Sharon and Jacques’ Excellent Blog

Ontbirds (an excellent birding mailing list for Ontario) reported a Ruff, a shorebird and also a bird I’ve never seen before just outside of Angus, Ontario. I decided that I would give finding it a try rather than going to Long Point as the weather was a little on the rainy side further south.
The birds [...]

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Around this time of April, the broad-winged hawks start migrating north in large numbers and the right conditions can produce movements in the thousands of birds. In some 15+ years of hawk watching, its one of the few migrations I haven’t seen and every year I try my luck with usually poor results. April 19, [...]

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I was back at Beamer Point CA outside of Grimsby, Ontario on April 6. Contrary to expectation, it was very sunny with a cold north wind blowing off Lake Ontario. This created perfect blue skies which made it extremely difficult to see any birds. The birds that were seen were generally very high. The net [...]

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The spring hawk migration is in full swing with good numbers of birds migrating. Between 1200-1300 birds were seen. In total, 13 species of raptors were seen including golden eagle, bald eagle, red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk, northern harrier, rough-legged hawk, Cooper’s hawk, northern goshawk, sharp-shinned hawk, peregrine falcon, osprey, turkey vulture and American kestrel.
 Pictures of some of the [...]

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I’ve added a gallery called Virtual Birding which features pictures that approximates the view of birds typically seen through binoculars.
 If you are an armchair birder, stop by the gallery and see if you can pick up a few species that you haven’t seen before.
The gallery can be found at:
Current Album: Virtual [...]

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Every spring and fall tens of thousands of birds of prey migrate along fixed routes that they have used for centuries. In the spring, they migrate along the Niagara Escarpment before heading north searching for nesting territory. Just outside of Grimsby, Ontario, there is a park situated on the escarpment called Beamer Point Conservation Ontario, [...]

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On the weekend, I was out and about looking for interesting birds to photograph. At this time of year, waterfowl predominate most of the birding and photography. At Humber View Park East at the bottom of Parklawn and Lakeshore in Toronto, I found a male and female harlequin duck. In my opinion, the male harlequin [...]

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Bald eagles are becoming a more common site in Ontario especially during the winter where they can be seen sitting on the ice. During a drive around my favourite birding spots, I found bald eagles at Nanticoke, Long Point and LaSalle Park.
LaSalle Park in Hamilton has had several reports of up to 9 bald eagles [...]

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The following Google map gives the location of the harlequin duck and tufted titmouse. Keep reading for pictures of the tufted titmouse, long-tailed ducks landing and a red-bellied woodpecker.

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Today was a perfect winter birding day. Very little wind, not too cold. I headed out along the Oakville waterfront. At this time of the year, Lake Ontario [...]

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I found a female Barrow’s Goldeneye (rare), a bald eagle (uncommon) and a belted kingfisher (uncommon) in Mississauga this morning. Here is a Google map of their locations. To get customized directions on how to get to these locations by car, click on a marker and it will give you an option to get directions from [...]

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