent

Re: [Ontbirds] Willet, Prince Edward Point BO

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:46:12 -0500

Hi All,
the Willet flew out of the harbour a couple of minutes after I got
down there to check on it. It was last seen leaving the harbour and heading
to the north. It may end up on the KFN property on

[Ontbirds] SNOWY EGRET - MOUTH OF GRAND RIVER

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:40:32 -0500

WE HAD GREAT LOOKS AT THE SNOWY EGRET TODAY, WEDNESDAY, AT 3:30 P.M.

DIRECTIONS:

TAKE NORTH SHORE DRIVE, SOUTH FROM DUNNVILLE, PASS THROUGH
STROMNESS, AND TAKE THE FIRST ROAD RIGHT, RYMER ROAD, AND
HEAD WEST.

WHEN THE ROAD CURVES TO THE LEFT, DON'T TURN SOUTH ON SIDDALL ROAD,
CONTINUE WEST, PASS THE

[Ontbirds] 59 Whimbrels... west of Dunnville

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:02:22 -0500

>From Hwy 3 take Koehler Rd. to Lake Erie in the village of Featherstone. Possibly the same spot as the Red Knots reported yesterday but those not in sight today at 3 pm.
Enjoy! Nancy Smith

[Ontbirds] Rondeau Provincial Park 22 warblers

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:38:16 -0500

Again not many birders reporting in.

Chestnut sided
Magnolia
Black throated green
Black throated blue
Blackpoll
Redstart
Oven bird
Northern waterthrush
Hooded
Wilson's
Yellow
Common yellow throat
Yellow throated warbler.

Take exit 101 off the 401 and follow signs to the park.

Good birding
Ric

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[Ontbirds] Willet, Prince Edward Point BO

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:02:11 -0500

Hi All,
just had a Willet fly over the Observatory and it looked as
though it headed down into the harbour area. This is the first spring record for
the National Wildlife Area.

Just heading down to the harbour to check it

[Ontbirds] Toronto Islands - Connecticut Warbler

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:03:09 -0500

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[Ontbirds] Late report. Connecticut Warbler at Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory.

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:52:07 -0500

Hello Ontbirders,

Apologies for the late report. David O'Kines and I had a Connecticut Warbler
singing while doing the PEBO Bailey Bird-a-thon yesterday morning.

The bird sang within fifteen feet at the very edge of the vegetation on the
coastal side of the road about 100 meters south of the second Traverse Woods
pull off.

[Ontbirds] Rondeau Provincial Park May 22

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:00:41 -0500

Not many birders or reports for Tuesday, however 17 species of
warblers were reported.

The yellow throated warbler is no longer going to the feeder at the
cottage bur is being seen in trees along the road near the visitor
centre.

Tennessee
Nashville
Chestnutsided
Magnolia
Cape May
Bay Breasted
Black throated green
Blackburnian
Blackpoll
Black and white
American Redstart
Mourning
Wilson's
Canada
Yellow throated
Common yellow throat
Yellow

Vireo
Red eyed
White eyed
Philadelphia
Warbling

Directions:
Take exit

[Ontbirds] Shorebirds - Reesor Pond

Wed, 23 May 2012 05:48:00 -0500

23.05.12 - 6.30 pm - the Piping Plover remains along with several Semipalmated Plovers;
also found a pair of Black-bellied Plovers, a pair of Ruddy Turnstones, 1 Greater Yellowlegs
and Least Sandpipers - a pair of Wood Ducks, a GBH and 1 Northern Loon completed the
picture - cheers - Stan Long

[Ontbirds] Common Nighthawks, North York

Tue, 22 May 2012 21:01:16 -0500

8:50 pm today - I was reading on the deck when a strange "peent
peent" finally penetrated my consciousness... I looked up in time to
see two Common Nighthawks at altitude, heading north. There may have
been one or two more, judging from the calls.

