Doug Tozer saw a single Common Redpoll with 35 Pine Siskins, feeding on White Birch seeds, at the old millsite at Lake Travers on the East Side of Algonquin Park, both yesterday and today (October 30 and 31).
As noted in Ron Pittaway's finch forecast (ONTBIRDS, 13 October), concerning Common Redpolls, "small numbers should reach southern Ontario because the birch crop is not big enough to hold all redpolls in the north". Directions: Algonquin Park is three hours north of Toronto, via Highways 400, 11 and 60. Follow the signs, which start in Toronto on Highway 400. The East Side of Algonquin Park is accessible via the Barron Canyon Road (Grand Lake-Lake Travers road) from the Pembroke area. See an Ontario road map for specific route. Ron Tozer Naturalist, Algonquin Park (retired)
