Hi Ontbirders, This afternoon, 4 Nov, Debbie Campbell and I went to Milton Road to look for Sandhill Cranes. Between 2 PM and 2:30 we searched the length of Milton, including looking south from Smith Road and saw nothing, noting that just a few days ago the cranes numbered over 70. About 2:30 we stopped on Perreault Road at Milton and got out for a scan. Just then, three cranes flew over us from the east and landed in the cornfield directly opposite the end of Perreault. They were only a few hundred yards off Milton and gave the closest viewing I have ever had of Sandhill Cranes on Milton Road - Perhaps the family group of two adults and a juvenile previously reported. They were still in the cornfield at 4PM when we returned to check.
Happy Birding, Peter Campbell Ottawa, Ontario Location courtesy of NeilyWorld: "From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 96 (Boundary Road). Proceed 2.0 km NNW on Boundary Road to Russell Road (Regional 26). Turn right or ESE onto Russell and drive 3.5 km to Milton Road (Regional 31). Turn left or NNW on Milton." Or from the other end, take Innes Road east from exit 112 (The Queensway) around the Blackburn Hamlet bypass, turn right on Navan Road just at the end of the bypass and at Navan turn right on Milton Road _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
