Hi all,
At ~5:30 pm Penny and I were driving back from an afternoon in Pinery PP
(Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Canada Warbler and Connecticut Warbler were best
sightings there). On Klondyke Road north of Greenway Rd and immediately south
of Cold Storage Rd, we have been seeing/hearing up to six Bobolinks and an
occasional Eastern Meadowlark for almost a week. As we stopped to enjoy this
to-day a Western Kingbird flew across the corner of this hayfield and landed on
the wire fence ~40 ft. from our van.
Before I could get at my video camera on this bird 2/3 pick-ups roared by and
spooked the bird. Penny saw it fly back into the field but we could not
relocate it (we tried 2 slow runs up and down Klondyke Rd ~ 15 mins).
I'll go early to-morrow to try see if it stayed the night - it does not
look like we are going to get any of the threatened thunderstorms but the wind
is predicted to turn NW again with a drop in temperature to-night.
Cheers! Maris
Directions - Greenway Road runs east off Hwy#21 ~ 5 Km south of Grand Bend
(just north of Pinery PP entry gate).
Klondyke Road runs east of Hwy#21 ~ 3 Km south of Grand Bend
and does a 90 degree turn to join Greenway Rd. Maris Apse 10094 Red Pine
Road, Box 22, RR #2 Grand Bend ON N0M 1T0 (519) 238 - 8415
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