Hi all. Fine midsummer birding this a.m. at Tiny Marsh. Nothing unexpected, but there were many Black Terns, a few still at nests quite close to the walkway. Good numbers of Pied-billed Grebes, a pair of Common Loons with chick, a Moorhen with two young, a cygnet with the Trumpeter pair, a few Common Terns flying with the Blacks toward the far end of the long walkway. Frequent Marsh Wrens, some Swamp Sparrows, the rest of the usual suspects. Also on the wing, four Wood Ducks, three Sandhill Cranes, a Belted Kingfisher, an Osprey, and a Great Blue Heron trying to elude the dive-bombing terns. Pleasant place to be.
TO TINY MARSH PROVINCIAL WILDLIFE AREA (from previous postings): Exit Hwy 400 at Exit #98 in Barrie and drive northwest on Hwy 26 to Midhurst (Hwy 26 veers left or west here). Continue straight ahead on County Rd 27 (Yonge St. Rd.) through Elmvale to a Y intersection. Take the left-hand road at the Y (County Road 6) and drive north to 1st Concession Rd. (Tiny Flos Townline—there’s a Tiny Marsh sign at the intersection). Turn left (west) and drive about 3 km to the Tiny Marsh parking area on your right. Tiny Marsh is not tiny. Skip Shand
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