Hello All, I was birding Kortright this morning. The weather was nice and there were lots of birds to be found.
Three SWAMP SPARROWS are still in the Kortright Marsh. It is easy to see them from the boardwalk right when you enter the cattails. Listen for their calls and watch for movement. A flock of 30 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS was present in the spruces just past the cattails on the boardwalk, as was a small flock of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. Watch for the female Red-Bellied Woodpecker, though I haven't seen her lately. A GREAT BLUE HERON is hanging around the Humber River, and also in the Kortright Marsh. The friendly NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD is still around. It is hanging around by the base of the largest white wind turbine, near the small pond there. In the "Shrubs for Wildlife" area, I flushed a RUFFED GROUSE, only my third record for Kortright. There were two NORTHERN SHRIKES, one sitting on an Aspen near the entrance, and one near the feeders after you pass the big Sugar Maple plantation. PICTURES: http://www.flickr.com/photos/levfrid/3125788896/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/levfrid/3124957575/ DIRECTIONS: The Kortright Centre is located three kilometers west of Highway 400 and one kilometer south of Major Mackenzie Drive at 9550 Pine Valley Drive in Woodbridge. Good Birding, Lev Frid, Maple, Ontario _______________________________________________ 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
