Did most of my birding this weekend between Fenelon Falls and Coboconk. Best bird was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo along Poulsom Rd., which runs east from North Line. There is a good rail trail that runs north from Fenelon Falls and crosses North Line on its way up to Burnt River and beyond. Some of the best birding (I have found) is in the first few kms north and south of Poulsom Rd. along this rail trail. Also observed and/or heard were Sandhill Crane (flying over), Green Heron, Pileated Woodpecker, Bobolink, Grasshopper Sparrow, and 14 warbler species. On the southeast side of Balsam Lake (specifically Sandy Beach Road beside the trailer park) on Saturday I had ten warbler species including a Blackburnian and a Blackpoll. Pileated Woodpeckers and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers nest here. Fenelon Falls and Balsam Lake are in the Kawartha Lakes north of Lindsay and southeast of the Carden Alvar. Ron Fleming _______________________________________________ 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
