Good evening fellow birders.
Just got home from a successful outing that went very well to say the
least. Within a half hour of arriving at the area of the Pyrrhuloxia it made
1 of 2 within 5 minutes feeder visits. Actually the bird was overhead when
we first arrived but was missed at that time so if we had of been on the
ball we could have had the bird in under 2 minutes of arriving. We then
drove up to Rodney and there got the Varied Thrush. So far so good.
It was then off to Brantford Airport for a try for the Gray Partridge but
no luck there but we did see the Savannah Sparrow found by Don Perks et all
yesterday and a bonus was a male Lapland Longspur at close range that was
still in about 80% breeding plumage.
Now a quick run to Rattray Marsh for the Great Gray Owl but again no luck
but in the area that the Great Gray was reported we found a beautiful Barred
Owl that sat and posed for us not 75 feet away as it watched us with it's
dark eyes and then ignored us.
Directions for Pyrrhuloxia (as per Alan Wormington):
From the 401 exit at Interchange #137 and drive south to West Lorne. Keep
going straight (south)
to the town of Eagle on Hwy. 3. Keep going south towards Lake Erie where
you will see a tall
radio tower on the left. Just a bit further there is a small woodlot on the
right with one house
(911 house number 9037). At the back of this house are the feeders.
DIRECTIONS TO RODNEY
Exit Hwy 401 at Exit #129 ( Furnival Rd) and drive south about 4km and your
in Rodney. In Rodney turn right, West on
BRANTFORD AIRPORT - GREENS ROAD
Exit Hwy 403 at Hwy 24 South (9 km west of Hwy 24 North when coming from
the east). Drive south on Hwy 24 to Robinson Rd and turn left (east) on
Robinson (the airfield is on your left) and drive to Greens Rd. Be sure to
watch all the areas along the roads encircling the airfield and at the
derelict aircraft at the entrance to the airport.
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