The Varied Thrush was still being seen today (Friday) from 0930 to 1000. On Wednesday at the same location a Northern Shrike flew into a tree in the yard and made a dive for a Dark-eyed Junco flying under the tree. They both disappeared behind the house so I don't know if the Junco escaped.
A photo of the Varied Thrush has been submitted to the OFO web site. Directions as per Dave Fidler's previous e-mail. Take Hwy 6 to Shallow Lake and turn north-east on Cruickshank Street at the post office corner. Cruickshank St becomes Grey Road 170. Drive 4.9 km, red brick house at fire sign 302087 on the left side of the road - the yard has a split rail fence around it. The Varied Thrush feeds on the ground below the feeder in the middle of the yard. -- Mike Nelson London, Ontario. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 3 22:19:26 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp1.execulink.net (smtp1.execulink.net [199.166.6.51]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED21A6463F for <[email protected]>; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:18:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from golden1.internal.mail.execulink.net (golden1.internal.mail.execulink.net [69.63.44.66]) by smtp1.execulink.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k243Ilub006535 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:18:47 -0500 Received: from node-3282.tor.pppoe.execulink.com ([216.59.252.210] helo=carol8a19c7f3e) by golden1.internal.mail.execulink.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1FFNGy-0003Wx-1x for [email protected]; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:17:36 -0500 From: "Carol & Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:18:45 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcY/Olin8AiOoc2/STqdIBsnbKO5wA== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Gyrfalcon in Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:19:26 -0000 Subject: Gyrfalcon in Ottawa Today around noon while waiting for a bus at Carleton University I saw a gray morph Gyrfalcon fly up the Rideau River, chase a couple Mallards and then fly back down the river (east). The entire observation lasted about 1 minute and began with the 30 or so Mallards on the river bank all flushing followed by the Gyrfalcon appearing from under the O-train bridge. This is quite possibly the same bird seen February 21 at the experimental farm. The location of this sighting is the Rideau River between Colonol By Drive and Bronson. The bird flew in and left towards the east (towards Bronson Ave.). Good Birding, Mike Burrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Heidelberg, Ont.
