This posting is made with the understanding that anyone following up on this sighting will follow the ethical standards posted on the OFO website, not cross the ditch, and not harass the bird. The Great Grey was feeding actively this morning at 8:00am, and was still there when I left at aprox. 9:00am.
Ron Fleming's instructions are excellent: Holland Landing is in York Region, which is directly north of Toronto and south of Lake Simcoe. Bathurst Street runs uninterrupted from Lake Ontario all the way up to Newmarket but then ends a few kms north of Green Lane. To access the northern extension of Bathurst you have to jog east to Yonge Street and follow it north of Newmarket toward Bradford. Drive past the lights at the main Holland Landing turnoff (there is a Brooklin Concrete property on the east side of the road as well as the Newmarket Inn) and continue down a long grade approx. 3.5 kms. to the next set of lights near Bradford. Turn right onto Bathurst St. N. and be prepared to come to a stop. Take a quick left at the stop sign, then you will see that Bathurst bends north again. Cross the RR tracks, then follow Bathurst steadily northward. Once you get past Queensville Sdrd. (which runs east into Holland Landing) start looking for big shapes in the trees. The GGOW has been seen most often across from house #20820, which has an Irish clover or shamrock sign. John Schmelefske # 7360 RR # 4 Alliston, Ontario,Canada, L9R 1V4 Email: [email protected] Watercolour Gallery: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001214&id=1051632050&l=ea990 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
