This morning from 08:00 till 10:00 I was scouting out the area at the end of Bathurst Street north of Holland Landing. The fields west of Bathurst north of Hochreiter Rd. were flooded and filled with numerous Northern Pintails, Mallards, Canada Geese and lesser numbers of Am. Widgeon, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, and Ring-necked Ducks. Farther back near the Holland River there were 16 Tundra Swans. I then proceeded to the Provincial Wildlife Area north of Bradford on Hwy.11 east on the 11th Line of Bradford-West Gwillimbury. Where the road crosses the railroad tracks in the fields on the right, there was another massive gathering of waterfowl, mostly Canada Geese, N. Pintails, Am. Widgeon, and another 8 Tundra Swans. The 11th Line makes a sharp turn north and on the right is the road and eventually the boardwalk to the marsh. The Red-bellied Woodpecker was still very active and vocal here and there was an Eastern Phoebe calling by the observation platform. On the way back to my car I also saw an Eastern Meadowlark perched and calling along the fencerow at the road.
Peter Wukasch April 5 _______________________________________________ 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
