The bitterly cold weather of late has not been conducive to remaining in one spot for very long. Hence it is great when a) a roadside viewing from the car enables you to see 20 or more Horned Larks running, flying and singing -- northwest corner of Columbus Rd. and Ashburn Roads in Whitby (from hy.7 1 concession east of Brock St.-hy.12, then north to the first sideroad); b) 20 or more Robins perched in roadside trees, feeding on Buckthorn berries, along Westney Rd. north of Pickering's east-west Concession 7, while overhead floated a Rough-legged Hawk, and c) the laneway and feeders at the Pegg residence, at the southwest corner of Concession 7 and Westney, yielded many birds, including a Rusty Blackbird, White-throated Sparrow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpeckers, a female Purple Finch and a pinkish-sided Junco.
Doug Lockrey, Whitby.ON "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
