Timiskaming Birds Forum

THE FORUM TO DISCUSS ALL THINGS AVIAN IN TIMISKAMING, ONTARIO, CANADA

Timiskaming Birds

A wealth of local bird information at your fingertips! Visit Timiskaming Birds for species checklists, Timiskaming hotsopts, and much more.  Content is updated regularly, so visit often.
 

Local Information

A complete and regularly updated listing of all species that have been observed in our area.

Books

Released in 2007, the second Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas is one of our most  important bird research efforts.

Vendors

A revolution in bird song id, birdJam loads songs onto the Apple iPod®.  In 15 seconds, you can listen to any of 650 birds in the well-organized playlists.

Other Ontario Birding Links

Ontario Field Ornithologists official website.
The Ontario Bird Records Committee, a panel of experts that reviews rare bird reports for the official provincial record.
OFO's electronic mailing listserv that notifies birders of interesting Ontario bird sightings.
A number of other birding links that may be of interest.

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  • Whimbrel at Haileybury last Wednesday!

    Cal Knight spotted a bird on the shore of Lake Timiskaming behind the City Hall building while sitting in on a meeting there on Wednesday. He drew it the attention of the others at the meeting, one of whom was Lionel Venne, who related the story to me. None of them knew what it was, but it was large and distinctive, with a long down-turned bill. After...
    Posted to Rare Sightings (Forum) by Mike Werner on 05-25-2013

  • Re: All kinds of Swallows at ESL

    Something's been bothering me about this photo ever since you posted it, Mark. I'm pretty sure that this is not a Semipalmated Sandpiper. The gestalt is just all wrong. A Semipalmated would be lighter and grayer, and Semipalmateds usually stand more upright. The face and neck shape also look wrong to me. Semipalmateds usually have the appearance...
    Posted to First Sightings (Forum) by Mike Werner on 05-25-2013

  • Black-throated Green Warblers, etc.

    This morning at the Werner Residence, I observed and listened to two Black-throated Green Warblers . I also got 2 Swainson's Thrush , a Magnolia Warbler , 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers , a Winter Wren , and 5 Black-throated Blue Warblers , all but the last one of which are season's firsts for me. There were also many Nashville Warblers, a Redstart...
    Posted to First Sightings (Forum) by Mike Werner on 05-25-2013

  • Semipalmated Plovers - Evanturel Twp

    Approximately 8 of them, along with 8 Dunlin this afternoon in a flooded field.
    Posted to First Sightings (Forum) by Serge on 05-24-2013

  • Re: Brant on the big lake may 24th

    I went back to Fabre in the evening to show the Brants to the kids and we found 12 Black-bellied plover all together in a field close to the lake. So they added 2 species to their young list.
    Posted to General Bird Talk (Forum) by joe_frechette on 05-24-2013
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