Seen from quite far along the peninsula, in inner bay this morning. Not breeding plumage. Didn't seem inclined to move. Credit Jim and Petra for spotting it! Sent from my iPod On 2013-04-26, at 12:00 PM, birdalert-request@ontbirds.ca wrote: > Send ONTBIRDS mailing list submissions to > birdalert@ontbirds.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ontbirds.ca/mailman/listinfo/birdalert_ontbirds.ca > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > birdalert-request@ontbirds.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > birdalert-owner@ontbirds.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ONTBIRDS digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Eastern towhees off Leitrim Road, Ottawa (Howard Youth) > 2. 53 Little Gulls, Cackling Geese Oshawa Second Marsh and > Little gull viewing weekend. (Tyler Hoar) > 3. White eyed vireo (Richard Sigesmund) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:47:53 -0400 > From: Howard Youth <howard.youth@gmail.com> > To: birdalert@ontbirds.ca > Subject: [Ontbirds] Eastern towhees off Leitrim Road, Ottawa > Message-ID: > <CAA-3bqxFr=1WsLo4=Dzt=bi44PSULF0eA7wmdVpe3GYOJwio6A@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > In Ottawa, this morning I saw a singing male eastern towhee, just southwest > of Leitrim Road's intersection with Bowesville Road. The towhee sang from a > belt of brush running west from Bowesville (just south of the open field > area that is adjacent to Leitrim Road. > > Then, about a half hour later, I saw another male eastern towhee some km to > the east, also off Leitrim, at the "P19" parking area for Pine Grove Forest > Reserve (just west of Leitrim's intersection with Ramsayville Road). > > Directions: From River Road, take Leitrim Road east to the intersection of > Bowesvile Road and turn right onto Bowesville. Park in the first small > pulloff on the road's left side. Then walk back across the road and face > the open field, which has only scattered shrubs and young trees. The towhee > was singing just left of here in the area with thick brush. > > Continue east on Leitrim. Shortly after the intersection with Hawthorne and > before Ramsayville Road, a marked parking lot, with a "P19" sign appears on > the left. Park here. The towhee was to the left of the lot, along the > beginning of the path (on its left side). > -- > Howard Youth > howard.youth@gmail.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:13:49 -0700 (PDT) > From: Tyler Hoar <thoar@rogers.com> > To: ONTBIRDS <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> > Subject: [Ontbirds] 53 Little Gulls, Cackling Geese Oshawa Second > Marsh and Little gull viewing weekend. > Message-ID: > <1366989229.91668.YahooMailNeo@web165005.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Little Gull 53. Several groups (up to 17 birds at a time) doing courtship flights most of the time. Several visible pairs have formed over the last few days > > > Other Gulls: Bonaparte's Gulls 2818, Immature Glaucous Gull, 3 immature Great black-backed Gulls. > > > Terns: 6 Caspian > > > Shorebirds: single Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, and Greater Yellowlegs > > > Waterfowl 20 species:including 2 Cackling Geese, 8 Ruddy Ducks, 73 Green-winged Teal, and 12 Northern Shovelers. > > > Other birds observed this morning included: Pine and Palm Warblers, Eastern Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Blue gray Gnatcatcher, Common Raven, and Rusty Blackbird. > > Little Gull viewing weekend > April?27 &?28 (Saturday/Sunday) annual Little Gull viewing at > Second Marsh, from dawn to 9:30 am. > Viewing will occur from the 'GM' platform.? Park in the west General Motors > of Canada parking lot (off Colonel Sam Drive), enter the trail from the > southwest corner of the lot, and follow directional signs to the platform. Directions Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit(419) in Oshawa. Go south on > Farewell St. Colonel Sam Drive. Turn East onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow > to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot > close to the marsh. The east (GM) platform is visible from the NW corner of > the lot. For a trail map of the Oshawa Second marsh area visit > http://secondmarsh.outdoorontario.ca/Recreation.html and check the link for a trail map of > the area. Tyler Hoar > Oshawa > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:19:06 -0400 > From: Richard Sigesmund <rsigesmund@gmail.com> > To: birdalert@ontbirds.ca > Subject: [Ontbirds] White eyed vireo > Message-ID: > <CAAUad=7qCTgXyi-fVHYozmkw1tLMHgzmg8caYvgpuc0kiBuzQA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Still present at the leslie spit > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php > ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php > > > ------------------------------ > > End of ONTBIRDS Digest, Vol 110, Issue 29 > *****************************************

I also saw the Eastern Grebe at Ashbridges Bay between 1:40 and 2:40pm today. He was working the western shore by the boardwalk and occasionally teamed up with a Horned Grebe. I have some photos on my website for anyone that wants to check him out. http://www.paulreeves.ca/html/nature/birds/eared_grebe.html I have to thank some folks - sorry I don't know your names - I met at the TTP Wet Woods who told me the Grebe was at Ashbridges. Ashbridges Bay is in Toronto at the bottom of Coxwell Ave.   Paul Reeves Photography www.paulreeves.ca (416) 792 2931

Sorry folks, my title was right but my content is wrong. It is an Eared Grebe at Ashbridges not an Eastern as I said in the original email.   Paul Reeves Photography www.paulreeves.ca (416) 792 2931 >________________________________ > From: Paul Reeves <paul@paulreeves.ca> >To: "birdalert@ontbirds.ca" <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> >Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 6:34:10 PM >Subject: [Ontbirds] Eared Grebe Ashbridges Bay, Toronto. > > >I also saw the Eastern Grebe at Ashbridges Bay between 1:40 and 2:40pm today. He was working the western shore by the boardwalk and occasionally teamed up with a Horned Grebe. I have some photos on my website for anyone that wants to check him out. > >http://www.paulreeves.ca/html/nature/birds/eared_grebe.html > > >I have to thank some folks - sorry I don't know your names - I met at the TTP Wet Woods who told me the Grebe was at Ashbridges. > >Ashbridges Bay is in Toronto at the bottom of Coxwell Ave. >  >Paul Reeves >Photography >www.paulreeves.ca >(416) 792 2931 >_______________________________________________ >ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. >Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca >For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ > > > >