A trip to Clairville today found the feeders nearly empty of food (I guess the
people who run the park are on holiday leave) but the Towhee was still there
trying hard to scratch up some seeds, I went back and added some seed and the
Towhee returned a short time later after everything else.
Ian Stanley
Bramalea, Ontario
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At least 5 Great Gray Owls at Thickson's Woods Nature Reserve,
Whitby; Wednesday, December 29, 4:00 p.m.
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Today just before 4:00 p.m. we walked across the Meadow to the edge of the
Corbett Creek Valley at the north end of the old beaver pond. A Great Gray
flew from one of the old apple trees in the Meadow down into the valley.
When we looked to see where it had landed, we discovered a second one in one
of the large willows, and then a third on the east side of the valley. At
one point Margaret had all three in one binocular field. Shortly after, we
found one perched on the edge of Thickson Road perhaps 100 metres north of
the lake, and a second in some tall willows above a house along the lake
just west of Thickson Road. The ones at the north end of the beaver pond
were actively hunting over grasses in the parts that were previously
flooded, suggesting that recent growth of bur marigold and other plants may
have attracted small mammals. There were tracks and tunnels of small
mammals in the meadow, some of which looks small enough to have been made by
shrews.
To reach Thickson's Woods Nature Reserve, exit from 401 to Thickson Road
South in
Whitby. Proceed south past Wentworth Street to the Waterfront Trail. Turn
around, and park on the east side of Thickson Road. Walk east along the
Waterfront Trail and enter the woods on a path from the south side, about
200 metres east of Thickson Road. Follow the trails through the woods, some
of which access the Lake Ontario shore. To view the beaver pond and Corbett
Creek Marsh continue east about 100 metres past the entrance to the woods.
The meadow is across the Waterfront Trail immediately north of the woods.
The entrance is directly across the waterfront trail from the entrance to
the woods. To view a map,
visit the Thickson's Woods website at http://www.thicksonswoods.com
Dennis Barry & Margaret Carney
Thickson's Point, R.R. 2
Whitby, ON L1N 5R5
(905) 725-2116
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