A pleasant morning of birding with Kevin Shackleton and John Watson today yielded the following species of at least regional interest: BLUE-WINGED WARBLER and MOURNING WARBLER at Kortright Conservation Area; UPLAND SANDPIPER on the south side of Kirby Road, near Cold Creek Road; ALDER and WILLOW FLYCATCHER on the north side of Kirby Road near the railway tracks; BLACK- BILLED CUCKOO along Huntington Road north of Nashville Road; and several NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS in and around Kleinburg and Nashville. For the record, most birds are on territory at this time of the year and should not be unduly stressed.
The areas mentioned are west of Hwy. 400 just north of Toronto. Kortright Conservation Area is south of Major Mackenzie Drive on Pine Valley Road (entrance fee at gate). Kleinburg is on Islington Avenue north of Major Mackenzie Drive and Nashville is just west of Kleinburg. Ron Fleming, Newmarket
