The bright sunny skies seems to have dictated to the Great Grays to move elswhere than along the Hall's Rd. roadside, except in the very early AM hours. Hence I elected to go east!!-- no Hawk Owl at Welcome at the noonhour area, and no owls along Lake Shore Rd. east of Bond Head. BUT, I was ecstatic to see a female RUFFED GROUSE at the very top of a 5m. basswood tree, sunning while feeding on the big buds-- is Spring ahead? She remained there for 10 minutes, allowing me to witness every feature of the bird. At the old wooden trestle bridge an adult N.Shrike landed in a railside sumac.
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