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
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Archilochus hummingbird in Constance Bay
Hi there,
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
Dark-eyed Junco note
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
St. Lawrence River: Eurasian Wigeons
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
Identification of “Cryptic” Barrow’s Goldeneyes
First winter birds skulk among large rafts of Common Goldeneyes and should be looked for as soon as Common’s begin to arrive in southern, but especially eastern, Ontario (roughly, late October). Continue reading Identification of “Cryptic” Barrow’s Goldeneyes