Good Day all. Today Ian Cannell and I headed north from my place to hopefully see some of the recently reported birds and today was our lucky day.
We started out driving along North Lake Road at Lake Wilcox ( In Oak Ridges North of King Rd, East of Yonge St. ) but with only a few regular birds seen. We drove along a few streets before going to the north end of the woodlot on N. Lake Rd to Bayswater Ave. We drove along Bayswater and on a whim Ian drove down a dead end street ( Kingsmead Court ) and at the end we found ( thanks to Ian ) 12 Bohemian and 50+ Cedar Waxwings, 30+ A. Robins and 14 B - C Chickadees. ( Note:- Kingsmead and the connecting street ( Wood Rim Drive I think, between North Lake and Bayswater are new and not on maps and we went down and along several streets to get to Bayswater ). No matter, just be sure to check these woods any where you have access to them. From here we headed up Leslie Street to Ravenshoe Road and just east of Yonge St. Ian spotted a Snowy Owl on a television arial and along Yonge St. almost at the end of the street we found another Snowy. On our way along Ravenshoe just before the first Snowy we had 44 Com. Redpolls beside the road and on the way back just where the road enters the woods Ian spotted a Pileated Woodpecker that gave us good looks as it preened itself. Also in a tree in this woods was a sleeping Porcupine and just a short distance later we found 26 more Common Redpolls. Continuing on to Keswick we found 2 Common Ravens along Lake Drive S at Ailine St. and along Metro Rd also in Keswick was a Sharp-sinned Hawk harassing an A. Crow. We drove several more roads and on St. John's Sideroad at Warden Ave. ( Newmarket ) Ian spotted a few birds in a tree 100 yards or so off the road and after stopping and getting out of the car we counted 28 Pine Grosbeaks, 9 A. Robins, 22 B - C Chickadees along with Tree Sparrows, Juncos, Mourning Doves and A. Goldfinches. A great finish to a pretty nice outing and I was home by 12:30. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON "Sils mordent, mords les" _______________________________________________ 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
