I saw 3 lor 4 Cedar Waxwings last Saturday in a Mountain Ash tree on the corner of Park Avenue and Sandford in Newmarket. They were busily munching the berries so I went home and got my binoculars and got a clearer view, alongwith some goldfinches and chickadees. Isn't this too early for them? Eva D'Amico From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 16 15:01:24 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from indoors.kent.net (indoors.kent.net [216.8.139.183]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9FAB6390E for <[email protected]>; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:01:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from waterthrush (dyn216-8-130-229.ADSL.mnsi.net [216.8.130.229]) by indoors.kent.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l1GK3YH7009849 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:03:36 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Blake A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:01:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Subject: [Ontbirds]Brewer's Blackbirds near Rondeau X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:01:24 -0000
Hi Birders, While cruising around today, I came across a small flock of blackbirds on Sinclair Line north of Rondeau Park. Although mostly Red-winged and Starlings, I did find two, possibly three Brewer's Blackbirds. A pair (male and female) were alongside the road affording a nice view. The flock got up and flew various times, and I did see a male Brewer's by itself on the other side of the road. There have been various blackbird flocks around lately. I had one of about 600 (inc. Rusty BB) in south Lambton Co. last Sunday, and another smaller flock this morning east of Sombra. Check them out! Others have been seeing meadowlarks lately. I came across four (4) as well on Cochrane Line near Clear Creek Forest just after noon today in eastern Chatham-Kent.. The blackbirds were located along Sinclair Line, just under 1 km west of Kent Bridge Rd. (#15). Exit 401 at Kent Bridge Rd. and head south past Talbot Trail. Next road is Sinclair, heading westerly. The meadowlarks were about 1.5 km west on Cochrane Line which heads west from Duart Line. This is SE of Highgate (exit #117 on 401) in Chatham-Kent. Blake A. Mann Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent, Ontario boatmannATkentDOTnet
