Over the past two weeks there have been some "good" birds in the Newmarket area. Mike Van den Tillaart had a Belted Kingfisher along the Holland River trail on Dec. 7, Linda Hollinshead had a very vocal Northern Shrike along Morning Sdrd. this past Saturday, and I had a Sharp-shinned Hawk, American Kestrel, and male Northern Harrier in the Holland Marsh yesterday afternoon. Keith Dunn had some noteworthy birds last week in the Keswick area: a Merlin, two Pileated Woodpeckers, and an adult Bald Eagle. All of these were seen along Lake Drive. Snowy Owls continue to be observed locally but questionable behaviour on the part of some owl seekers has prompted requests from a few local birders to keep specific directions off the net for awhile. Ron Fleming, Newmarket _______________________________________________ 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/
