A tour around Haldimand this morning produced a good show of raptors as expected. Many RED-TAILED HAWKS throughout including a high number as previously reported on Concession 4 between Highway 6 and Mackenzie Rd, north of Hagersville (i.e. The Chicken Ranch).AMERICAN KESTRELS are also around in large numbers. There were a couple of ROUGH LEGGED HAWKS. The Raptor Reserve on Concession 6 north of Fisherville (between Highways 53 and 12) had a good show of SHORT EARED OWLS including three flying about after being alarmed by a dog.
As John Miles mentioned, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS are common this year. I saw two at Taquanya Conservation area (Townline Rd at Decewsville Rd), one at the Raptor Reserve and a fourth at Regional Rd. 3 and Riverside Rd. This last area also produced an unexpected group of 4 MEADOWLARKS (sp.) near the intersection. An adult BALD EAGLE was flying near the Power Plant and a juvenile was perched near the road just east of the plant on Lake Shore Road. What was probably the same bird was in the same tree a week ago, so it is probably reliable there. Around the corner on the Brooklyn Sideroad, an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE was in a field on the west side. There were a couple of small flocks of HORNED LARKS in the concessions north of Hagersville, and a good size flock of SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS on Quarter Line between Highway 6 and Lakeshore Rd. Regards, Harold Stiver Paris, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ontfin.com/ "Harold Stiver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
