on Sunday at 6pm while watching various warblers on the oak ridges moraine trail at 7th con north of 15 sideroad we observed for 10 minutes a yellow billed cuckoo that was right on the trail about 1000 ft on the south side eating tent caterpillars we did not have our camera so i went back to the car and came back my wife said I just missed it she said it flew up the hill so I went in that direction and at the top of the hill there he was sitting at the top of a buckthorn type tree and managed to take half a dozen photos . direction are as follows go through concrete barrier and proceed about 1000 ft toward Weston rd till you get to a very large rock 6ft by 6ft on the left side on trail on the right side is a large tree that is decaying with a branch that has a large finger pointing up the hill that faces south good luck. went back tues night did not see him but did see a ruffed grouse sitting in a tree for three hours looking very territorial he was still there when we left at 7pm good luck glenn _______________________________________________ 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
