Snow is good for restricting foraging sites and the dickcissel has been
seen again west of Embro. Monday, Jan. 5 it was first seen by Phoebe
Campbell at 10:30 in the honeysuckle north of our feeder and was seen
again between 13:30 and 14:30 by John Harvey and Don Campbell. It
appeared to be the same bird that has not been seen for 8 days - a first
year male with good yellow on the breast, some black bib and chestnut on
the wings. This time the left wing was not held as high on the back as
the right wing.
Directions:
From the east, from the 401, take the Embro, Oxford county road 6
exit immediately west of the service centre north , procede north
through Embro and 1.5 Kms north of town turn west onto County Road 16
(also known as road 84) Go to third intersection, the lowest elevation
in the road, 31st line, turn north and the house is first on east side
with a fire number of 315944.
From the west, Take # 2 highway (Dundas Street in London) to
Thamesford and turn north at the traffic light onto #19. Go north about
10 kms to Kintore and Turn east at flashing light, onto Oxford 16 (also
known as Road 84) just north of school. Procede east to 5th
intersection, the lowest elevationin the road, which is line 31, turn
north and house is first on east side of road, fire number 315944.
Fire number code is 31, - thirty first line, 5, - north of highway
2, 944, - 9440 m from # 2 highway, so it is possible to come up the
31st line from highway #2. Signage on #2 is for 31st Line and County
Road 7 to Ingersoll ( Thames Street in Ingersoll)
Once at house, there is some available parking toward the implement
shed, go around the house on the west side and look back to the north
to the feeders and honeysuckle. Phoebe has a playschool on Tues -
Friday, so traffic is on the lane at 9:15, 11:45, 12:45 and 15:15.
Please don't block that flow. Parking on the road is always suspect with
snow removal so it may be better to park off the road in the lane.
Signed
DK
Don Campbell
R.R.#3 Embro, Ont, N0J 1J0
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