My house

[Ontbirds] 635 Whimbrels at Colonel Samuel Smith Park: Day 4 of Toronto Ornithological Club Whimbrel watch results

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:53:30 -0500

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Don Barnett, Tim McCarthy and I spent 14 hours today starting at 5:30 am
and had six flocks totalling 635 Whimbrels, included one which had
a distinct V-shaped white rump extending to the upper back.
Examination of the photos will required to determine if this is the
Siberian or European

[Ontbirds] Turnstones at Reesor Pond

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:32:58 -0500

22.05.12 - 8 pm at Reesor Pond : a pair of Ruddy Turnstones - Reesor Pond
lies just north of Hyw 407 on Reesor Road in Markham - cheers - Stan Long
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[Ontbirds] Willet - Wheatley Harbour

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:42:15 -0500

Ross Wood and i are watching 1 Western Willet sitting on the beach at Wheatley harbour.

Wheatley harbour is located south of the town of Wheatley, where Erie street ends at Lake Erie.

Good birding,
Josh Vandermeulen

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[Ontbirds] Whimbrel, Snowy Egret

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:00:54 -0500

Ended our UK tour today with Snowy Egret near Dunnville at 7 am (see directions from Kevin Shackleton earlier) and 100 Whimbrel as we arrived at Col Sam Smith Pk in Etobicoke (foot of Kipling Ave.) at 2.30 pm.The Whimbrel flock included one with distinct white rump :-European sub-species or

[Ontbirds] Olive-sided Flycatcher - Exeter

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:26:11 -0500

Harald Scholz and I walked the Morrison Trail at Exeter today. There was a single Olive-sided Flycatcher at the top of a dead tree. Few migrants other than Swainson's Thrush but lots of singing Warbling and Red-eyed Vireo, Wood Thrush, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Indigo Bunting, orioles, catbirds and grosbeaks.

[Ontbirds] 27 red knot west of Dunnville

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:40:04 -0500

Along Lake Shore rd. on small rock islet with a few ruddy turnestone at village of Featherstone.

Great number for a vanishing bird.

Also a 3rd cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull just east of Port Dover, flying west earlier in the day.

No sign of a Laughing Gull yet after many hours of searching.

Cheers.

Sent

[Ontbirds] Orchard Oriole, Milne Park, Markham

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:13:12 -0500

Around 1:00 p.m. at the south-east end of Milne Park (where the path that
follows the shoreline starts to dip down) a full adult male Orchard Oriole
was singing in clear view low overhead in the planted "clump" of vegetation
beside the path, which follows the southern side of the park (east of

[Ontbirds] Piping Plover at Reesor Pond

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:57:35 -0500

22.05.12 - At Reesor Pond the Piping Plover was seen at 1.30 pm but easy to miss
for when at rest it looks just like another pebble among the sunwashed stones of the
spits - a pair of Semipalmated Plovers make for a good comparison - the Common
Loon that arrived 2 days

[Ontbirds] Fwd: Mississippi Kite - Long Point - May 22, 1020

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:08:46 -0500

> At 1020 this morning, May 22, a young Mississippi Kite flew west over the Old Cut Research Station of the Long Point Bird Observatory. A search a bit father to the west came up empty. By now it's probably near Port Burwell en route to Rondeau and/or Pelee.
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[Ontbirds] Big Day - May 20-21

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:05:25 -0500

Pete Hogenbirk and I did our Big Day starting 6 p.m. on Sunday and finishing 6 p.m. yesterday. Our route covered Presqu'ile, Brighton Wetlands, Villiers, Carden, Prospect Marsh, Cannington and Nonquon lagoons, Thickson's Woods, Cranberry Marsh and Second Marsh. Pls email me privately for directions if you want them.

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[Ontbirds] Fw: Snowy Egret still present near mouth of Grand River (Dunnville area), May 22

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:42:18 -0500

Snowy Egret still here at 8:40 a.m.
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[Ontbirds] FW: Forster's Tern In Mitchell

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:46:42 -0500

Folks

While doing the Baillie Birdathon on Sunday in the Stratford area, I found an adult Forster's Tern. The bird was in the fenced-in cell at the Mitchell Sewage Lagoon adjacent to the West Perth Wetlands.
This bird is uncommon, I think, so far inland in Ontario and the first Forster's Tern

[Ontbirds] Piping Plover - Reasor Pond

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:10:40 -0500

22.05.12 - 7 am - one Piping Plover at Reesor Pond
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