This is a belated posting ... but there goes: I spent another four hours birding Rattray Marsh from top to bottom yesterday afternoon: highlights: 4 Winter Wrens (all scattered in dense dogwoods and some even in the cattails adjacent to the board walk along the ne side of the marsh from observation lookout at the lower marsh closed to the lakeshore to the lookout on the 'peninsula' which just from nw into the lower marsh); 150 American Robins; 3 Red-necked Grebes and 90 Cedar Waxwings.
Access the center of Rattray Marsh by parking at the bottom of Bexhill (ie. south end) which runs south off Lakeshore midway between Erin Mills Parkway and Mississauga Road; the trail leads directly to 'overlook' on the 'peninsula' and other boardwalk is located at bottom of the hill which leads into the marsh. Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Credit From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 3 14:20:58 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.80]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A10649C46 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:20:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO doug) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.112.18.37 with login) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Dec 2004 19:24:08 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:26:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: [Ontbirds] Dec.3--day 28 for Golden-crowned Sparrow--NORTH walkway Cranberry; Fox Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 19:20:58 -0000 For the nonce it appears that GOLDIE is making his appearances along the north pathway, possible near its platform OR near the roadway, depending upon wind /preference to be with the White-throated /-------. Indeed, today he appeared in the early a.m. near the roadway, but from 10a.m. onward he came out, sometimes for 3-4 minutes, near the platform every 20-40 minutes. A bird not seen for a while has been a FOX SPARROW. Also along the north path--Song Sp., Swamp Sp., Tree Sp., White-throated Sp., Juncos and House Finches. Overhead-- 1 SNOW BUNTING, wonderful views of Rough-legged and Red-tailed Hawks. Across on the eastern pond was 1 SNOW GOOSE. In Lynde Shores C.A. woodlot-- Red-bellied Woodpecker--seen and heard at various locales. >From the west exit 401 at Salem Rd.(in Ajax), south to Bayly, east through LakeRidge to the first street (Hall's Rd.), south to the FIRST roadside parking area. From the east, exit 401 at Brock St., Whitby, south to Victoria, west to hall's Rd. Lynde is 0.5 km. to the east of Hall's Rd. Doug Lockrey, Whitby
