I observed two lingering Northern shrikes today, both juvenile birds. One was on the east side of Weston Road along a farm lane about 1 km north of Major Mackenzie Drive near Maple while the other - a very vocal youngster - was on the southwest corner of Leslie Street and Vandorf Sideroad just east of Lake Wilcox in Oak Ridges (northernmost Richmond Hill).
At Kortright Conservation Area there were at least 30 American robins, 12 pine siskins, 8 golden-crowned kinglets and two brown creepers. At the corner of Dufferin and Kettleby Road west of Aurora there were at least 300 male red-winged blackbirds and, a km south on Dufferin, an American kestrel. All of these locations are in York region straight north of Toronto, easily accessible from Hwys. 400 and 404. Ron Fleming, Newmarket
