Today, 28 October, there was a congregation of approximately 65-70,000 Snow Geese at the Manderly Sod Farm near the Lafleche waste facility (this site can be found via a Google search by searching “Lafleche Environmental Inc.”). Continue reading Eastern Ontario: Greater Snow Geese, Rough-legged Hawks →

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Below are some preliminary thoughts on the interesting female Archilochus hummingbird that is showing up at a feeder in Constance Bay, Ontario: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=1195334&MLID=ON&MLNM=Ontario. Continue reading Archilochus hummingbird in Constance Bay →

Groups of Dark-eyed Juncos are typically quite “chatty.” Their call note is a flat ‘tick,’ like the sound of tapping two small stones together. Often this ‘ticking’ breaks out into a “tu-tu-tu” chatter among individuals. A very endearing sound and one that can be heard just by cracking open a window in the fall/winter

Today (17 October 2016) I tallied three Eurasian Wigeons while birding the Upper Canada Region of the St. Lawrence River. I observed a richly-toned female/first cycle male at Farran Park and two drakes ( adult male and immature male(?) ) just off Long Sault Parkway, at the N end of Woodlands Campsite. Continue reading St. Lawrence River: Eurasian Wigeons →

Today (30 September 2016) a group of us encountered 12 Nelson’s Sparrows during a walk along the shoreline of Westmeath Provincial Park. We discovered a group of 8 birds and then a group of 4 some further 400 m (approx) further along (NE) the shoreline. Continue reading Nelson’s Sparrows at Westmeath Provincial Park →

This morning (29 September 2016) I birded a promising new sparrow field. Sadly, this area is slated for development. There were many Savannah Sparrows present at this site and what became apparent after about an hour of birding was that there were two subspecies present. Continue reading A Tale of Two Savannah’s →

Below is a photo of four immatures which are perhaps representative of birds hailing from the Hudson Bay region. Note here how on all of these birds the pale supercilium is not sharply constricted above the eye, with pale areas ‘invading’ the supra (above) loral (lores; area between bill and eye). Continue reading A note on Eastern (leucophrys) White-crowned Sparrows →

Late in the summer while running along the Trans Canada Trail, I began to flush small sparrows from the side of the trail at this one spot near Iber Rd. @ the Trans Canada Trail. Always, the sparrows would ‘spray’ into the air and drop into a weedy field just S of the trail. Continue reading Goulbourn Sparrow Field →

Golden Eagles have a proportionally small head and, long tail. These features, combined, produce a subtle, yet unique, ‘signature’ in the sky. Continue reading Golden Eagles at a Distance →